Google has released its annual “Year in Search” report outlining the top searches of 2022 around the world. The report reveals that popular online game Wordle topped the list globally. Searches for the game peaked in February, shortly after it was acquired by The New York Times. The second most searched term of the year […]
Wordle was Google’s top trending search term globally in 2022 by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
Let’s be clear: I hate the desert. In spite of competing in last year’s Rebelle Rally and spending a full 10-days completely off the grid, camping, competing, navigating and driving offroad in the Nevada and California deserts with 150 other women, I still dislike it. Add in a harrowing 60-mile-per-hour haboob or two, heat that […]
Roadtripping with (and camping in) the Rivian R1S by Abigail Bassett originally published on TechCrunch
Fintech decacorn Plaid is laying off 260 employees, or about 20% of its workforce, the company announced today. While specific details around who exactly was affected remain unknown, sources in recent months had told TechCrunch that the San Francisco-based startup’s engineering team was likely to take a big hit. In March, Plaid CTO Jean-Denis Greze […]
Plaid lays off 20% of staff, CEO says the fintech company ‘hired and invested ahead of revenue growth’ by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch
Microsoft Teams launched a new “Communities” feature on Android and iOS devices, the company announced today. Users can now create and organize groups with their recreational sports club, event planning committee, parent-teacher association, or any other group in their community. The feature gives users access to group calendars, event scheduling, meetings, document/photo sharing, video calls […]
Microsoft Teams targets Facebook Groups with new ‘Communities’ feature by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
Auditing firm Mazars has released a report about Binance’s BTC reserves. The auditing firm has reached the same conclusion as Binance itself. As of November November 22 at 23:59 UTC, Binance held enough bitcoins and wrapped bitcoins to cover all users’s balance on the exchange. Binance had already launched a proof-of-reserves website nearly two weeks […]
Binance’s bitcoin reserves are fully collateralized according to auditing firm Mazars by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down to a single topic, think about a question, and unpack the rest. This week, Natasha chatted with Alex about ego, how recent news from […]
Ego-ish and how tech’s main characters are all a bit different by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch
So they’ve looked at your pitch deck and you’ve got the intro. Now, you have 30 minutes to win over an investor. What do you tell them?
To win over investors, use growth as your differentiator by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch
Several years ago, on a dairy farm in the small Irish village of Dundrum, four technologists — Maxim Dressler, Ryan Lasmaili, Shaun Mc Brearty and Tilo Weigandt — brainstormed solutions for what they saw as a fundamental problem in data security: unencrypted text files. According to a 2016 survey commissioned by CyberArk, 40% of organizations […]
Vaultree raises $12.8M to let companies more easily work with encrypted data by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch