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X is shutting down its Circle feature in October

Elon Musk-owned X, formerly Twitter, is shutting down its Circle feature — bringing an end to its glitchy history — which allowed users to share a post only with a set of people. It was the social

Please don’t use this new Windows 11 feature

Among other updates, Windows 11 is getting an AI-enabled eye contact feature today that will always make it look like you’re looking at the screen. Don’t use it. There is nothing like star

Big Cartel staff are voluntarily recognized as the latest tech workers union

Yesterday, e-commerce company Big Cartel’s co-founders Matt Wigham and Eric Turner voluntarily recognized the Big Cartel Workers Union. After the new year, the union — which represents all

The rise of the tech workers union and what comes next

While not entirely non-existent, the union has been an elusive phenomenon in Silicon Valley. More recently, however, big names like Google and Kickstarter have taken key steps toward forming unions, a

Following unionization, Glitch signs collective bargaining agreement

In another key moment for the growing tech labor movement, Glitch employees today announced that they have signed a collective bargaining agreement with the company. The move comes a year after the si

Developer platform Glitch debuts $10/mo tier for power users

Glitch is building a premium tier for power users of its user-created micro apps. The rather eccentric developer tools platform launched in 2017, combining a coding workspace with a community of users

Online code collaboration tool Glitch votes to unionize

Employees of online software collaboration tool Glitch today announced their intentions to unionize. The news was made official by the Communications Workers of America Union, the largest media and co

Robinhood has a glitch that’s letting users borrow far more than they should

A glitch in the stock trading app Robinhood is allowing users to trade stocks with excess borrowed funds, and the company doesn’t appear to have found a fix as of this writing. (Story updated on

Glitch is bringing remix culture back to the web with a $30 million Series A round

Building apps and tools on the web shouldn’t just be for the technically inclined. In the early days of the web, it was easy to make your Myspace account, for example, unique to your personal ae

The Slack origin story

Let's rewind a decade. It's 2009. Vancouver, Canada. Stewart Butterfield, known already for his part in building Flickr, a photo-sharing service acquired by Yahoo in 2005, decided to try his hand -- a

As Flickr Co-Founder Butterfield Shuts Down Glitch, Is He Planning A New Photo Service? ‘You Will Know It Well,’ He Says

Glitch, the online, multiplayer gaming world created by Tiny Speck, is <a target="_blank" href="http://www.glitch.com/closing/">closing down December 9</a> after <a target="_blank" href="http://www.g

Tiny Speck’s Glitch Goes Live For Everyone At 10AM PST Today

<a href="http://www.glitch.com">Glitch</a>, the storied massively multi-player online game we've been <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/product/glitch/posts">chroniclin</a>g for 23 months now, opens

18 Hardcore Months In The Making, Glitch Is Ready To Roll

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Glitch Has Finally Ironed Itself Out: Beta Next Week And $10.7 Million In New Funds

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As Testing Ramps Up, Glitch Launches A New Site And A Trippy New Trailer

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Glitch Continues To Iron Out The Glitches, Beta Due Soon

<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-205352" title="g" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/g1.png" alt="" />Back in February, the first glimpses of <a href="http://glitch.com">Gl

What The Wii Did For Console Gaming, Glitch Wants To Do For MMOs. And It Just Might.

<img class="size-full wp-image-157605 alignright" title="gli" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/gli.png" alt="" width="300" height="128" />Last night, the <a href="https://techcrunc

Tiny Speck Uncovers Glitch, A New Flash-Based Massively Multiplayer Game

<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-149365" title="glitch" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/glitch.png" alt="" width="300" height="145" />Last July, <a href="https://techcrun