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Twitter battles all things ElonJet, SBF gets arrested, and OpenAI tries to figure out watermarking

Hello, hello! Greg here again with Week in Review, the newsletter where we quickly recap the most read TechCrunch stories from the past seven days. Been too busy to read tech news? WiR should leave yo

Tech’s latest controversy? The return of the five-day, in-person work week

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. May the earnes

This Week in Apps: AI Art apps top the charts, Instagram adds text-only ‘Notes,’ alternative app stores in EU

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. Global app spending reached $65 billion in th

Deal-flow mavens aren’t sweating the venture slowdown

As we near the end of the year, let's catch up with a few people who kept a close eye on deal flow in 2022 and look at indicators of what might be coming in 2023.

Gift Guide: A few ideas for the mechanical keyboard fans

The world of mechanical keyboards is a very deep rabbit hole and it’s no secret that more and more people have fallen into it in recent years. So if you have somebody in your life who keeps talk

Support King, banned by FTC, linked to new phone spying operation

A year after it was banned by the Federal Trade Commission, a notorious phone surveillance company is back in all but name, a TechCrunch investigation has found. A groundbreaking FTC order in 2021 ban

Netflix’s ‘Wednesday’ is the second most popular English-language series, with 1.02B hours viewed

The latest hit Netflix series “Wednesday,” the “Addams Family” spin-off directed by Tim Burton, has reached a milestone that only “Stranger Things” Season 4 and “Squid Game” managed to

Why did Wall Street favor Adobe’s quarter over Salesforce’s?

While Adobe and Salesforce had similar results, Wall Street seemed to treat the former better.

Deal terms, fatality rates and the drawbacks of credit lines; a view from today’s most active VC firm

Yesterday, we had the chance to catch up with Fabrice Grinda, a French, New York-based serial entrepreneur who co-founded the free classifieds site OLX — now owned by Prosus — and who has

Daily Crunch: Twitter removes live audio chat after CEO joins Space with banished reporters

Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package.

Cruise’s autonomous driving tech comes under scrutiny from safety regulators

U.S. safety regulators have opened a preliminary investigation into the robotaxis developed and operated by GM self-driving subsidiary Cruise. The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration sa

SBF doesn’t need SPF where he’s going and other TC news

This week, I talked with Tim De Chant about his coverage of fusion energy and what feels like a rare hopeful story in renewable energy tech. And Jacquelyn Melinek walks us through Sam Bankman-Fried’

Censorship, lockdowns, arbitrary bans — Twitter is turning into the China of social media

For a social media platform that staked its claim on championing free speech, it’s been a remarkably swift turn of events.

With IT spending forecast to rise in 2023, what does it mean for startups?

While IT spending is forecast to rise, that doesn't mean the picture is entirely rosy for startups. You still have to prove your worth.

TechCrunch+ roundup: New VC rules, AI biotech investor survey, Instagram ad case study

"Growth at all costs" is a fairy tale made possible by cheap money that helped VCs set expectations for founders — and each other.

Amazon acquires film/TV rights to ‘Warhammer 40,000’ IP

Amazon announced today that it signed a deal with Games Workshop (GAW), giving it IP rights to the “Warhammer 40,000” universe, a massively popular tabletop miniature wargame. This is the first de

Solo GP Nichole Wischoff raises $20M fund backed by Peter Thiel to invest in ‘unsexy businesses’

Wischoff Ventures closed a second fund of $20 million that will be 'leaning in heavily on B2B.'

Audit firm Mazars ceases proof-of-reserves work for Binance and others

Global audit firm Mazars has deleted the website that hosted proofs-of-reserves work for cryptocurrency exchanges. The company told Bloomberg that it is suspending its work with crypto companies on pr

Collegiate entrepreneur hubs look to provide first support for would-be startups

It seems like many startups are born from an idea someone had while in college. Here's how four universities are fostering those companies.
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