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Activision Blizzard QA testers who work on “Diablo” in Albany, New York have formed the gaming giant’s second union in an unanimous 14-0 vote. Just seven months ago, QA testers at Activision Blizzard division Raven Software won a historic vote to form the first ever union at a major U.S. gaming company. Activision Blizzard initially […] Activision Blizzard workers in Albany vote to form the company’s second union by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

Bird CEO and president Shane Torchiana predicts a major consolidation in the industry, with two or three companies coming out on top. Bird, he said, has a chance to be one of those companies. Bird’s plan to stay in the shared scooter game by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →

Opendoor co-founder Eric Wu announced today that he is stepping down from his role as CEO of the real estate technology company and that Carrie Wheeler will be taking over as chief executive. In a blog post, Wu said that he will transition to serving as president of marketplace. Wheeler has served as the chief […] When one door closes … Opendoor CEO Eric Wu steps down, CFO Carrie Wheeler steps in as new chief executive by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch... →

A security flaw on the Florida Department of Revenue website exposed at least hundreds of taxpayers’ Social Security numbers and bank account numbers, a security researcher found. Kamran Mohsin said the security flaw — now fixed — allowed him, or anyone else who was logged in to the state’s business tax registration website, to access, […] Florida state tax website bug exposed filers’ data by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch... →

Google is shutting down Duplex on the Web, its AI-powered set of services that navigated sites to simplify the process of ordering food, purchasing movie tickets and more. According to a note on a Google support page, Google on the Web and any automation features enabled by it will no longer be supported as of […] Google shuts down Duplex on the Web, its attempt to bring AI smarts to retail sites and more by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

'Better Venture' serves as a guide for those looking to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in the venture space. Q&A: ‘Better Venture’ authors on why VC has failed to reinvent itself by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch... →

Google said today it is testing end-to-end encryption for RCS-based group chats on its Messages app — RCS stands for Rich Communication Services. The company noted that it will be rolling out this feature to select users that are part of the app’s open beta program in the coming weeks. This comes after a bunch […] Google is testing end-to-end encryption for group chats in the Messages app by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch... →

Payment giant Stripe is going to offer a new product that makes it easier to hold cryptocurrencies without signing up to a cryptocurrency exchange. The company’s new fiat-to-crypto widget can be embedded in any crypto product so that users can enter their card information and acquire crypto that can be used in another web3 product. […] Stripe announces fiat-to-crypto onramp widget by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

Box launched in 2005 out of a dorm room. This week, after 17 years in business, the SaaS company reached a $1 billion run rate. Box reaches $1B run rate in spite of a quarter dogged by currency challenges by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch... →

GoStudent — the Austria-based late-stage Tutor marketplace which has raised $686.3 million (and attained a €3BN valuation) to date — has acquired Germany-based Studienkreis, a traditional tutoring company, founded in 1974, which is focused on the German-speaking ‘DACH’ region. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Studienkreis had previously been owned, since 2017, by the […] GoStudent uses its warchest to acquire large network of traditional tutoring centres in Europe by Mike Butcher originally published o... →

Креативный директор бренда опубликовал открытое письмо, в котором взял на себя ответственность за концепцию промо... →

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The Cuba ransomware gang extorted more than $60 million in ransom payments from victims between December 2021 and August 2022, a joint advisory from CISA and the FBI has warned. The latest advisory is a follow-up to a flash alert released by the FBI in December 2021, which revealed that the gang had earned close […] FBI, CISA say Cuba ransomware gang extorted $60M from victims this year by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch... →

I had to see if I was in near-term employment trouble, so I ran a little test with the ChatGPT model. Here are the results. ChatGPT isn’t putting me out of a job yet, but it’s very good fun by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Медиахолдингу не продлили лицензионное соглашение на 2023 год... →

Carousell, a Singaporean consumer-to-consumer (C2C) service platform operating across Southeast Asia, is letting go of about 110 employees, or 10% of its total headcount, in an effort to reduce costs amid a challenging market condition for the tech industry.  The announcement came from the company’s blog on Thursday, posted by co-founder and CEO of Carousell […] Singapore-based e-commerce platform Carousell lays off 10% of staff by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch... →

Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. For the last time in 2022, the whole Friday gang got together to chat through the latest and greatest in the world of technology and startup news. From here on out, Equity is […] Are we bullfighting in Spain? Because that’s a red flag by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch... →

Подобная ситуация произойдёт с сетью KFC после ренейминга... →

Первые коммерческие продукты могут представить уже в 2023 году.... →