The National Institute of Standards and Technology could fire as many as 500 staffers, according to multiple reports — cuts that further threaten a fledgling AI safety organization. Axios reported this week that the US AI Safety Institute (AISI) and Chips for America, both part of NIST, would be “gutted” by layoffs targeting probationary employees […]
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Discord is refreshing its popular chat app with a handful of new features, including one that developers who build tools for the platform have wanted for a long time. The changes seek to make the community-building app a more versatile place to hang out, with new ways to customize the servers where hundreds of thousands […]
Discord doubles down on apps to make servers more dynamic by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch
Happy TechCrunch Disrupt eve! That’s right, tech’s OG conference dedicated to early-stage startup founders — and the ecosystem that supports them — kicks off tomorrow at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. No FOMO zone: It’s not too late to buy a pass and get in on all the action and opportunity. We’d love to […]
Disrupt kicks off tomorrow — check out the highlights by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch
Lyft is increasing the service fees its riders in the U.S. pay for each ride. The rise in cost, which will go directly to Lyft, aims to cover the higher costs of insurance, reports Reuters. Lyft’s service fees pay for overhead costs like driver insurance and security background checks. The company expected a rise in insurance […]
Lyft increases service fees for riders amid rising insurance costs by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Sila finds itself in a perfect storm of product-market fit and is steadily advancing on its path to produce battery cells for automakers on U.S. soil.
Sila’s Gene Berdichevsky on the ‘5-year roller coaster’ facing battery companies by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
This morning Kanye West announced he’s buying Parler, the annoyingly-named so-called “free speech” platform that ignores the proper French pronunciation of its moniker in service of a poor pun. The deal terms aren’t out there yet, but the startup has so far raised $56 million and I bet it has a tidy little exit on […]
Kanye West and Elon Musk provide a new exit path: the billionaire tantrum by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch
The companies with the best talent, products and positioning will command capital at normalized market prices, and everyone else will experience a depressed market.
2023 VC predictions: Finding an exit from the ‘messy middle’ by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch
More tech antitrust activity: Spain’s competition watchdog has opened an investigation into potential anti-competitive behavior by the Dutch online travel agency giant, Booking.com, following a couple of complaints lodged by the Spanish Association of Hotel Managers and the Regional Hotel Association of Madrid. The national competition regulator said today that it will look into whether […]
Online travel giant Booking.com faces antitrust probe in Spain by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
PayPal is taking a step away from the Honey brand, the $4 billion shopping rewards acquisition it made in 2019, with today’s launch of PayPal Rewards. The new program will replace “Honey Gold” — the rewards program for Honey browser extension users, which allows customers to redeem their points for cash, gift cards or PayPal […]
PayPal debuts a new rewards program that combines Honey’s discounts with other ways to earn by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch