Bay Area baby belly beholding Battlefield bounty
This week, the TechCrunch team descended on San Francisco’s Moscone Center to celebrate one of the biggest to-dos in the startup world: TechCrunch Disrupt.
The Download: your stake in OpenAI, and the Treasury’s AI warning
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Your family’s $300 stake in OpenAI Sam Altman’s proposal that Americans should share in the wealth created by AI is back in the spotlight, with reports that he is discussing giving…
Unity U-turns on controversial runtime fee and begs forgiveness
Unity has done a 180 on a controversial new pricing scheme that users of its cross-platform game engine almost unanimously disparaged. A new pricing policy is still incoming, but it’s far less fraught for independent developers, many of whom threatened to leave the engine and platform behind rather than pay. The changes were announced only […]
1 in 10 Leaders Say Succession Planning Is Not Worth the Time and Money It Costs — Here’s Why They’re Wrong.
While seemingly straightforward, succession planning for business owners can take several different forms, each with its own set of pros and cons. You need to understand your options when you inevitably sell or pass down your business someday.
Free Webinar: Guarding Your Digital Fort – Cybersecurity for Entrepreneurs
Join us as our experts shed light on straightforward, non-technical measures that entrepreneurs can adopt to fortify their digital domains.
You Can Be the Next Sensation – How to Using Social Media to Drive Growth
You can revolutionize your marketing strategy by creating brand-aligned partnerships with influencers, crafting narratives that interweave digital and physical experiences and harnessing AI’s trend-predicting powers. By channeling these strategies, you can become the next big sensation.
‘An Absolute Prize’: Rare Great Depression $10,000 Bill Sells For Nearly $500,000
The $10,000 bill is from 1934 and was never in circulation.
Pitch Deck Teardown: Transcend’s $20M Series B deck
$20 million doesn’t lie, so let’s see where Transcend, er, transcends and where it remains painfully mortal.
TechCrunch+ Roundup: Prompt engineering, web3 gaming survey, how to spend $10K on paid ads
TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 ended yesterday, and out of all the events I’ve attended since working here, this one was my favorite.
Bluesky saw record usage after Elon Musk announced plans to charge all X users
Social network Bluesky once again benefitted from Elon Musk’s missteps with X, the network formerly known as Twitter. According to a new analysis of Bluesky’s web traffic and mobile app usage, the would-be X competitor hit a daily active user record just after Musk announced he would begin charging all X users a small monthly […]
Yes, you have to update your Apple devices again, because spyware is bad
Apple on Thursday released urgent security updates for iPhones, iPads, Macs, Apple Watch, and Safari users to patch against three vulnerabilities that Apple says are being actively exploited. The three vulnerabilities include a flaw in WebKit, the browser engine that powers Safari; a certificate validation bug that can allow a malicious app to run on […]