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Damus, one of the fastest-growing Twitter alternatives, has been pulled from China’s App Store just two days after the app was approved by Apple. The app, which is based on the Jack Dorsey-backed decentralized social networking protocol Nostr, was removed from the China App Store per request by the country’s top internet watchdog because it […] Damus pulled from Apple’s App Store in China after two days by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch... →

Peer-to-peer car-sharing company Getaround is laying off 10% of staff starting Thursday. The layoffs are part of a restructure aimed to put Getaround on the path to “sustainable profitability and long-term growth,” the company said in a statement. Per LinkedIn, Getaround has 421 employees, so the staff cuts should affect around 42 employees. Getaround did […] Car-sharing SPAC Getaround lays off 10% of staff by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →

Apple has thus far been lauded for a deliberate hiring approach that saved the company for the mass layoffs conducted by top competitors like Alphabet and Amazon. But not even the iPhone maker is immune from economic headwinds. In quarterly earnings posted today, the company notched its first y-o-y loss since before the pandemic. The […] Apple revenue drops amid quarterly hardware decline by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package. Daily Crunch: Hundreds of Salesforce workers laid off in January just discovered they were out of work today by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

There’s no denying that the robotics startup world has taken a hit during the ongoing economic downturn. Recent numbers prove what we’ve all suspected for some time. But two things are true: 1) The lull is temporary; and 2) While robotics isn’t recession-proof, construction might as well be. This is certainly a theme of late […] Rebar robotics firm Toggle adds another $3M to its fundraising tally by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

Ford reported Thursday it earned $10.4 billion in net income last year, falling well below its own guidance and missing Wall Street’s expectations as the U.S. automaker struggled with supply chain issues and production instability that drove down sales and pushed operating costs higher. Shares fell as much as 8.3% in after-market trading, before recovering. […] Ford left ‘$2B of profits on the table’ in 2022 by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch... →

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The hackers who reportedly hit more than 130 organizations last year and stole the credentials of almost 10,000 employees are still targeting several tech and video game companies, according to a report obtained by TechCrunch. The report, prepared by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, calls the hackers “Scattered Spider.” In a previous publicly available report, the company […] ‘0ktapus’ hackers are back and targeting tech and gaming companies, says leaked report by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally pub... →

New references in Instagram’s code suggest the company could be developing a paid verification feature following the rollout of a similar system at Twitter under Elon Musk. Recently discovered code snippets reference explicitly refer to a “paid blue badge” and a new subscription product, a developer has discovered. The same reference also appears in the […] Is Instagram considering paid verification? Code reveals references to a ‘paid blue badge’ by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

Today we're unpacking OpenView's second State of Usage-Based Pricing report. Usage-based pricing is rising, but not replacing other models by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch... →

Welcome back to Chain Reaction. Seems like just yesterday we were ringing in the New Year, but we’ve coasted into February and all seems to be somewhat relaxed (for once) in the crypto world. New month, new crypto market moves? by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch... →

A lot has happened in the half-year since we caught up with Ayanna Howard, dean of the Ohio State University’s College of Engineering — not all of it good. The broader economic slowdown has been deeply felt by the robotics industry, across the board, from the smallest startups to the biggest tech giants like Alphabet […] There are still robotics jobs to be found (if you know where to look) by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

Laoshi raised $570,000 for its very early-stage language-learning app targeted at Chinese tutors and their students. Here's the deck it used to raise an angel round. Pitch Deck Teardown: Laoshi’s $570K angel deck by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

Samooha, a startup developing a “cross-cloud” data collaboration platform, today announced that it raised $12.5 million in a funding tranche backed by Altimeter Capital and Snowflake Ventures, among others. CEO Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan says that the cash infusion — Samooha’s first — will be put toward product development and hiring; the plan is grow the startup’s […] Samooha launches with tech that lets companies share data securely by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

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OneHouse emerged last year with a cloud data lake product built on top of the open source Apache Hudi project. The startup wants to act as an integration layer to move data between different repositories, rather than competing directly with larger data lake vendors like Snowflake and Databricks. Today the company announced a $25 million […] OneHouse is building a neutral data lake integration layer on top of Apache Hudi by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch... →

Europe has moved a step closer to having dedicated rules on online political ad targeting and transparency after the European Parliament fixed its negotiating position — paving the way for talks to start between MEPs and Member States to agree on a final compromise text that can be passed into EU law. MEPs said they […] Political ads face tougher targeting restrictions in EU if MEPs get their way by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch... →

Two EV startups may soon be battling it out in court over alleged breach of contract and patent infringement. EV startup Bollinger Motors filed a lawsuit this week in the U.S. District of Southern New York against Munro Vehicles, and its head designer, over alleged breach of contract, patent infringement and trade dress infringement, according […] Bollinger Motors sues Munro Vehicles over similarity of its EVs by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch... →

Shopify powers a massive number of e-commerce sites, so it’s also no surprise that there is a vast ecosystem of tools around it that help these merchants manage all aspects of running their stores. Triple Whale, a Columbus, Ohio-based startup, focuses on providing Shopify store owners with a single platform that brings together all of […] Triple Whale raises $25M for its Shopify data platform by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →