Big Tech’s massive ad businesses are getting a boost from AI
As the American economy posts impressive growth, we take a look at how much money Big Tech companies raked in from advertising in Q3. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreElon Musk’s Twitter a year later: Everything you need to know
Welcome to Elon Musk’s Twitter (now X), where the rules are made up and the check marks don’t matter. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO announced his bid to buy Twitter in April 2022, zealously driven to rid the platform of spam bots and protect free speech; now, it’s the one-year
Read moreCapturing spread is a powerful but less understood business model available for some startups
The product needs to be great, but without sales, the business doesn't generate those nosebleed valuations. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreApple fixes bug that undermined iOS privacy feature for years
Apple has fixed a years-old vulnerability in its iPhone and iPad software that undermined a privacy feature since it first debuted. Back in 2020, Apple announced a new feature in iOS 14 that would prevent nearby wireless routers and access points from gathering an Apple device’s unique MAC address. Tracking
Read moreX to take on newswire services with new product, XWire
As Instagram Threads is leaning away from news, according to statements made by Instagram head Adam Mosseri, its competitor X appears to be doubling down. Executives at the company formerly known as Twitter, spoke during yesterday’s all-hands internal meeting of their desire to create a new wire service called XWire,
Read moreInternet access in Gaza is collapsing as ISPs fall offline
As the conflict between Israel and Hamas reaches its third week, internet connectivity in Gaza is getting worse. On Thursday, internet monitoring firm NetBlocks wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that the Palestinian internet service provider NetStream “has collapsed days after the operator notified subscribers that service would end due to
Read moreAI is going to make Big Tech even bigger, and richer
Welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Friday show, where we talk about the week’s biggest news. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreEssentials about Suspense and Error Boundaries
We go through the main concepts of Suspense and ErrorBoundaries and highlight what they have in common and what the difference is.Continue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreElon Musk’s Twitter, one year later
Photo illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Getty Images It’s been a year of personal grudges, harebrained rebrands, and jolting policy shifts. And those aren’t even the worst parts. Elon Musk has now owned the company formerly known as Twitter for an entire year. It’s been
Read moreHow To Spot a Short-Sighted Developer
A list of clues to identifying themHackerman — A popular Internet Meme (I really don’t know where it came from)Hi there, fellow coders! We’re all on a quest to level up our programming skills, right?So, how do we become coding wizards? Well, here’s what people generally do:Scouring through other people’s code — because we all know
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