TechCrunch Minute: Spotify’s move to paywall lyrics is putting pressure on free users

May 3, 2024

Spotify’s slow movement to put lyrics behind its paid service wall in its music service are about as popular as you would expect. Precise details of the update are evolving but what we can say at this point is that it seems that Spotify has a new feature up its sleeve to try and get […]

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UnitedHealth data breach should be a wakeup call for the UK and NHS

May 3, 2024

The ransomware attack that has engulfed U.S. health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group and its tech subsidiary Change Healthcare is a data privacy nightmare for millions of U.S. patients, with CEO Andrew Witty confirming this week that it may impact as much as one-third of the country. But it should also serve as a wakeup call […]

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NASA is expanding its Wallops Island facility to support three times as many launches

May 3, 2024

NASA is kicking off a formal environmental assessment of its facilities on Wallops Island, Virginia, to increase the number of authorized rocket launches at the site by almost 200%, according to slides and recordings of an April 29 internal meeting viewed by TechCrunch. The proposed changes could help ease congestion at the country’s other spaceports, […]

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When a startup is better off saying no to revenue

May 3, 2024

It’s hard for early-stage founders to say no to revenue from a large customer, whose needs might not align with the broader customer base.

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