Netflix founder and co-CEO Reed Hastings announced Thursday that he would step down after more than two decades at the company. While news of his departure comes as a shock, Hastings noted that Netflix has planned its next era of leadership “for many years” in the announcement, which was shared on the company’s blog. In […]
Netflix founder Reed Hastings steps down as co-CEO by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch
The clock is ticking for Uber to electrify its fleet, and the rideshare company wants automakers to help by designing cheaper electric vehicles for its drivers. Lawmakers are setting deadlines for rideshare companies to ditch fossil fuels (California‘s Air Resources Board among them), and Uber has its own electrification deadlines, which range from 2025 to […]
In race to electrify, Uber wants EVs that sacrifice top speeds, wheels by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch
Do you believe in second chances? Well, FTX’s new CEO John J. Ray III hopes so.
More money, more problems for crypto by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
I managed to squeeze the remaining vestiges out of CES 2023 in last week’s Actuator. The good news is that things are starting to pick up again like clockwork. If you’ve emailed me about work stuff in the past week, I apologize for the delay — I’ve been out of one frying pan and into […]
Building up and tearing down by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
Let’s take a look at the deck collaborative knowledge base tool Scrintal used to raise a $1 million seed round.
Pitch Deck Teardown: Scrintal’s $1M seed deck by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
Another bill has come in for Meta for failing to comply with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) — but this one’s a tiddler! Meta-owned messaging platform, WhatsApp, has been fined €5.5 million (just under $6M) by the tech giant’s lead data protection regulator in the region for failing to have a lawful […]
WhatsApp slapped for processing data without a lawful basis under EU’s GDPR by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
A date has been set for a trial by jury in a significant antitrust case against Google involving its alleged abuses of power in the Android app market. Fortnite maker Epic Games and dating app giant Match Group, joined by over three dozen state Attorneys General, have accused Google of unfairly leveraging its market dominance […]
Epic and Match’s antitrust case against Google heads to jury trial on November 6 by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
As FTX news subsided in recent weeks, the new CEO of the crypto exchange shared that he is exploring the possibility of restarting the company, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. John Ray III, the new FTX CEO, said in an interview that “everything is on the table,” in regards to reviving […]
FTX’s new CEO says there’s possibility for exchange to restart by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
Sophia Amoruso, the creator of Nasty Gal and Girlboss, has started a movement, has empowered generations of women and done the entrepreneur victory lap – the last of which she doesn’t necessarily recommend to other founders because “it’s a distraction.” She’s also raised down rounds, run out of venture capital funding, filed for bankruptcy and […]
Sophia Amoruso launches Trust Fund for founders by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch