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22:10 02.10.2024

Former head of YC’s Continuity Fund Ali Rowghani launches new seed firm

Ali Rowghani, a former Y Combinator managing director and former Twitter executive, is launching a venture firm called Maxq. Maxq is targeting $250 million for its debut fund, Maxq Fund I, according to an SEC filing. The firm will focus on seed-stage investments, Axios reported on Wednesday. Rowghani’s former YC colleagues Mia Mabanta, Simon Lu, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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16:35 02.10.2024

Spill, the Black-owned Twitter alternative, scores investment from Kerry Washington

as the second anniversary of Spill rolls around, Spill has something else to celebrate: Emmy-winning actress Kerry Washington has made an investment in his app. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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07:34 30.09.2024

Fidelity has cut X’s value by 79% since Musk purchase

Elon Musk’s X is now valued at less than a quarter of its $44 billion purchase price, according to a new estimate from investor Fidelity. The asset manager, which helped Musk acquire the social network formerly known as Twitter, has further reduced the value of its holding in X to a total markdown of 78.7% […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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00:10 29.09.2024

X faces additional $1.9M fine to end ban in Brazil

X (formerly Twitter) could soon resume service in Brazil — if it’s willing to pay an additional fine. Reuters and other publications have reported on an order from the country’s Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes stating that the Elon Musk-owned social network could “immediately return to its activities in national territory” if it pays […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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23:53 24.09.2024

The best Twitter alternatives worth checking out

We’ll be straight with you. There’s no 1:1 Twitter replacement, but there are plenty of social apps that might be worth substituting into your obsessive timeline-checking routines if you’re done with Twitter for whatever reason (we can think of plenty). Twitter’s current situation — advertisers leaving, Nazis logging back on — presents an opportunity to […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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21:41 21.09.2024

X reverses course in Brazil

It seems that Elon Musk-owned social network X (formerly Twitter) is backing down from a confrontation with Brazil’s Supreme Court. The New York Times reported on a new court filing in which the company’s lawyers said X had complied with the court’s orders — removing designated accounts, paying fines, and naming a new formal representative […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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01:32 21.09.2024

Elon Musk threatened with SEC sanctions for failing to appear in court

Elon Musk, the CEO of X and various other companies with the letter “X” in their names, is in regulators’ crosshairs after skipping testimony this month in an investigation related to Musk’s takeover of Twitter. In a filing today, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said that it intended to seek sanctions against Musk […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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18:25 17.09.2024

SocialAI offers a Twitter-like diary where AI bots respond to your private posts

Are we at peak social media yet? It’s an interesting question to ponder after the launch of an iOS app offering a social media experience just for one (i.e. you). At a glance, SocialAI — which is billed as a pure “AI Social Network” — looks like Twitter but there’s one very big twist on […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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17:39 17.09.2024

SocialAI offers a Twitter-like diary where AI bots respond to your posts

Can AI help you to break your social media addiction? That’s one of the questions raised by an odd new app SocialAI, which offers its users a private social network where they can post their thoughts and receive AI-generated comments and feedback in return. Developer Michael Sayman describes the app as something more akin to […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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23:09 12.09.2024

Cohost, the X rival founded with an anti-Big Tech manifesto, is running out of money and will shut down

Cohost, a would-be X rival launched to the public in June 2022, is shutting down, the company announced via the social network’s staff account earlier this week. The service had operated much like Twitter, offering users the ability to follow others, view posts in a feed, and like and repost content shared by others. However, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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23:15 10.09.2024

What is Bluesky? Everything to know about the app trying to replace Twitter

Is the grass greener on the other side? We’re not sure, but the sky is most certainly bluer. It’s been almost two years since Elon Musk purchased Twitter, now X, leading people to set up shop on alternative platforms. Mastodon, Post, Pebble (which has already shuttered operations) and Spill have been presented as potential replacements, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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23:22 07.09.2024

Bluesky grows to 9M+ users

Bluesky keeps growing: The company announced that as of Friday morning, it had added 3 million new users, bringing its total user count to more than 9 million. In other words, the social platform’s user base has grown by around 50 percent in the week or so since a Brazilian court banned X (formerly Twitter). […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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17:05 06.09.2024

Real estate revolutions and beanie baby economies

The Equity podcast crew is wrapping up another eventful week, with real estate, AI agents, gambling, and secondary markets — which are, of course, a form of legalized gambling. Mary Ann Azevedo, Becca Szkutak, and Devin Coldewey started off this Friday’s episode with the acknowledgment that the X/Twitter ban situation in Brazil is possibly too […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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12:33 06.09.2024

Elon Musk’s X could still face sanctions for training Grok on Europeans’ data

Earlier this week, the EU’s lead privacy regulator ended its court proceeding related to how X processed user data to train its Grok AI chatbot, but the saga isn’t over yet for the Elon Musk-owned social media platform formerly known as Twitter. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has confirmed to TechCrunch that it’s received […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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22:35 04.09.2024

X is hiring staff for security and safety after two years of layoffs

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18:29 04.09.2024

X doubles down on video with a new TV app

Years ago, Twitter tried but eventually walked away from building TV apps after getting a lukewarm reception. Now, as it looks to revive its advertising business, its new incarnation X is hoping for a rerun. The company announced a new TV app available “on several app stores” as part of a wider effort to court […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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00:10 01.09.2024

Bluesky tops app charts and sees ‘all-time-highs’ after Brazil bans X

A Brazilian court’s decision to ban X (formerly Twitter) seems to benefiting its rivals, especially Bluesky. The microblogging platform announced late Friday that it was seeing “all-time-highs for activity” with 500,000 new users joining in the previous two days. It’s also number one on the free iPhone app charts in Brazil today, ranking just ahead […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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19:46 29.08.2024

X caught blocking links to NPR, claiming the news site may be ‘unsafe’

X, the Elon Musk-owned platform formerly known as Twitter, is marking some links to news organization NPR’s website as “unsafe” when users click through to read the latest story about an altercation between a Trump campaign staffer and an Arlington National Cemetry employee. The warning being displayed is typically applied to malicious links, like those […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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19:40 28.08.2024

Ex-Twitter CISO Lea Kissner appointed as LinkedIn security chief

Kissner previously served as Twitter's chief information security officer, and held senior security and privacy positions at Apple, Google, and Lacework. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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19:48 24.08.2024

X shareholders as of June 2023 included funds tied to Bill Ackman, Binance, and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

A court order recently forced Elon Musk’s X to reveal its full list of shareholders, as of June 2023, to the public. Many of the recognizable tech industry names had already been reported as backers of Musk’s effort to buy the social media company then known as Twitter and take it private, inculding VC firms […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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