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Daily Crunch 9/3/22

03 Sep 2022

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Nvidia is the latest collateral damage in US-China tech war; Google will allow alternative payment systems for Play Store in more countries; Nigerian ...

Daily Crunch 9/2/22

02 Sep 2022

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Google prepares for the midterm elections; Slack's new automation feature; Live Nation's plan to clean up the concert business. Learn more about your ...

Daily Crunch 9/1/22

01 Sep 2022

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Twitter's attempt at adult content; Snap makes staff cuts; NASA orders five more transportation flights from SpaceX Learn more about your ad choices. ...

Daily Crunch 8/31/22

31 Aug 2022

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Instagram tests new features; GoPuff pulls out of Spain; Facebook shutting down their gaming app Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoice...

Daily Crunch 8/30/22

30 Aug 2022

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Details on Netflix’s ad-supported plan; Waymo's driverless robotaxi; Meta's NFT news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch...

Daily Crunch 8/27/22

27 Aug 2022

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Zuckerberg says Meta’s next VR headset will launch in October and will focus on ‘social presence’; Twilio says breach also compromised Authy two...

Daily Crunch 8/26/22

26 Aug 2022

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Twitter adding podcasts it's platform; Instagram's new safety features; Google pulls more than 2,000 loan apps Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Daily Crunch 8/25/22

25 Aug 2022

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Walmart+'s latest perk; Wordle makes it to the New York Times; Instacart ups their same day delivery game Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podc...

Daily Crunch 8/24/22

24 Aug 2022

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Instagram's latest feature, A new Metaverse ID system; TikTok's new nearby feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Daily Crunch 8/23/22

23 Aug 2022

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Ebay buys a trading card company; Netflix explores cloud gaming; Apple's latest fundraising effort Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi...

Daily Crunch 8/20/22

20 Aug 2022

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DoorDash is ending its delivery partnership with Walmart; Facebook is losing its grip as a ‘Top 10’ app as BeReal and TikTok grow; Bolt founder Ry...

Daily Crunch 8/19/22

19 Aug 2022

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Google's new search updates; Celebrity Cameo calls coming soon; Snap's pixy drone flies off off to the sunset Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...

Daily Crunch 8/18/22

18 Aug 2022

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Facebook will disable new political ads; Amazon's TikTok inspired feed test; Major roadblocks in EV adoption Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p...

Daily Crunch – 8/17/22

17 Aug 2022

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Meta's new Reels features for Instagram and Facebook; Shopify launches "Shopify Collabs"; Wal-mart's big delivery numbers Learn more about your ad cho...

Daily Crunch 8/16/22

16 Aug 2022

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Snapchat+ gets 1 million subscribers; Uber ends Rewards program; Porsche going solar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoi...

Daily Crunch 8/13/22

13 Aug 2022

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Samsung heir receives presidential pardon in a bid to 'overcome economic crisis'; Amazon launches AWS Private 5G so companies can build their own 4G m...

Daily Crunch 08/12/22

12 Aug 2022

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Facebook avoids a service shutdown in Europe for now; Google Meet’s new feature lets users consume YouTube and Spotify together; Farther, a wealth t...

Daily Crunch 08/11/22

11 Aug 2022

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Spotify starts selling live music tickets to fans directly; Cloud security startup Wiz reaches $100M ARR in just 18 months; Nikola taps its president ...

Daily Crunch 08/10/22

10 Aug 2022

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WhatsApp has new features for security, and deleting old messages; An Armenian startup tackles phishing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas...

Daily Crunch 8/9/22

09 Aug 2022

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Even more bad news for Netflix; Groupon makes staff cuts; Lyft creates a media division Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adc...

Daily Crunch 8/6/22

06 Aug 2022

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Amazon is buying iRobot for $1.7B; A troubling startup layoff trend has emerged; Get ready for an HBO Max – Discovery+ mashup app in 2023 Learn more...

Daily Crunch 8/5/22

05 Aug 2022

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The latest streaming numbers for Paramount+, HBO Max and more; A CEO's frustration with Meta; The latest in startup business news Learn more about you...

Daily Crunch 8/4/22

04 Aug 2022

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Tik-Tok and Ticketmaster Team up; Facebook shutting down its live shopping feature; Coffee themed NFTs coming to Starbucks. Learn more about your ad c...

Daily Crunch 8/3/22

03 Aug 2022

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Tough times for Tinder; Shopify's $100 million investment; More Meta staff changes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoice...

