X is shutting down Communities because of low usage and lots of spam
X is shutting down Communities because of low usage and lots of spam X Communities are no more. Only a fraction of X users were using Communities, and much of…
Salmon raises $100M in equity and debt to bring digital credit to underbanked Filipinos
Salmon raises $100M in equity and debt to bring digital credit to underbanked Filipinos Salmon is targeting underbanked Filipinos, with little to no credit history, as well as people unhappy…
Vercel says some of its customers’ data was stolen prior to its recent hack
Vercel says some of its customers’ data was stolen prior to its recent hack The app and website hosting company has found evidence of a second compromise of customer accounts…
Another customer of troubled startup Delve suffered a big security incident
Another customer of troubled startup Delve suffered a big security incident TechCrunch has confirmed that Delve was the compliance company that performed the security certifications for Context AI, the AI…
Grab a ticket today: The first StrictlyVC of 2026 kicks off in just a week in San Francisco
Grab a ticket today: The first StrictlyVC of 2026 kicks off in just a week in San Francisco StrictlyVC San Francisco is in just a week. Now’s the time to…
Labor unrest at Samsung may worsen memory chip supply issues
Labor unrest at Samsung may worsen memory chip supply issues Tens of thousands of Samsung Electronics workers held a rally at the company’s Pyeongtaek campus in South Korea on Thursday…
Tesla drops Musk’s $29B ‘interim’ award after Delaware court restored larger pay package
Tesla drops Musk’s $29B ‘interim’ award after Delaware court restored larger pay package The company is following through on its promise to not let Musk "double dip" if he won…
WhatsApp adds prepaid phone recharges in India as its payments usage still lags
WhatsApp adds prepaid phone recharges in India as its payments usage still lags WhatsApp is rolling out prepaid phone recharges to its 500 million users in India via PayU. WhatsApp…
AI galaxy hunters are adding to the global GPU crunch
AI galaxy hunters are adding to the global GPU crunch Astronomers are turning to GPUs to find needles in the galactic haystack. Astronomers are turning to GPUs to find needles…
Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people’s phone locations, researchers say
Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people’s phone locations, researchers say The Citizen Lab found two separate surveillance vendors abusing the backbone of cellular networks to spy…