Microsoft joined the layoff parade. Did it really have to?

2 years ago

When Microsoft announced this week that it was laying off 10,000 employees, it wasn’t exactly a shock. Other big companies,…

GoodOnes raises to help make sense of your mess of a camera roll

2 years ago

You know what it’s like – you’ve been on vacation and you’ve taken twenty-eight million photos, and you just want…

TechCrunch+ roundup: 2023 unicorn slump, global VC slowdown, email marketing 101

2 years ago

Due to a phenomenon called semantic satiation, if you repeat a word or phrase too frequently, it can sometimes lose…

Why international DFIs are looking to African startups to scale impact investing efforts

2 years ago

Even as VC funding dries up across the world, development finance institutions (DFIs) from Europe are looking to African startups…

Netflix says it’s open to adding free streaming ‘FAST’ channels to grow its ads business

2 years ago

Netflix reported its Q4 2022 financial results yesterday, topping 230 million global subscribers, up from 223.09 million, thanks to the…

Canada wants to support commercial space launches

2 years ago

While the bulk of commercial space launch activity is happening just south of its border, Canada is tired of watching…

Amazon’s Music Unlimited quietly gets a price hike in the US and UK

2 years ago

Starting on February 21, Amazon’s Music Unlimited streaming service will increase by $1/£1 in the U.S. and the U.K. The…

Wordle clone Quordle acquired by Merriam-Webster

2 years ago

Merriam-Webster, the Encyclopædia Britannica subsidiary best known for its online dictionary, has acquired a popular Wordle clone called Quordle. Terms…

Coinbase and others back ex-FTX US president’s crypto trading infra startup Architect

2 years ago

It has been nearly four months since Brett Harrison stepped down as president of FTX US, the American division of…

Gas, Slay, what’s next? Fire?

2 years ago

Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind…