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This week saw two big events going in parallel: Apple’s hardware announcement And Y Combinator’s demo day. On their own, one of them leads the traffic for a week – making them collide with each other on the same day It was… interesting. And maybe a little tiring.
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Apple productsApple’s event, as their events do, dominated much of the tech news cycle this week. Instead of turning this entire newsletter into one big list of Apple stuff, I’ll say new iPhones, new AirPods, and a new Apple Watch. Need more words? Here is our news summary.
Y Combinator MoonsBeginnings are hard. But every YC batch has a few companies that seem small More Heavy – crescent moons, if you will. From faux fish to teams looking to reinvent flight, the Show Day team has assembled some of the wildest pitches.
The Musk/Twitter drama continues: Elon Musk is still considering reversing his multibillion-dollar offer to Twitter, and Twitter still wants him. This week, a Delaware judge made two rulings in the ordeal: The trial won’t be delayed for a month, as Musk’s legal team had requested, but Musk will do Earlier this month, Twitter security hacker Peter “Mudge” Zatko said he would be allowed to “amend the claims in detail.”
LG wants to buy NFTs on your TVNFT sales have reportedly increased over the past few months. Will the ability to buy/sell/trade NFTs on LG Smart TVs be something to turn around to? No, no, no.
Kim Kardashian’s new gig“America’s favorite reality star is growing her show,” wrote Anita, under another job title: private equity investor. Kardashian is teaming up with Jay Sammons, formerly head of consumer/media/retail at The Carlyle Group, to launch a new private equity firm called SKKY Partners.
Jeep EVAnother popular auto brand is diving deeper into electric vehicles — this time it’s Jeep, which this week revealed plans to launch three different EVs (The Recon, Wagoneer S and Avenger) by 2025. According to Jacklin, the company expects to handle half of its sales in North America — and all of its sales in Europe — by 2030.
Patreon is firedPatreon, which helps creators build paid membership offerings, laid off employees this week. The layoffs left Patreon without much of a security team, which seems like a bad idea?
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What’s in the TC Podcast Land this week? “Selling Sunset” star Christine Quinn stops by Found to talk about her new startup, the Chain Reaction crypto team talks about Binance’s latest drama, and Burnsy takes a virtual trip to Minnesota to focus on the Minneapolis startup scene. TechCrunch Live.
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The freemium bar is changing.With products from Slack to Google Meet to Heroku, many companies are changing their free tiers to offer less. why now Anita examines the trend.