Daily Crunch 8/2/22

02 Aug 2022

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Amazon launches same-day delivery from select retail stores; Use Twitter’s iOS app without signing up for an account in Twitter’s latest test; Pin...

Daily Crunch 7/30/22

30 Jul 2022

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The passage of the CHIPS Act could launch another US startup renaissance; YouTube’s new tool lets creators turn their own videos into Shorts; iPhone...

Daily Crunch – 7/29/22

29 Jul 2022

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Instagram's random survey; Snap's new creator fund; Another gmail redesign rollout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoice...

Daily Crunch 7/28/22

28 Jul 2022

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Apple hires Lamborghini executive to help steer EV program; Meta's first ever quarterly revenue decline; Twitter channels it's inner myspace Learn mor...

Daily Crunch 7/27/22

27 Jul 2022

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Meta's headset price hike; Instagram responds to photo criticism; The third generation of Oura rings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastch...

Daily Crunch 07/26/22

26 Jul 2022

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Instacart expands its EBT SNAP payments program; Google's new tablet additions; A new way to make money on facebook; Learn more about your ad choices....

Daily Crunch 7/23/22

23 Jul 2022

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Facebook parent Meta eyes investment in Indian app Better Opinions; Microsoft will block Office macros by default starting July 27; Big Tech cutting b...

Daily Crunch 7/22/22

22 Jul 2022

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Amazon buys a health care provider; Instagram's "Reel" re-arrangement; Snap's Q2 earnings miss the mark Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas...

Daily Crunch 7/21/22

21 Jul 2022

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Skullcandy partners with Amazon; Google pauses hiring plans; NASA’s mega moon rocket could see its first launch Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

Daily Crunch 7/20/22

20 Jul 2022

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Apple agrees to pay $50M to settle lawsuit over flawed keyboards on older MacBooks; Samsung to unveil its latest foldables; Netflix has it's largest q...

Daily Crunch 7/19/22

19 Jul 2022

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GameStop diversifying its meme money; Instagram's new payment feature; ESPN+'s big price hike Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.c...

Daily Crunch 7/16/22

16 Jul 2022

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Dissecting Microsoft’s proposed policy to ban commercial open source apps; Medusa’s open source e-commerce tool for JavaScript developers aims to ...

Daily Crunch 7/15/22

15 Jul 2022

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Kids and teens now spend more time watching TikTok than YouTube; Uber sued by 550 women and counting; Nintendo's new acquisition Learn more about your...

Daily Crunch 7/14/22

14 Jul 2022

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TikTok to roll out content filters and maturity ratings; Reddit brings GIF comments to the masses; Snap eyes adding NFTs Learn more about your ad choi...

Daily Crunch – 7/13/22

13 Jul 2022

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Walmart gets all electric delivery vehicles; Spotify buys a trivia game; Google's beef with instagram and TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

Daily Crunch 7/12/22

12 Jul 2022

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Meta goes after fake news; TikTok targets small businesses; Twitter now lets all users ‘unmention’ themselves in tweets Learn more about your ad c...

Daily Crunch 7/9/22

09 Jul 2022

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Butler shows hundreds of employees the door after raising $50M for room service delivery; White House: Tesla to expand its US Supercharger network to ...

Daily Crunch 7/8/22

08 Jul 2022

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Meta’s new VR headset; Twitter begins testing ‘CoTweets’; Amazon bets on influencers for Prime Day Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...

Daily Crunch 7/7/22

07 Jul 2022

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Apple's ‘extreme sports’ Apple Watch; Volkswagen planning ‘big moves'; Amazon faces more antitrust scrutiny Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

Daily Crunch 07/06/22

06 Jul 2022

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TikTok drops plans to expand its live e-commerce Shop; Twitter sues India's Government; Lawyers seek emergency protection for laid-off Tesla workers L...

Daily Crunch 07/02/22

02 Jul 2022

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Open source developers urged to ditch GitHub following Copilot launch; Reddit acquires natural language processing company MeaningCloud; FTX US deal w...

Daily Crunch 07/01/22

01 Jul 2022

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NFT giant OpenSea reports major email data breach; The Drako Motors 2,000-hp electric luxury SUV ‘feels more like a spaceship’; As the global vent...

Daily Crunch 6/30/22

30 Jun 2022

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Amazon’s new physical retail analytics service gives brands insights about product and ad performance; Google and the Internet Archive are the first...

Daily Crunch 6/29/22

29 Jun 2022

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Airbnb permanently bans parties on all listings; Spotify’s latest feature lets you imagine a supergroup consisting of your favorite artists; And And...

