General Motors has temporarily paused paid advertising on Twitter, one day after billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk finalized a $44 billion acquisition of the social media platform. CNBC was the first to report GM’s decision. TechCrunch confirmed the U.S. automaker’s decision. “We are engaging with Twitter to understand the direction of the platform under […]
GM pauses paid advertising on Twitter as Chief Twit Elon Musk takes ownership by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch
A quick caveat up top. This isn’t a review. TechCrunch does reviews. This isn’t one. There are several reasons for this. First, last week was Disrupt — I was busy on the other side of the country. Second, this week is my COVID week (third round, otherwise self-explanatory w/r/t a limited output). Third, we very […]
Google’s Nest Wifi Pro is a dead simple way to bring Wi-Fi 6E home by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
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Daily Crunch: With Musk’s purchase completed, NYSE will delist Twitter stock on Election Day by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
The best way to remove plastics from the ecosystem is to make sure they never get there in the first place, and Cruz Foam is well on its way to replacing some of the worst ones out there with its naturally-derived and compostable alternative — and the company just landed an $18M series A to […]
Cruz Foam’s chitin-based packaging brings in $18M as industries scramble to go green by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch
NASA said Friday that its Psyche mission (named after the asteroid the mission is targeting) has been rescheduled to October next year. The news comes just a few months after the agency announced that it would definitively miss its planned 2022 launch attempt. The delayed schedule is due to late delivery of key components of […]
NASA’s Psyche mission to a metal-rich asteroid is back on the books for October 2023 by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch
Lo, the day is upon us: Elon Musk owns the bird app and all that comes with it. Musk’s $44 billion Twitter acquisition has closed, and he fired most of the top people in charge and is now busy learning about this thing he sort of wanted, then didn’t want at all, and now has […]
The TwitterMusking and other news by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch
Elon Musk has only been in control of Twitter for a short time, but he’s already making big moves. Musk fired a number of key executives on day one, including Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, but in a new tweet he claims he’ll be moving more slowly when it comes to making content moderation decisions. Musk […]
Elon Musk says Twitter will form a content moderation ‘council’ before deciding on Trump by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch