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Peacock tops 20M subscribers in Q4 as losses widen
Comcast-owned streaming service Peacock had its best quarterly result since its 2020 launch, adding five million paying subscribers in its fourth quarter of 2022 to bring the total to 20 million, up from the over 15 million subs in the previous quarter. In Q1 2021, Peacock had 9 million paid users. Peacock gets much of […]
Peacock tops 20M subscribers in Q4 as losses widen by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
Method raises $16M to power loan repayment, balance transfers and more across fintech apps
Method, a startup that aims to make it easier for fintech developers to embed repayment, balance transfers and bill pay automation into their apps, today announced that it closed a $16 million Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Y Combinator (Method’s a Y Combinator graduate), Abstract Ventures, SV Angel and […]
Method raises $16M to power loan repayment, balance transfers and more across fintech apps by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Finn brings B2B car subscriptions to US
Finn, the Munich-based car subscription startup, is expanding beyond individual consumer rentals in the U.S. and into long-term business rentals. Car subscriptions offer flexibility, maintenance, roadside assistance and in many cases delivery of the vehicle directly to your door, and all for around the same price of a lease. For the consumer, that sounds great. […]
Finn brings B2B car subscriptions to US by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Laid off from your crypto job? Here’s what founders are looking for in new talent
Layoffs continue to spread across the crypto job market, but there are still plenty of startups looking to hire new candidates.
Laid off from your crypto job? Here’s what founders are looking for in new talent by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
European banks suck at AI, with US banks leading the field, according to a new index
In the wake of a seminal wave of new artificial intelligence startups such as OpenAI, a new UK company claims it can track and rank banks on their ability to develop and deploy AI platforms. Evident, a benchmarking and intelligence company, claims its inaugural Index can rank the 23 largest banks in North America and […]
European banks suck at AI, with US banks leading the field, according to a new index by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch
US federal agencies hacked using legitimate remote desktop tools
The U.S. government’s cybersecurity agency has warned that criminal financially motivated hackers compromised federal agencies using legitimate remote desktop software. CISA said in a joint advisory with the National Security Agency on Wednesday that it had identified a “widespread cyber campaign involving the malicious use of legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM) software” that had […]
US federal agencies hacked using legitimate remote desktop tools by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch
Kenya’s growth was strongest in Africa’s VC market; Clean tech, E-commerce pulled in most of the funding
As VC activity slowed down globally last year, Kenya defied odds to record the strongest growth in funding raised in Africa. Reports show that the deal count and value to the country surpassed 2021 figures owing to increased investor interest. Data from market intelligence firm Briter Bridges, and The Big Deal shows Kenya raised $1.1 […]
Kenya’s growth was strongest in Africa’s VC market; Clean tech, E-commerce pulled in most of the funding by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch
Teach yourself growth marketing: How to perform growth experimentation through A/B testing
Learn how to perform A/B tests, prioritize a list of tests, and run them with minimal external interference.
Teach yourself growth marketing: How to perform growth experimentation through A/B testing by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch
GitHub says it now has 100M active users
Code-hosting platform GitHub has announced that 100 million developers are now using the platform. The figure represents a substantial hike on the 3 million users GitHub counted exactly 10 years ago, the 28 million it claimed when Microsoft acquired it for $7.5 billion five years ago, and the 90 million-plus it revealed just three months […]
GitHub says it now has 100M active users by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch