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NPR leaves Twitter due to misleading ‘government-funded media’ labelNPR will no longer update its 52 Twitter accounts, including the primary @NPR handle, which has nearly 9 million followers. These accounts...
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After an investigation exposes its dangers, Pinterest announces new safety tools and parental controlsFollowing last month’s NBC News investigation into Pinterest that exposed how pedophiles had been using the service to curate image boards...
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LinkedIn rolls out ways to verify your identity and employment, without a price tagLinkedIn is introducing new ways to verify your identity and where you work, the company announced on Wednesday. Unlike with Twitter and Meta...
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Hong Kong’s ZA Bank wants to be the go-to bank for crypto startupsAs the collapses of Signature Bank and Silvergate sent crypto companies scrambling, a virtual bank from Hong Kong is extending a warm welcome...
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Elon Musk admits he only bought Twitter because he thought he’d be forced toElon Musk gave a rare interview to an actual reporter late on Tuesday, speaking to BBC reporter James Clayton on a Twitter Spaces. During the...
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Truecaller brings live caller ID to iPhone… but with a catchTruecaller has been a known name in the app market globally — thanks to its eponymous caller-identification service. Its active user base these...
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General Atlantic invests another $100 million in PhonePeGeneral Atlantic has poured another $100 million in PhonePe, three months after leading a $350 million investment in the Indian fintech startup...
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Backed by Japanese investors, Verod-Kepple’s fund will invest in Series A and B startups across AfricaLast month, pan-African venture capital firm Verod-Kepple Africa Partners reached the second close of its first fund ( Verod-Kepple Africa...
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Talking with Future Ventures about its new fund, AI hype, and Siri sucking (still)For a firm whose bets are largely unpredictable, the early-stage venture firm Future Ventures has become very formulaic in its fundraising....
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Strava launches integration with Spotify to let users listen to content while tracking activitiesStrava , the activity tracking and social community platform used by more than 100 million people globally, has announced a new in-app...
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Elon Musk says Twitter will finally remove legacy checkmarks on 4/20Elon Musk said that Twitter will finally move to remove the legacy blue checkmarks on April 20 or 4/20 because he can’t let go of that joke....
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Silicon Valley Bank’s chief risk officer is out, months after taking the jobWhen Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse was first unfolding, a belated disclosure colored some of the chaos: The bank spent most of last year without...
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GM leads $50M EnergyX deal to lock down lithium for its EVsEager to secure all the lithium it needs to power a growing lineup of electric vehicles , General Motors said on Tuesday that it will lead a $50...
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Daily Crunch: YouTube sets $249 starting price for NFL Sunday Ticket subscriptionsTo get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here ....
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Elizabeth Holmes is denied request to stay out of prisonFormer Theranos CEO and convicted fraud Elizabeth Holmes is expected to go to prison on April 27 for a sentence of more than 11 years. After...
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Hyundai Motor to invest $18B in South Korea’s EVs by 2030Hyundai Motor Group will invest 24 trillion won (~$18 billion) in South Korea’s electric vehicle industry through 2030, the company said...
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Twitter, Inc. is now X CorpTwitter, Inc. is now called X Corp, according to a court filing in California. Since Twitter is no longer a public company, it does not have...
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Whoops, using crypto and cannabis don’t mix after allLife comes at you fast. A couple of months ago I wrote how Smoakland was testing a loophole to sell cannabis by credit card. The test failed,...
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TikTok quietly launched a GIF-like ‘video stickers’ feature for direct messagesTikTok quietly launched “animated video stickers” for direct messages in February, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. Video stickers...
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Prohibition of AI that ‘subverts state power’ in China may chill its nascent industryChinese regulators have proposed restrictive rules around AI models like ChatGPT being built in the country, requiring user identification and...
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New York’s mayor wants you to know how much he loves police robotsFormer cop and self-declared “geek” Eric Adams held a press conference in Times Square today to let the city know how much he loves police robots....
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Upfront’s Kobie Fuller has designed an investment framework for modern enterprise softwareKobie Fuller , a partner at Upfront Ventures , had a notion that there are certain characteristics that every successful enterprise software...
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Turo is blocking access to third-party services and hosts are freaking outTuro, the peer-to-peer car rental company, plans to block access to third-party services like CarSync and Fleetwire starting April 30, according...
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The Security Stage debuts at Disrupt 2023If you haven’t noticed, the internet is frequently on fire . Overseas cyberattacks are hitting public services like healthcare at home....
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3CX blames North Korea for supply chain mass-hackEnterprise phone provider 3CX has confirmed that North Korea-backed hackers were behind last month’s supply chain attack that appeared to target...
