Inside the ‘cold war’ at Techstars as CEO Mäelle Gavet hires, fires, fights to force change
Financial losses, founder revolts, public firings and overflowing office sewage mark the storied institution’s annus horribilis. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreGoogle lays off staff from Flutter, Dart and Python weeks before its developer conference
Google told TechCrunch that Flutter will have new updates to share at I/O this year. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreFisker starts new round of layoffs to ‘preserve cash’
EV startup Fisker Inc. is laying off more employees to “preserve cash,” one week after warning investors it would have to make cuts to stave off impending bankruptcy, according to an internal email viewed by TechCrunch. Founder and CEO Henrik Fisker told employees Monday morning in the email that the
Read moreEpic Games says it will bring Fortnite to iPad after EU dubs iPadOS a ‘gatekeeper’ under DMA
Whether or not Epic Games will be able to bring Fortnite to the iPhone and iPad as planned still remains to be seen. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreMeta confirms launch of a bonus program for creators on Threads
Meta’s Threads social network passed the 150 million monthly users mark recently, but the company is not slowing down its growth engine. To increase engagement, the social media giant is running a limited-time bonus program for Threads. Over the last few days, many accounts have posted about this program. The
Read moreCopilot Workspace is GitHub’s take on AI-powered software engineering
GitHub's new Copilot Workspace brings AI-powered assistive software engineering tools front and center. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreTechCrunch Minute: Elon Musk’s big plans for xAI include raising $6 billion
TechCrunch recently broke the news that Elon Musk’s xAI is raising $6 billion at a pre-money valuation of $18 billion. The deal hasn’t closed yet, so the numbers could change. But it sounds like Musk is making an ambitious pitch to investors about his 10-month-old startup — a rival to
Read moreThe UK beefs up smart home security by going after bad default passwords
Illustration by Carlo Cadenas / The Verge The UK is doing away with bad default passwords. With updates to the country’s Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act (PSTI) that came into force today, regulators say that tech gadgets that can connect to the internet or a local wired network must
Read moreChris’ Corner: Design the Job
Y’all use Figma for design work? I’d be willing to bet a lot of you do at your organization. I’m still wrapping my brain around the fact that Adobe has to write a billion dollar check to not acquire it. It’s no wonder why they wanted it — there is
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