Match-owned Archer hits over half a million installs amid dating app slump It’s been almost one year since Match Group announced the launch of Archer, the online dating giant’s first app for gay, bi, and queer men. Since rolling out to New York last June, Archer has been dow...
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Fisker stiffed the engineering firm developing its low-cost EV and pickup truck, lawsuit claims Henrik Fisker stood on a stage last August and proudly debuted two prototypes designed to catapult his eponymous EV startup Fisker into the mainstream. There was the Pear, a low-cost EV meant for the ...
Three things we learned about Apple’s AI plans from its earnings Despite spending more than $100 billion on R&D over the last five years, Apple isn't planning to spin up too many new data centers to run or train AI models. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. F...
Instagram now lets you post a secret Story that viewers can uncover with a DM Instagram is adding a handful of new features for Stories to give users more creative ways to share content and engage with each other, the company announced on Friday. Most notably, the social networ...
Despite recent successes, IPO market still won’t fully open until 2025 Experts say macroeconomic factors including the upcoming election and the current state of the economy will deter too many IPOs this year. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use onl...
Sprinklr lays off more than 100 employees The new job cuts come over a year after the company cut about 4% of its headcount in February last year. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
How to play Pokémon and other Game Boy games on your iPhone Apple finally updated its App Store guidelines to allow global developers to host retro game emulators on iOS. Now, you don’t need to jailbreak your iPhone or download any sketchy software — you can g...
EQT snaps up API and identity management software company WSO2 for more than $600M WSO2, a company that provides API and identity management services for enterprises, has been acquired by EQT for more than $600M. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Climate tech investment roars back with an $8.1B start to 2024 Companies focused on reducing CO2 emissions raised big sums, second only to Q3 2023. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.