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Happy Halloween folks. Hope you’re having a very spooky day. By the way… We are counting down to TC’s Space event in December!
Social
Elon Musk’s Twitter already looks grim for the LGBTQ community
2:51 pm PDT • October 31, 2022
He’s only owned Twitter for a couple of days, but Elon Musk has already undermined his credibility on some of social media’s most vexing problems, all while displaying a disturbing…
Crypto
OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer discusses staying on top of a turbulent NFT market at TC Sessions: Crypto
2:39 pm PDT • October 31, 2022
The NFT market is worth tens of billions of dollars and saw rapid growth throughout the crypto bull run. NFT exchange OpenSea, led by CEO and co-founder Devin Finzer, emerged…
Cybercriminals are already capitalizing on Twitter’s ongoing verification chaos by sending phishing emails designed to steal the passwords of unwitting users. The phishing email campaign, seen by TechCrunch, attempts to…
Hardware
Manufacturing firm Bright Machines raises $132M after unfulfilled SPAC deal
2:26 pm PDT • October 31, 2022
In May of last year, Bright Machines announced plans to embrace the SPAC craze with a merger deal that valued the Bay Area-based manufacturing firm at $1.6 billion. As the…
Climate
‘Simply decarbonizing’ isn’t enough: Third Nature targets $35M fund
2:18 pm PDT • October 31, 2022
With a glitzy vision of tackling some of “the biggest planetary challenges,” Third Nature is out to raise $35 million for its first VC fund, TechCrunch has learned. Third Nature…
Enterprise
Arnica raises $7M to improve software supply chain security
2:01 pm PDT • October 31, 2022
Everybody wants to talk about software supply chain risks these days, whether that’s security teams, developers or government officials. It’s no surprise then, that VCs, despite the current economic climate,…
Crypto
Immutable onboarded more web3 games in Q3 than any other quarter, co-founder says
2:00 pm PDT • October 31, 2022
Immutable co-founder Robbie Ferguson says the web3 gaming space remains ‘super busy’ despite bearish crypto markets.
Remix, a startup developing an open source web framework similar to Next.js, has been acquired by Shopify, the companies announced in a joint statement today. The financial terms weren’t disclosed,…
Enterprise
With Bret Taylor out as Twitter board chair, he can focus entirely on Salesforce
1:08 pm PDT • October 31, 2022
Usually being a board chair is a job that involves running some meetings and pushing through routine company business, but when Bret Taylor became Twitter board chair last year, he…
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Social
Elon Musk tells Europe Twitter will comply with bloc’s illegal speech rules
12:20 pm PDT • October 31, 2022
Surprise! Elon Musk’s tenure at Twitter is already shaping up to be confusing and contradictory. Whether this dynamic ends up being more self-defeating for him and his new company than…
Netflix has acquired Spry Fox, a Seattle-based independent gaming studio focused on cozy games, the streaming giant announced on Monday in a blog post. The financial terms of the deal…
Elon Musk is now lord of the manor over at Twitter after the board of directors was dissolved as part of the merger agreement. While the state of affairs likely…
Surely the world’s richest man, a nation awash in natural resource wealth and investors paid to allocate billions of other folks’ money can afford to run the bird app.
Apps
Mastodon’s microblogging app saw a record number of downloads after Musk’s Twitter takeover
11:29 am PDT • October 31, 2022
There are signs of a small but growing Twitter exodus underway following Elon Musk’s closure of the deal to buy the social media platform last Thursday. While many Twitter users…
Startups
Digital assets marketplace Creative Fabrica launches generative AI tool
11:00 am PDT • October 31, 2022
Creative Fabrica, a marketplace for digital files like print-on-demand assets, fonts and graphics, announced today it will launch its own generative AI tool. Called CF Spark, it’s already seen three…
Transportation
TuSimple CEO and co-founder fired by board over ties to Chinese startup Hydron
10:46 am PDT • October 31, 2022
TuSimple co-founder Xiaodi Hou was fired from his CEO, president and CTO posts by the autonomous trucking company’s board, according to a securities filing Monday. Hou, who co-founded TuSimple in 2015…
Gaming
Google gets into the Halloween spirit with a ghostly multiplayer interactive Doodle
10:45 am PDT • October 31, 2022
If you want to take a break from work or the never-ending news cycle, Google is here to give you an escape. The search giant has launched a new Halloween-themed playable…
Venture
These founders landed early checks by being savvy about social media
9:30 am PDT • October 31, 2022
At TechCrunch Disrupt, three founders credited their early success in raising venture capital to their use of social media platforms.
Social
Twitter Blue’s troubles: Twitter’s app has only generated $6.4M in consumer spending to date
9:01 am PDT • October 31, 2022
Elon Musk has a new plan to generate revenue for Twitter. Reportedly, the social media company’s new owner intends to revamp the Twitter Blue premium subscription, currently an optional $4.99…
