A few days ago, new Twitter owner Elon Musk said that the company will try a lot of dumb things in the coming days. And that seems to be the product strategy of the company — even if it causes utter chaos all around. It’s a tough time for anyone keeping tabs on changes at […]
Have you tried turning it off and on again, Elon? by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Strap back in for another Musk-Twitter U-turn: After a wave of impersonation chaos that hit a number of high profile brands and celebrities in recent hours, including an account pretending to be pharma giant Eli Lilly tweeting that insulin in “now free” — surely cooling the last embers of any advertiser ardour for the social […]
Musk flip-flops on Twitter verification — brings back (some) ‘Official’ badges (in some parts of the world) by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
As Elon Musk struggles to make people give Twitter $8 a month for a blue check, Tumblr had an idea: what if they offered users $8 for not one, but two blue checks? Yes, you can legitimately buy two blue checks for your Tumblr blog. For the low, low price of $7.99. As Tumblr wrote in […]
Tumblr’s only viable business model is shitposting by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
Greetings on a brisk New England morning. I’m finally here on my long threatened trip to Boston. I was planning to be here in early July ahead of our robotics event, but SARS-CoV-2 and its many variants had different ideas. I narrowly avoided another reschedule on my third time around with COVID, but now I’m […]
Dispatches from the conference room by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
Syneroid raised a $500,000 round to bring something halfway between microchips and dog collars to market. Its deck leaves a few things to be desired.
Pitch Deck Teardown: Syneroid’s $500K seed deck by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
Pinterest’s new collage-making app Shuffles is now available to the general public, after entering an invite-only test phase earlier this summer. The app grew in popularity with Gen Z users, who used the creative expression tool to make “aesthetic” collages, sometimes set to music and posted to TikTok, or shared privately with friends or the Shuffles community. […]
Pinterest launches its collage-making app Shuffles to the general public by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
Maybe you’ve heard of Keyo. Perhaps you saw the initial round of press the firm did in 2017 — roughly two years after its founding. Or maybe you saw it pop back in 2020, riding the wave of news around Amazon’s lukewarmly received hand-scanner tech. You may have wondered precisely what’s been going on with […]
With $7M raised, Keyo launches a biometric palm verification network by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
SoundHound — maker of the voice AI technology used by Mercedes-Benz, Deutsche Telecom, Snap and Mastercard and more — has laid off about 10% of its workforce amid ongoing economic turmoil across global markets. The Santa Clara-headquartered company — which went public via a SPAC in April of this year — announced the decision to […]
SoundHound, the voice AI platform, lays off 10% of staff citing ‘challenging market conditions’ by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch
As a part of its Advanced Manufacturing Fund, Apple will invest $450 million in satellite network and ground stations to power Emergency SOS, its service for the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro lineups that uses satellite to route emergency calls, the company announced today. The majority of the funding will go to Globalstar, the […]
Apple pledges $450M toward expanding the satellite infrastructure powering Emergency SOS by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch