Month: February 2020
Startup malaise, startup ambition
Recapped. Layoffs. Slowdown. CEO transition. Budget cuts. Downsizing. In spite of a spate of massive startup exits the last few months, culminating in fintech’s shining moment yesterday with Intuit’s $7.1 billion acquisition of Credit Karma, it’s been a tough period for the startup world. Layoffs abound, centered perhaps on SoftBank’s…
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Disney Plus UK pre-order deal cuts the price down to a fantastic £49.99
With Disney Plus UK releasing on March 24, you can now pre-order a year’s subscription to the service for £10 off, dragging the price down to a very reasonable £49.99. You’ve only got until launch to take advantage of this though, because the price will then revert to £59.99 for…
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Opera’s new browser can tame your tabs
A new web browser from Opera launching today aims to help users get their chaotic mess of open tabs back under control. In the latest release of Opera’s desktop browser (codenamed R2020), the company is introducing a new feature called “Workspaces” that allows you to organize your tabs based on…
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Announcing the TC Pitch Night: Robotics + AI startups
The night before the Robotics + AI event at UC Berkeley, TechCrunch is hosting a private Pitch Night, featuring innovative startups in robotics and artificial intelligence. After reviewing hundreds of applications, TechCrunch selected the early-stage startups below to pitch in front of industry executives, TC writers and our expert panel…
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Troubled Eaze finally closes $35M funding to roll out a new vertical model selling its own cannabis
Six weeks after we broke the news that cannabis startup Eaze was running out of money, laying off more employees and scrambling to pay its bills and stay afloat as it worked on a pivot to selling its own supply rather than just that of third party providers, the company…
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Is Google worried? New Gmail pop-ups attempt to convince Edge users to switch back to Chrome
Microsoft’s new and improved Edge browser seems to be giving Google some cause for concern, and the company is now using its hugely popular online services to nudge recently converted Edge users back towards Chrome. Last week, it emerged that Google was attempting to scare Edge users into switching browsers…
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