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Fisker starts new round of layoffs to ‘preserve cash’
[[{“value”:” EV startup Fisker Inc. is laying off more employees to “preserve cash,” one week after warning investors it would have to make cuts to stave off impending bankruptcy, according to an internal email viewed by TechCrunch. Founder and CEO Henrik Fisker told employees Monday morning in the email that the company is “continuing to evaluate […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Epic Games says it will bring Fortnite to iPad after EU dubs iPadOS a ‘gatekeeper’ under DMA
[[{“value”:” Whether or not Epic Games will be able to bring Fortnite to the iPhone and iPad as planned still remains to be seen. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Meta confirms launch of a bonus program for creators on Threads
[[{“value”:” Meta’s Threads social network passed the 150 million monthly users mark recently, but the company is not slowing down its growth engine. To increase engagement, the social media giant is running a limited-time bonus program for Threads. Over the last few days, many accounts have posted about this program. The company confirmed to TechCrunch about […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Copilot Workspace is GitHub’s take on AI-powered software engineering
[[{“value”:” GitHub’s new Copilot Workspace brings AI-powered assistive software engineering tools front and center. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
TechCrunch Minute: Elon Musk’s big plans for xAI include raising $6 billion
[[{“value”:” TechCrunch recently broke the news that Elon Musk’s xAI is raising $6 billion at a pre-money valuation of $18 billion. The deal hasn’t closed yet, so the numbers could change. But it sounds like Musk is making an ambitious pitch to investors about his 10-month-old startup — a rival to OpenAI, which he also co-founded […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Backflip raises $15 million to help real estate investors flip houses
[[{“value”:” Flipping houses is not for the faint of heart, no matter how fun or easy HGTV might make it seem. One startup wants to make the process less complicated by offering a different way to borrow money to fund such a purchase. Founded in late 2020, Backflip offers a service to real estate investors for […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Musk’s xAI shows there’s more money on the sidelines for AI startups
[[{“value”:” We’re off to an AI-heavy start to the week. OpenAI has a new deal with the Financial Times that caught our eye. Sure, it’s another content licensing deal, but there appears to be a bit more in the tie-up than just content flowing one way and money the other. We also dug into the xAI […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins board of Mastodon’s new US nonprofit
[[{“value”:” Biz Stone, a Twitter co-founder, is among those who have joined the board of directors of Mastodon’s new U.S. nonprofit, Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko announced over the weekend. Mastodon’s service, an open source, decentralized social network and rival to Elon Musk’s X, has gained increased attention following the Twitter acquisition as users sought alternatives to […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Getir pulls out of US, UK, Europe to focus on Turkey — 6,000+ jobs impacted
[[{“value”:” True to its business concept, Turkey’s “instant delivery” juggernaut Getir rose quickly. Now, with the quick commerce industry in free fall, it is nosediving just as fast. On Monday, the company — once valued close to $12 billion — announced it would shut down its operations the U.S., the U.K. and Europe to focus solely […] © 2024 TechCrunch….