A new report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate found that YouTube is proliferating money-making climate denial content — and many, including teens, are falling for it.
Activist investors are coming for Etsy
Activist investors are coming for Etsy. Elliott Management, the investment management firm known for its aggressive governance tactics, has built a roughly 13% position in Etsy’s stock, CNBC […]
Stellar Blade Has Some Absolutely Wild Outfits
During Sony’s State of Play livestream on January 31, the company gave us a look at developer Shift Up’s third-person character action game Stellar Blade, which looks both cool as shit and ridiculous as hell as you beat up robots in a variety of outfits, including a bunny one because Playboy rabbits also need to…
Spotify calls Apple’s DMA compliance plan ‘extortion’ and a ‘complete and total farce’
Count Spotify among those not thrilled with how Apple has chosen to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), which sets the stage for sideloading apps, alternative […]
Kittl raises another $36 million for its browser-based design tool
Just a year after raising $11.6 million, Kittl raised another $36 million in a Series B round led by IVP with some existing investors participating once again. The […]
How ‘True Detective: Night Country’ brought the corpsicle to life
An oral history of “True Detective: Night Country”s corpsicle, as told by production designer Daniel Taylor and prosthetics team Dave and Lou Elsey.
Postmates’ founder’s new app TipTop offers instant cash for your stuff
When TechCrunch’s former editor-in-chief Matthew Panzarino joined a startup, we knew it was one that would pique our interest. Panzarino, well-known among TC staff as an avid collector […]
EU dials up attention on larger platforms over data access for risk research
The European Commission has sent requests for information (RFI) to a full 17 platforms subject to algorithmic transparency regulations under the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA), it said […]
What happened to Artifact? | TechCrunch
Last week, Artifact, a buzzy news app from Instagram’s co-founders, announced it was shutting down after failing to gain critical mass. The news came as a surprise as […]