Bluesky grows to 9M+ users
Bluesky keeps growing: The company announced that as of Friday morning, it had added 3 million new users, bringing its total user count to more than 9 million. In other words, the social platform’s user base has grown by around 50 percent in the week or so since a Brazilian
Read moreFinding pi in the alphabet
Write the letters of the alphabet around a circle, then strike out the letters that are symmetrical about a vertical line. The remaining letters are grouped in clumps of 3, 1, 4, 1, and 6 letters. I’ve heard that this observation is due to Martin Gardner, but I don’t have
Read morePayroll startup Warp disavows ‘affiliate’ who posted about white superiority
Warp is under the spotlight following controversial posts from an account tied to the company. On Thursday, an account posting under the name Vittorio wrote on X, “i like White people more, they do more, they are better for the roles i need to climb the kardashev scale i’ll let
Read moreCanva wants you to pay a lot more for its AI features
Canva is dramatically increasing prices for some customers. Canva Teams subscribers on older pricing plans will see a 300% increase for a five-person plan, jumping from $119.99 per year to $500 per year. Users will get a 40% discount for the first 12 months before the switch takes effect. The
Read moreBoeing’s Starliner performs flawless touchdown without on-board crew, program’s future remains uncertain
After months of delays and uncertainty, Boeing’s Starliner capsule has returned from the International Space Station, touching down in White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico, just after midnight on Saturday. The capsule returned autonomously to Earth without its two crew members, NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who will
Read moreAptos CEO Mo Shaikh shares his journey to web3 and market opportunities in Asia and Middle East
TechCrunch sat down with Shaikh this week at the Korea Blockchain Week 2024 conference in Seoul to talk about Aptos' expansion; its partnerships with major Asian web2 companies; and how Aptos uses blockchain to make financial transactions seamless and cost-effective. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreStartups are getting fined, or sometimes banned, by individual states
The problem, experts say, is that each state has its own complex fees, tax, and business registration requirements. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreFor security, we have to stop picking up the phone
Today's scams can be as simple as picking up a phone call. To avoid the next fraud, there are good reasons to let your calls run to voicemail. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreHow a viral AI image catapulted a Mexican startup to a major adidas contract
Antonio Nuño, Fatima Alvarez, and Enrique Rodriguez have been friends since they were five years old. As teenagers, they became volunteers helping indigenous communities — first in Mexico, then in other countries — and saw that many of the women were artisans. The trio came to realize that these artists
Read moreSecond Byju’s auditor exits in a year as financial turmoil deepens
BDO, the auditor for Indian edtech startup Byju’s, has resigned with immediate effect, marking the second auditor departure for the embattled startup in about a year and further intensifying concerns about its financial health and governance. In a scathing resignation letter, BDO subsidiary MSKA highlighted multiple issues with Byju’s, including
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