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Whon Namkoong, the co-chief executive of Kakao, has resigned from his position after a fire incident at a data center last week caused a mass outage at the South Korea’s top instant messaging app KakaoTalk. Namkoong, who joined Kakao in 2015, was elevated to the co-CEO role this March. At a press conference Tuesday, he […] Kakao co-CEO resigns after fire incident that caused mass outage by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

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At TechCrunch Disrupt today, Activision Blizzard General Manager Johanna Faries elaborated on the company’s plans to clean up some of the worst behavior in the franchise’s community, even as new lawsuits and allegations about its own culture continue to emerge. Last month, Activision Blizzard released a formal code of conduct for the Call of Duty […] Activision Blizzard’s Johanna Faries highlights the company’s emerging ‘anti-tox’ strategy by Taylor Hatmaker 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: AI content developer Jasper now valued at $1.5B following capital infusion by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Chief co-founders Carolyn Childers and Lindsay Kaplan started the company because they had experienced first-hand being women executives without a ton of support. They created a community of female leaders that is now 20,000 strong, with 60,000 sitting on waitlists, but just don’t call these women ‘girl bosses.’ The two women appeared at TechCrunch Disrupt […] Why members-only club Chief, with a waitlist of 60K, hates the term ‘girl boss’ by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch... →

As if it weren’t enough to have AI tanning humanity’s hide (figuratively for now) at every board game in existence, Google AI has got one working to destroy us all at ping pong as well. For now they emphasize it’s “cooperative” but at the rate these things improve, it will be taking on pros in […] Watch Google’s ping pong robot pull off a 340-hit rally by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch... →

In July, Reddit jumped on the NFT train, launching an NFT-based marketplace that allows users to purchase blockchain-based profile pictures for a fixed rate. Given the general sentiment around NFTs today, you might assume — like me — that the experiment ended poorly. But the opposite’s the case apparently. Today during a panel at TechCrunch […] Redditors have created millions of crypto wallets to buy NFT avatars by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

E-liza Dolls, a Berkeley-based startup, is aiming to challenge the gender gap in STEM by helping young girls learn to code using dolls. The company, which exhibited as part of the Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt, builds dolls that include programmable computers that girls can code through an app. The startup was founded in 2021 […] Meet E-liza Dolls, the startup that’s building dolls to help young girls learn to code by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

Shared micromobility company Bird is exiting several markets across the world as it struggles to build an economically viable business, according to a regulatory filing. Bird said it will “fully exit Germany, Sweden and Norway, as well as wind down operations in “several dozen additional, primarily small to mid-sized markets” across the U.S., Europe, the […] Bird exits Germany, Sweden, Norway and “several dozen” US, EMEA markets by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →

For better or for worse, Robinhood helped inspire a new generation of investors to enter the stock market. Now that investing is cool again, upstarts like Staax, which pitched today at TechCrunch Disrupt’s Startup Battlefield, are finding new ways to cash in on its cachet, particularly among young people. Nikki Varanasi, Staax’s founder and CEO, […] Staax thinks peer-to-peer payments can onboard a new generation of stock investors by Anita Ramaswamy originally published on TechCrunch... →

Cityblock Health is focused on providing affordable, human-centered healthcare in lower-income and marginalized communities, while also building sustainable business models. Founder and CEO Toyin Ajayi talked at Disrupt today about the challenges of tackling the healthcare system’s inequalities, while serving patients with personalized medical care, behavioral health care and social services. “Do I believe that […] Cityblock Health CEO Toyin Ajayi on how to scale human-centered care models by Catherine Shu ... →

Quantified health activity is all around us these days, as scores of people use mobile sensing technologies to keep an eye on their well-being by tracking their steps, workouts and even how long and deep they sleep — so why shouldn’t women who cycle (as in menstrual cycle) track monthly changes to their hormone levels? […] Hormona wants women to track their ‘hormonal health’ with at-home testing by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch... →

Swap Robotics, a company that manufactures electric grass-cutting and snow removal robots, presented today at TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield to detail how it’s making sustainable outdoor work equipment. For the next few years, 95% of the startup’s focus will be on facilitating robots that cut grass and vegetation on 1,000+ acre utility-scale solar farms. The company’s […] Swap Robotics is paving the way for electric solar vegetation cuts and sidewalk snow plowing by Aisha Malik originally published ... →

When Quddus Pativada was 14, he wished that he had an app that could summarize his textbooks for him. Just five years later, Pativada has been there and done that — earlier this year, he launched the AI-based app Kado, which turns photos, documents or PDFs into flash cards. Now, as the 19-year-old founder takes […] DigestAI’s 19-year-old founder wants to make education addictive by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

Chri Besenbruch, CEO of Deep Render, sees many problems with the way video compression standards are developed today. He thinks they aren’t advancing quickly enough, bemoans the fact that they’re plagued with legal uncertainty and decries their reliance on specialized hardware for acceleration. “The codec development process is broken,” Besenbruch said in an interview with […] Deep Render believes AI holds the key to more efficient video compression by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Being a working parent is challenging. Being a working mother, according to many studies, is extra challenging. Many mothers have had the unfortunate experience of having to choose between their careers and children as the balancing act of both can be overwhelming. Factor in aging parents and the number of women who are caregivers for […] Mother Honestly’s new commerce offering aims to give employees more freedom when it comes to caregiv by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch... →

At TechCrunch Disrupt, Netflix VP of Gaming Mike Verdu dropped two bits of news about the streaming giant’s foray into games. Verdu said that Netflix is “seriously exploring a cloud gaming offering.” The company will also open a new gaming studio in Southern California. “It’s a value add. We’re not asking you to subscribe as […] Netflix to expand into cloud gaming, opens new studio in Southern California by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

The multi-decade rise in healthcare costs isn’t expected to reverse course any time soon. In search of a fix, Adun Akanni and TJ Ademiluyi co-founded Alaffia Health in 2020, one of the startups participating in the TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield 200. The healthtech company uses machine learning to try to identify fraud, waste and abuse in […] Alaffia Health taps AI to detect errors in hospital bills by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Things are looking up for Netflix this quarter. The streamer added 2.41 million subscribers, bringing the total to 223.09 million. Netflix expected a net gain of 1 million subs in the third quarter. The streaming giant also slightly beat analysts’ expectations, earning $7.93 in revenue. Analysts predicted $7.85 billion. Netflix experienced two very grim quarters […] Netflix adds 2.41 million subscribers, soaring past expectations by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →