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Twitter Blue expands to six new countries, brings back Spaces curation
Twitter is in a hurry to make money, and in another step that might lead to some revenue it has expanded the Twitter Blue subscription to six new countries. The paid plans are now available in Saudi Arabia, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Spain making it 12 regions in total to which users can subscribe […]
Twitter Blue expands to six new countries, brings back Spaces curation by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
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Damus pulled from Apple’s App Store in China after two days
Damus, one of the fastest-growing Twitter alternatives, has been pulled from China’s App Store just two days after the app was approved by Apple. The app, which is based on the Jack Dorsey-backed decentralized social networking protocol Nostr, was removed from the China App Store per request by the country’s top internet watchdog because it […]
Damus pulled from Apple’s App Store in China after two days by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch
Car-sharing SPAC Getaround lays off 10% of staff
Peer-to-peer car-sharing company Getaround is laying off 10% of staff starting Thursday. The layoffs are part of a restructure aimed to put Getaround on the path to “sustainable profitability and long-term growth,” the company said in a statement. Per LinkedIn, Getaround has 421 employees, so the staff cuts should affect around 42 employees. Getaround did […]
Car-sharing SPAC Getaround lays off 10% of staff by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Apple revenue drops amid quarterly hardware decline
Apple has thus far been lauded for a deliberate hiring approach that saved the company from the mass layoffs conducted by top competitors like Alphabet and Amazon. But not even the iPhone maker is immune from economic headwinds. In quarterly earnings posted today, the company notched its first y-o-y loss since before the pandemic. The […]
Apple revenue drops amid quarterly hardware decline by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
Daily Crunch: Hundreds of Salesforce workers laid off in January just discovered they were out of work today
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Daily Crunch: Hundreds of Salesforce workers laid off in January just discovered they were out of work today by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
Rebar robotics firm Toggle adds another $3M to its fundraising tally
There’s no denying that the robotics startup world has taken a hit during the ongoing economic downturn. Recent numbers prove what we’ve all suspected for some time. But two things are true: 1) The lull is temporary; and 2) While robotics isn’t recession-proof, construction might as well be. This is certainly a theme of late […]
Rebar robotics firm Toggle adds another $3M to its fundraising tally by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
Ford left ‘$2B of profits on the table’ in 2022
Ford reported Thursday it earned $10.4 billion in net income last year, falling well below its own guidance and missing Wall Street’s expectations as the U.S. automaker struggled with supply chain issues and production instability that drove down sales and pushed operating costs higher. Shares fell as much as 8.3% in after-market trading, before recovering. […]
Ford left ‘$2B of profits on the table’ in 2022 by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch