Spotify is pulling 11 original podcasts from the platform, which will impact studios Parcast and Gimlet and involve less than 5% layoffs, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to TechCrunch. Spotify will also reassign some staff to other podcasts, we understand. Reached for comment, Spotify said it does not comment publicly on staffing changes. […]
Spotify cancels 11 original podcasts, lays off under 5% of staff by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
After Elon Musk agreed to buy Twitter after all, his legal team is now motioning for the court to cancel the upcoming trial with Twitter, slated to begin on October 17. But, as Judge Kathaleen McCormick pointed out yesterday, the trial cannot be called off until both parties agree. So, the trial is still technically […]
Elon Musk moves to kill the upcoming Twitter trial by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
I sat out Friday’s big Tesla AI event. I was actually looking forward to seeing what the company had cooked up after months of teasing, but a combination of rogue stomach virus and the most inconvenient event timing (Friday at 9:15 PM EDT) outside of something held on the other side of the world meant […]
Sub-Optimus by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
Healthcare unicorn Ro is notifying employees of a data exposure involving their personal information after a security contractor “inadvertently” uploaded a spreadsheet of employee data to the internet. In a data breach notice obtained by TechCrunch from an affected employee who received the notice this week, Ro said it discovered that the contractor uploaded the […]
Ro says it ‘inadvertently’ exposed employees’ personal information by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch
Barring investment in ESG initiatives is not just counterproductive and dangerous — it’s fiscally foolish.
GOP’s war on ESG could come back to bite it by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch
Atman Capital, a year-old early-stage venture firm partially backed by about 20 founders, is sweetening the deal for these individual limited partners. It promises to give credit to any one of them who refers a successful deal to the venture firm in the form of some carried interest in the firm’s own profits. It’s an […]
A new cross-border VC firm is offering a sweetener to its founder LPs: part of its own profits by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch
We think you’ll be as amazed as we are by the collective creativity, ingenuity and technical prowess of the Startup Battlefield 200. Out of thousands of applications, only 200 early-stage startups made the final cut, and you’ll find all of them — and only them — exhibiting on the TechCrunch Disrupt show floor on October […]
The Startup Battlefield 200: Climate tech and health tech edition by Neesha A. Tambe originally published on TechCrunch
As with the Pixel Watch, we’ll be bringing more in-depth thoughts with a full review in the near future. Now, however, seems like as good a time as any to offer up some initial thoughts (and pictures) of the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro. First is the price. I suspect it’s not the first […]
Google Pixel 7 up close: The software’s the thing by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch