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Amazon shutters its live radio app Amp

Amazon has shut down its Clubhouse competitor’s live radio app Amp almost 18 months after its launch. The app allowed users to play DJ and provide commentary alongside playing tracks. The company’s lead for digital music, Steve Boom, sent a … Continue reading

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Kestra is an open-source data orchestration platform for complex workflows

Meet Kestra, a startup that has been working on an open-source project focused on data orchestration across several services, databases, files, repositories and warehouses. The open source project has attracted thousands of stars on GitHub, proving that there’s some interest … Continue reading

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Was FTX an empire ‘built on lies’ or a startup that ‘grew too quickly’?

The criminal trial of former cryptocurrency magnate Sam Bankman-Fried completed its second day on Wednesday. The prosecution and defense both gave opening statements, and interviewed the first two witnesses, including a customer of FTX and Bankman-Fried’s former friend and ex-Alameda … Continue reading

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Meet the 12 jurors on Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial

The second day for Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial was filled with jury selection, opening statements and testimonies from the first two witnesses, with a peek into what may be in store. His lawyers arrived at the court room 10 minutes before … Continue reading

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Tiny EV maker ElectraMeccanica pulls the plug on its exit plan

ElectraMeccanica, former maker of three-wheeled electric vehicles, said on Wednesday that it has “terminated” its plan to merge with Tevva, which makes hydrogen-electric trucks (not sandals).  ElectraMeccanica said its board decided unanimously to bin the deal over “multiple incurable breaches … Continue reading

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Bird lays off staff after Spin acquisition to reduce redundancies

Bird, the shared micromobility company that was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange last week, is issuing another round of layoffs, according to an email interim CEO Michael Washinushi sent to the company. TechCrunch has viewed the email. TechCrunch … Continue reading

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Patreon launches new features, a redesigned app and a new look

Patreon is launching new features, a redesigned app and a new brand identity, the company announced on Wednesday. In a blog post, the company explained that the changes are about “giving creators even more,” noting that Patreon is “no longer … Continue reading

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Microsoft won’t say if its products were exploited by spyware zero-days

Microsoft has released patches to fix zero-day vulnerabilities in two popular open-source libraries that affect several Microsoft products, including Skype, Teams, and its Edge browser. But Microsoft won’t say if those zero-days were exploited to target its products, or if … Continue reading

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Actually, X sees 500M posts per day — not 100M-200M as Musk recently said

In September, Elon Musk said X users were generating a lot of content — creating 100 to 200 million posts every day, excluding retweets — or reposts as they’re now known on X. But speaking at an event this morning, … Continue reading

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Three weeks later, investors still not terribly enthusiastic about the massive Cisco-Splunk deal

Three weeks after the Cisco announced a massive $28B acquisition of Splunk, investors still seem less than enthused about the deal.

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