Sequoia’s Jess Lee will demystify product-market fit at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024
Build something people want. It’s a simple concept — and one that Y Combinator loves to repeat — but one that can be hard to get right when building a startup. How strongly a technology good or service resonates with potential customers is often called “product-market fit,” or PMF. The
Read moreNYT Games debuts redesigned app to boost discovery and simplify navigation
The NYT Games app is debuting a new redesign to help users discover games and track their progress more easily. The redesign comes nearly a year after the New York Times renamed its games-focused app from “NYT Crosswords” to “NYT Games” to better represent its growing family of games. The
Read moreBlow up in finite time
A few years ago I wrote a post about approximating the solution to a differential equation even though the solution did not exist. You can ask a numerical method for a solution at a point past where the solution blows up to infinity, and it will dutifully give you a
Read moreZama’s homomorphic encryption tech lands it $73M on a valuation of nearly $400M
Homomorphic encryption, a complex technique that uses cryptographic algorithms to keep data secure as it travels around networks and to third parties, continues to elude mass-market scalability and thus adoption — not least because currently, the complexity that makes it so effective also makes it slow and hard to use
Read moreEU looking into Apple’s decision to kill Epic Games’ developer account
The European Union has confirmed it’s looking into Apple’s decision to close Epic Games’ developer account — citing three separate regulations which may apply. Yesterday the Fortnite maker revealed Apple had terminated the account, apparently reversing a decision to approve the developer account last month. Epic had planned to launch
Read moreSpotify to increase subscription price in France to counter new music-streaming tax
Spotify has revealed plans to increase subscription fees in France, in response to a new tax directed at music-streaming services operating in the country. The move comes nearly three months after the company vowed to begin disinvesting in France, initially pulling support from two festivals with the promise of more
Read moreTelegram now lets users to convert personal accounts to business accounts
Telegram founder Pavel Durov announced Wednesday that users on the chat app with personal accounts can now convert them into business accounts by paying a monthly fee. This gives users the ability to list information such as location and opening hours, which might be helpful for small cafes and shop
Read moreIndia’s Flipkart readies quick-commerce play
The Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart is planning to enter the quick-commerce business, aimed at providing customers with the convenience of receiving their orders instantly after making their purchases, a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The firm, majorly owned by Walmart, plans to make the instant-delivery service available in
Read moreFlush with cash, French fintech unicorn Qonto acquires Regate
While many entrepreneurs are currently facing the harsh reality of a VC funding crunch, Qonto isn’t one of them. The Paris-based business banking startup still has hundreds of millions of cash on hand. And it is using an undisclosed portion of its cash reserve to acquire Regate, an accounting and
Read moreOpenAI hits back at Elon Musk: Hashtag Trending for March 7, 2024
OpenAI hits back at Elon Musk, 90 percent of statistics published on the Internet aren’t true, 30,000 Fidelity customers in the US have their data stolen and those hospital alarms sounds may not save lives – and they are responsible for a lot of deaths. All this and more on
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