TechCrunch 2024-04-06 15:15:28 Heya, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s newsletter recapping the noteworthy happenings in tech over the past several days (and change). Famed startup accelerator Y Combinator had its Demo Days, and the venture desk took it all in with an appropriately skeptical eye. You can read their day one and…
TechCrunch 2024-04-05 19:29:53 When IVP recently announced the closing of its 18th fund, I called Eric Liaw, a longtime general partner with the growth-stage firm, to ask a few questions. For starters, wringing $1.6 billion in capital commitments from its investors right now would seem a lot more challenging than garnering commitments during the frothier…
TechCrunch 2024-03-29 11:07:11 A day after researchers surfaced X’s plans to test NSFW adult communities on the platform formerly known as Twitter, the company confirmed that Community admins can now set an “Adult Content” label in their settings to avoid having their communities’ content auto-filtered. Otherwise, all NSFW content will be soon filtered across X’s…
TouchArcade 2024-03-18 13:53:33 This year has been amazing for games and we are still just in the first quarter. I already have multiple Game of the Year contenders in my lists for all platforms, and one specific game near the top is Balatro from LocalThunk and Playstack. I tried Balatro because a friend of mine…
TechCrunch 2024-03-15 04:09:12 India will lower import taxes on certain electric vehicles for companies committing to invest at least $500 million and setting up a local manufacturing facility within three years, a policy shift that could potentially bolster Tesla’s plans to enter the South Asian market. Companies must invest a minimum of $500 million in…
Top News and Analysis (pro) 2024-03-10 05:42:00 China may not have announced bazooka-like stimulus at its annual parliamentary meeting this past week, but it made clear which sectors it will support. Beijing announced a GDP growth target of around 5% and an official fiscal deficit of 3%, matching last year’s goals. Authorities announced plans for…
TouchArcade 2024-03-06 11:56:01 It has been a while since we wrote about Fortnite and iOS hasn’t it? If you missed the news from a few years ago, Fortnite was pulled from iOS back in 2020, and it led to many things. Epic sued Apple, we had tons of console-related information revealed during the lawsuit, and…
TechCrunch 2024-03-04 09:12:36 Apple says it plans to appeal the historic €1.84 billion fine issued today by the European Commission over Apple’s anticompetitive practices in the streaming music market. In a newsroom postApple called out Spotify, a company based in Stockholm, Sweden as the “primary advocate” and “biggest beneficiary” of the EC’s decision — noting…
TouchArcade 2024-02-19 14:25:26 Over the years, I’ve been listening to loads of video game music, but few developers have managed to captivate me as much with their soundtracks like FromSoftware. One of the key parts of that is the now-freelance composer Yuka Kitamura. She was a part of FromSoftware for over a decade now composing…
NYT > Top Stories 2024-02-15 12:40:36 San Francisco Ballet has a vibrant new artistic director: the celebrated Spanish dancer Tamara Rojo. And the company has had a relatively strong recovery from the pandemic, with ticket sales recently approaching pre-Covid levels. Now San Francisco Ballet has received a groundbreaking gift: It announced on Thursday that it…
