Meta Cracks Down on Internal Dissent Against Appointment of UFC’s Dana White to Board
Meta is allegedly curtailing internal criticism of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement on Monday that Dana White would be added to its board of directors. 404 Media reported on the deletion of…
Meet Skyseed, a VC fund and incubator backing the Bluesky and AT Protocol ecosystem
On November 15, Peter Wang posted a message requesting ideas for a new incubator and fund to support experimental projects built on the burgeoning Bluesky/AT Protocol ecosystem. Four weeks later,…
AT&T Says It Will Now Credit You for Outages and Long Customer Service Wait Times
AT&T says that it wants to improve its customer service, and one way in which it is going about that is by crediting customers for internet outages and long wait…
Oh No, This Startup Is Using AI Agents to Flood Reddit With Marketing Slop
The internet is becoming flooded with AI-generated content, and one of the few places where humans can still go to talk with other humans has been Reddit. Unfortunately, a new…
Why some former Bench customers are not happy
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at the latest with embattled fintech Bench, Robinhood’s $45 million settlement, a couple of M&A deals, some cool fundraises, and more. To…
Keep your personal information private with Incogni and save 55% now
A lot of your personal information is stored online n one place or another. Or, as the case may be, in data conglomerates (aka “data brokers”) that specialize in collecting…
Honda’s Wild 0 Series EVs Slated for 2026
At last year’s CES, Honda introduced the wild, wedge-shaped 0 Series EV concept. Last fall, North American journalists traveled to Japan to see how Honda was progressing toward bringing the…
Y Combinator’s Demo Day is back in person
As promised, startup accelerator Y Combinator’s imminent Demo Day will be happening in person. In fact, YC seems to have kicked off the IRL return of Demo Day at the…
The Hyve Parcel Safe Prevents Porch Pirates By Screaming at Them
If door cameras fail to dissuade porch pirates, perhaps a giant, pin-code-locked package safe will. The Hyve “delivery pod” asks drivers to drop packages in a bin secured to your doorframe. Even…
41% of Employers Worldwide Say They’ll Reduce Staff by 2030 Due to AI
The World Economic Forum released its bi-annual survey on what employers worldwide expect their businesses to look like in the future and much of the attention is on generative AI.…