Twitter was even messier than usual this weekend. On Saturday, owner Elon Musk tweeted that Twitter would combat “extreme levels of data scraping,” by limiting accounts that don’t subscribe to Twitter Blue so that they could see only 600 posts per day. Once you hit the quota, almost any act on the site would trigger […]
Twitter competitors soar after yet another bad Musk move by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
In this issue: What the future holds for Virgin Galactic, news from NASA and more.
Max Q: Virgin Galactic’s triumphant first commercial flight by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch
Troubled commercial EV maker Arrival has just ended a deal to merge — for the second time in less than three years — with a special purpose acquisition company. Arrival initially went public in March 2021 via a merger with special purpose acquisition company CIIG Merger Corp. in a deal valued at $5.4 billion. Since […]
EV maker Arrival’s second SPAC is now a dead SPAC by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch
Molly Alter is joining venture capital firm Northzone after being a partner with Index Ventures since 2020.
Molly Alter leaving Index Ventures for Northzone by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
Pornhub is blocking access from users in Mississippi, Virginia and Utah, which have recently passed laws that require age verification to access adult websites. Similar legislation went into effect in Louisiana at the start of the year. To comply, Pornhub required visitors to verify their age with the LA Wallet app, a digital wallet for […]
Pornhub blocks access in Mississippi, Virginia and Utah amid changing laws by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
While Twitter is busy limiting the number of readable tweets and breaking its Tweetdeck app, open source Twitter alternative Mastodon is celebrating the launch of a significant refresh of its Android app. The new app, released over the weekend, features a complete Material You redesign — Google’s design language for Android — as well as […]
As Twitter flounders, Mastodon refreshes its official app for Android users by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch