Ant veteran turns to NFT verification for SXSW festival VIP feast

March 8, 2023

As funding into web3 projects cool down during the crypto winter, startups in the space are increasingly focused on building bridges for mass adoption and exploring revenue opportunities to stay afloat. The key to driving mass adoption? Offer experiences that are so seamless that users don’t realize blockchain is involved. One company that is demonstrating […]

Ant veteran turns to NFT verification for SXSW festival VIP feast by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

Netflix now lets TV viewers customize text for subtitles and closed captions

March 8, 2023

Starting today, Netflix is giving TV users the option to customize the size and style of subtitles and closed captions. This update gives subscribers the ability to choose from three sizes — small, medium and large — as well as four styles/colors which include the default white text option, drop shadow (white text with black […]

Netflix now lets TV viewers customize text for subtitles and closed captions by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

TikTok begins blocking links to app store pages from creators’ bios

March 8, 2023

TikTok has begun blocking links to app stores in creators’ bios, TechCrunch learned and the company confirmed. The block, which will have significant impact on CPI (cost per install) campaign deals between creators and brands, also extends to third-party link-in-bio solutions like Linktree. The change was first spotted by Sendit’s co-founder David Tesler, who remarked […]

TikTok begins blocking links to app store pages from creators’ bios by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Today’s startups should terrify you

March 8, 2023

A steady stream of new startups pitch their ideas, concepts, products and services on a daily basis to TechCrunch reporters: Startups that claim to predict when employees might want to leave for a new job; that think they can detect depression using someone’s voice; that experiment by using chatbots on patients with depression; that scrape […]

Today’s startups should terrify you by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch