TechCrunch+ Roundup: Reaching $1M ARR, tech job market rundown, women-led VC firms
A recent PitchBook study that surveyed founders from top accelerators found that they are generally interested in just three things: Learning how to operate a startup Networking with potential customers Getting warm intros to VCs But now that so many venture capital firms provide these services — along with marketing
Read moreI’ve never seen so many crap startups
Startups are so full of shit right now. The pipes are jammed and there are so many companies that are full to bursting with the desire to un-pack them. We’ve just been through determining the shape of this year’s TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 and we are seeing a huge amount
Read moreClass action against Government of Canada advances following 2020 CRA privacy breach
The Federal Court of Canada has certified the class action filed against the Government of Canada over the spate of cyber incidents that took place between March and September 2020 attacking the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) accounts of over 45,000 Canadians. The cyber incidents, the government said at the time,
Read moreHTTP-Modular: My Node.js Library for Converting Server-Side Functions Into ES Modules
Unleashing the power of ES modules for server-side logicPhoto by Christopher Gower on UnsplashRecently, I was inspired and developed a remarkable “programming magic.” I encapsulated this idea into a Node.js library called “http-modular.”The core concept was to transform server-side HTTP interfaces into JavaScript code that adheres to the ESM (ECMAScript Modules)
Read moreThe Ideal TabView Behaviour With SwiftUI Navigation Stack
Photo by Nick Fewings on UnsplashThere are tons of articles that explain Navigation Stack, which was introduced with iOS 16, but most of these pretty much reshare what Apple’s documentation says — and are similar to the sample Colors app that Apple shared. While that’s good to grasp the basics, it’s far from
Read moreJava 21: So How Should We Construct Strings Now?
Image by authorJava 21 brings in a lot of cool features, and one of them is the String Templates. While it serves more purposes than just classic String interpolation, for us Java developers, it’s yet another way to concatenate Strings in a “proper” way.What is proper, though? I poked around the bytecode
Read moreHow to cancel Disney+ and avoid the price hike
Many subscribers are fed up with Disney+ and its price hikes. The streaming service announced last week that it will increase the price of its ad-free plan on October 12, raising the tier by about 20% from $10.99 to $13.99 per month. The ad-free option cost $7.99/month a year ago;
Read moreCheckout.com cuts ties with Binance, which is mulling legal action in response
Credit cards payments processor Checkout.com, is no longer servicing Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, a spokesperson from the exchange told TechCrunch. “There is no impact on our services and users can continue to use on-and off-ramps as usual,” the Binance spokesperson added. The London-based Checkout.com, which was valued at
Read moreCuba ransomware gang looking for unpatched Veeam installations: Report
The Cuba ransomware gang has tweaked its attack strategy to go after IT environments that haven’t patched a recently discovered vulnerability in Veeam Software’s backup solutions. Usually the gang exploits the three-year old Windows Server Netlogon vulnerability (CVE-2020-1472) known as Zerologon, BlackBerry said in a report Thursday. However, an analysis
Read moreFounders Fund, Index Ventures, Canvas Ventures join TC Disrupt Startup Battlefield judges
Just one more month until 20 of the world’s top early-stage startups take to the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 in San Francisco to vie for an equity-free, $100,000 prize. They’ll face tough scrutiny from our judges, and today investors from Founders Fund, Index Ventures and Canvas Ventures join
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