Cruise begins layoffs, starting with workers who supported driverless operations
Cruise, the GM self-driving car subsidiary, has started laying off contingent workers after pausing all of it driverless operations and losing key commercial permits that allowed it to operate a robotaxi service in San Francisco. The company laid off Thursday contingent workers, people who were employed to support its driverless
Read moreGoogle Play tightens up rules for Android app developers to require testing, increased app review
Google today is announcing strengthened protections for Android developers publishing apps to its Google Play store. The changes are a part of Google’s broader efforts at keeping low-quality and unsafe apps out of its app store and off consumers’ devices, which also recently included the launch of a new real-time
Read more5 can’t-miss strategies to break through in a crowded market
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Read moreHow well did Klaviyo, Arm and Instacart actually do in their first test on the public markets?
Let's do a quick summary of results from Arm, Klaviyo, and Instacart, and ask how they perform once we allow for IPO-related costs. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreLunar.dev wants to help developers take control of third-party API costs
Developers have been increasingly using third-party APIs to build their applications, and depending on the API, the costs can escalate quickly. It’s been challenging for companies to find ways to understand and manage these costs. That’s where Lunar.dev comes in. It’s a tool designed from the ground up to help
Read moreChptr, a memorialization app for gathering and sharing memories of loved ones, raises $1.5M
Chptr, an app for sharing and holding onto memories of lost loved ones, has raised $1.5 million in seed funding. The app is designed to give people a way to encapsulate the life of their loved ones by inviting others to share and store stories, images, audio messages, videos and
Read moreLightspeed Faction launches $285M early-stage crypto fund
As the crypto market continues to slog through a fundraising winter, Lightspeed Faction, a blockchain-focused venture capital firm, is betting big on the space. The firm has launched its inaugural $285 million fund, its co-founders exclusively told TechCrunch. Faction will focus mainly on early-stage blockchain projects raising seed or Series
Read moreAstra founders propose purchasing outstanding stock to take space company private
Astra founders Chris Kemp and Adam London have proposed taking the company private, with the two saying they would acquire all the outstanding stock themselves, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday. Kemp, who is chairman and CEO, and London, chief technology officer, offered to
Read moreSecure messaging app Signal moves a step closer to launching usernames
End-to-end encrypted messaging app, Signal, is getting closer to launching a much anticipated feature that will allow users to share only a username in order to connect with other users, rather than having to reveal the phone number linked to their account, as is the case now. Other secure messaging
Read moreOmegle is shutting down notorious video chat service as scrutiny grows
Even if you never used Omegle, you’d probably heard about its sketchy reputation. | Image: Omegle Omegle, a popular video chat service that randomly connects users with strangers, has shut down after 14 years amid misuse of the platform and increased scrutiny by online safety regulators. In a lengthy statement
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