Cloudera, the once high flying Hadoop startup, raised $1 billion and went public in 2018 before being acquired by private equity for $5.3 billion 2021. Today, the company […]
Filing: Salesforce paid $419M to buy Spiff in Feb
Salespeople live and die by commissions, which typically form a big chunk of how they are paid, so it’s no surprise that Salesforce paid a premium to buy […]
YouTube Playables Is The Gaming Experience You Never Asked For
YouTube has finally launched its much-trailed “Playables” offering, a selection of games you can play directly within YouTube. Why does this exist? Maybe a big launch exclusive? Perhaps something that will rival the consoles? Free stuff you can’t get elsewhere? Nope.
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Instant messaging service ICQ is shutting down after 27 years
One of the internet’s oldest instant messaging services, ICQ, is closing down.
Meta, Match, Coinbase and others team up to fight online fraud and crypto scams
Hosting scams on your platform is bad for business, which is why on Tuesday, a group of major tech companies including Match Group, Meta, Coinbase and others are […]
Expedia says two execs dismissed after ‘violation of company policy’
Expedia says Rathi Murthy and Sreenivas Rachamadugu, respectively its CTO and senior vice president of core services product & engineering, are no longer employed at the travel booking […]
This Week in AI: OpenAI moves away from safety
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in […]
Anthropic hires Instagram co-founder as head of product
Mike Krieger, one of the co-founders of Instagram and, more recently, the co-founder of personalized news app Artifact (which TechCrunch corporate parent Yahoo! recently acquired), is joining Anthropic […]
‘Got that boomer!’: How cyber-criminals steal one-time passcodes for SIM swap attacks and raiding bank accounts
The incoming phone call flashes on a victim’s phone. It may only last a few seconds, but can end with the victim handing over codes that give cybercriminals […]
Llast-minute Mother’s Day gift: Skylight Calendar $70 off
As of May 11, the Skylight digital calendar is on sale for $249.99 at Amazon. Prime members can order this last-minute Mother’s Day gift and get delivery in time.