Portside lands $50M to help manage business aviation

February 1, 2023

Business aviation operators are often challenged with crew and aircraft shortages as they look to scale and meet the growing post-pandemic demand for air travel. With industry-wide staffing shortages, operators need to figure out how to attract pilots and other crew members — whether it be to fill full-time vacancies or add temp positions to […]

Portside lands $50M to help manage business aviation by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Netflix lists rules and exemptions to prevent account sharing outside household

February 1, 2023

Netflix is now detailing how it aims to maintain password sharing within a household while cracking down on outside usage. The company aims to curtail account sharing this year by asking people to pay extra money to use the streaming service outside the household for extended periods of time. The streaming giant has shared terms […]

Netflix lists rules and exemptions to prevent account sharing outside household by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Apple TV users can now watch Major League Soccer matches with MLS Season Pass

February 1, 2023

Today, Apple launched MLS Season Pass in over 100 territories, giving soccer fans access to all MLS matches, Audi 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs, and Leagues Cup, as well as original programming. Notably, there are no blackouts, so subscribers get to watch matches in or out of market. The 2023 MLS season begins on February 25. […]

Apple TV users can now watch Major League Soccer matches with MLS Season Pass by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Who gets to be a tech entrepreneur in China?

February 1, 2023
We live in an age where the concept of being an entrepreneur is increasingly broad. It’s often hard to slot occupations—hosting a podcast, driving for Uber, even having an OnlyFans account—into the traditional definitions of employment vs. entrepreneurship. Of course, this is not a strictly Western phenomenon; it’s happening all over the world. And in…

Twitter discontinues CoTweets, says will debut text attachments next week

February 1, 2023

Twitter announced Tuesday that it is discontinuing CoTweeting, a feature that let two users co-author a tweet. The company said that the feature will immediately cease to exist. Users will be able to view the set of co-tweets for a month. After that, they will be automatically converted to retweets on the co-author’s profile. “For […]

Twitter discontinues CoTweets, says will debut text attachments next week by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Amazon’s sales terms and delivery ‘dark patterns’ face probe in Poland

February 1, 2023

If you’ve ever made an Amazon order with a particular seller because the estimated delivery for the item appears to match when you need it, only to be frustrated when a different (later) delivery estimate appears after you’ve completed the payment process, this action by Poland’s competition and consumer watchdog may be of interest: It’s […]

Amazon’s sales terms and delivery ‘dark patterns’ face probe in Poland by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

How the Supreme Court ruling on Section 230 could end Reddit as we know it

February 1, 2023
When the Supreme Court hears a landmark case on Section 230 later in February, all eyes will be on the biggest players in tech—Meta, Google, Twitter, YouTube. A legal provision tucked into the Communications Decency Act, Section 230 has provided the foundation for Big Tech’s explosive growth, protecting social platforms from lawsuits over harmful user-generated…