Apple to launch a premium news subscription service, report says
More details are out this morning about Apple’s plans for Texture, the digital newsstand business it acquired last month. According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple is planning to launch its own...
View ArticleSubscription hell
Another week, another paywall. This time, it’s Bloomberg, which announced that it would be adding a comprehensive paywall to its news service and television channel (except TicToc, its media...
View ArticleBloomberg Media Group’s chief product officer sees big opportunities in audio
Julia Beizer joined Bloomberg Media Group as its first chief product officer in January — and since then, she said, “Audio has been a big part of my world.” Specifically, Beizer’s team has been...
View ArticleIn letter to Congress, Apple sends strongest denial over ‘spy chip’ story
Apple has doubled down on its repudiation of Bloomberg’s report last week that claimed its systems had been compromised by Chinese spies. The blockbuster story cited more than a dozen sources claiming...
View ArticleThe attributes that define the increasingly critical Data-as-a-Service industry
Alex Rosen Contributor Alex Rosen is managing director at Ridge Ventures. More posts by this contributor An inside look into a venture negotiation Building a Series A SaaS valuation estimator (2017...
View ArticleInvestors still don’t understand the fundamentals of US/China relations
This weekend, Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed to something of a détente around American tariffs on Chinese goods. Stocks across Asia swooned, for reasons that make no sense to me. Plus,...
View ArticleHow Carl Pope helped drive a $500 million pledge to push the U.S. “Beyond...
Billionaire businessman and philanthropist Michael Bloomberg recently pledged to rapidly spend $500 million in a bid to push the U.S. “Beyond Carbon,” aiming to end this country’s use of coal and...
View ArticleFinding free money for your social impact startup
David Teten Contributor Share on Twitter David Teten is an advisor to emerging investment managers and a Venture Partner with HOF Capital. He was previously a partner for 8 years with HOF Capital and...
View ArticleVCs warn coronavirus will impact fundraising for the next 2 quarters
As of this writing, COVID-19 has killed more than 3,400 people around the globe and the coronavirus has infected tens of thousands more. But its impact has gone much further, causing major disruptions...
View ArticleApple could reportedly announce Mac shift to its own ARM-based chips this month
For years now, analysts and unconfirmed reports have suggested Apple was working on transitioning its Mac line of computers away from Intel-based chips, and to its own, ARM-based processors. Now,...
View ArticleSnapchat redesigns its app with new action bar
Snap is unveiling some important changes for Snapchat at its Snap Partner Summit. The navigation has been rethought with a new action bar at the bottom that lets you access Snap Map and Snap Originals...
View ArticleGoogle reportedly cancelled a cloud project meant for countries including China
Updated with Google’s full statement After reportedly spending a year and a half working on a cloud service meant for China and other countries, Google cancelled the project, called “Isolated Region,”...
View ArticleSevere weather, blackouts show the grid’s biggest problem is infrastructure,...
It’s becoming harder for the U.S. to ignore the very real effects of global climate change — and despite the efforts of naysayers, it’s not a push to renewables that’s to blame for the outages sweeping...
View ArticleChina banning foreign IPOs would be pretty unsurprising
Didi’s U.S. IPO is one of several key moments of the recent regulatory shift inside China regarding its leading technology companies. The other is Ant’s IPO that never happened, pulled in the wake of...
View ArticleOnlyFans founder Tim Stokely steps down, appoints spokesperson as CEO
OnlyFans founder and CEO Tim Stokely is stepping down, Bloomberg reports. His successor is Ami Gan, the company’s former head of communications and marketing. This move comes after a tenuous year for...
View ArticleCrypto.com CEO admits hundreds of customer accounts were hacked
Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek said around 400 customer accounts have been compromised in a hack in an interview with Bloomberg TV on Wednesday. His confirmation of the breach comes after multiple...
View ArticleIf you must conduct layoffs, don’t be a jerk
Since our last column, another smattering of tech startups has laid off employees. We get it. Layoffs happen. But as we conduct yet another week of analysis into a depressing time in tech, we’re...
View ArticleVolkswagen, Siemens invest $450M into Electrify America in EV charging push
Volkswagen Group subsidiary Electrify America said Tuesday it raised $450 million in a deal that includes its first external investor as it aims to accelerate its rollout of ultra-fast charging...
View ArticleVenture capital funding may have slowed, but VC firms have no problems...
As the market swoons, venture capital firms continue to announce new funds. TechCrunch reporters covered five of these more in-depth Tuesday, as you will see below. Meanwhile, I corresponded with three...
View ArticleDigital marketplace Clutch closes $1.2M pre-seed round led by Precursor Ventures
Digital marketplace Clutch announced today the closing of a $1.2 million seed round led by Precursor Ventures. The company, founded in 2020 by Madison Long and Simone May, hails itself as one of the...
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