Daily Crunch 6/28/22

28 Jun 2022

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Period tracker Stardust surges following Roe reversal, but its privacy claims aren’t airtight; New York-based grand jury issues subpoenas to Truth S...

Daily Crunch 6/25/22

25 Jun 2022

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Amazon launches CodeWhisperer, a GitHub Copilot-like AI pair programming tool; Zendesk drama concludes with $10.2 billion private equity acquisition; ...

Daily Crunch 6/24/22

24 Jun 2022

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Spotify's new "community" feature; Meta gets an oversight board review; Layoffs at Netflix continue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastcho...

Daily Crunch 6/23/22

23 Jun 2022

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Amazon debuts a fully autonomous warehouse robot Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Daily Crunch 6/22/22

22 Jun 2022

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Meta to roll out new monetization tools; Twitter's Chirp conference returns; The Obamas are coming to Audible Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...

Daily Crunch 6/18/22

18 Jun 2022

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SpaceX said to have fired employees behind company-wide letter criticizing Elon Musk; Alibaba extends logistics arm to Pakistan for e-commerce unit Da...

Daily Crunch 6/17/22

17 Jun 2022

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Samsung gets on the mobile wallet train; EBay goes live; Instagram's new full screen feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/a...

Daily Crunch 6/16/22

16 Jun 2022

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The rise of YouTube shorts; Amazon Fire TV gets an upgrade; Netflix’s real-life ‘Squid Game’ competition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Daily Crunch 6/15/22

15 Jun 2022

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It’s June 14, 2022, and while we’re casually putting together the Daily Crunch newsletter, Bill Gates is chilling at the next table over at the TC...

Daily Crunch 6/14/22

14 Jun 2022

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Doordash rolls out new app features; Amazon drones coming to California; Sony launches its new subscription service Learn more about your ad choices. ...

Daily Crunch 6/11/22

11 Jun 2022

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MIT researchers uncover ‘unpatchable’ flaw in Apple M1 chips; Amazon pulls out of IPL cricket streaming rights bidding; Hedge funds plan to buy mo...

Daily Crunch 6/10/22

10 Jun 2022

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The Meta watch gets shelved; Apple’s lineup shift; Microsoft gets a TV app Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Daily Crunch – 6/9/22

09 Jun 2022

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Youtube TV adds surround sound; Spotify hypes the revenue potential of podcasts; Europe warns WhatsApp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcast...

Daily Crunch 6/8/22

08 Jun 2022

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Peloton’s new CFO; PayPal's long awaited crypto update; Instagram’s plan to filter sensitive content Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...

Daily Crunch - 6/7/22

07 Jun 2022

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Etsy is launching a purchase protection program; Apple announces the M2; The arrest heard ’round the crypto world Learn more about your ad choices. ...

Daily Crunch 6/4/22

04 Jun 2022

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Elon Musk orders hiring freeze, warns of job cuts at Tesla in latest leaked email; The delivery market is coming down from its pandemic highs; You may...

Daily Crunch 6/3/22

03 Jun 2022

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Meta’s "Reels" Refesh; Ford keeps focus on electric vehicles; Twitter Communities gets an upgrade Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastcho...

Daily Crunch 6/2/22

02 Jun 2022

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Amber Alerts on Instagram; Discord's voice channel gets an upgrade; The DeLorean returns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad...

Daily Crunch 6/1/22

01 Jun 2022

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Apple’s iOS 16 leak; TikTok secretly creates a new feature; Supreme Court pauses controversial Texas social media law Learn more about your ad choic...

Daily Crunch 5/28/22

28 May 2022

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Indian fintech Jar eyes $50 million investment; Manish Maheshwari, former Twitter India head, leaves new startup; Snapchat rolls out new ‘Shared Sto...

Daily Crunch – 5/25/22

27 May 2022

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Bumble’s plan to expand into social networking; Netflix adding four more games this month, including Exploding Kittens; Introducing Twitter Create L...

Daily Crunch 5/26/22

27 May 2022

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Apple’s latest research suggests the iOS app economy supports 2.2 million US jobs; Amazon flexes its retail muscle with a brick-and-mortar store; Th...

Daily Crunch 05/27/22

27 May 2022

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Twitter pays a privacy fine; Google’s antitrust issues in the UK; TikTok makes some new friends Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoic...

Daily Crunch 5/24/22

24 May 2022

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SiriusXM acquires Team Coco; Snap misses it’s quarter’s revenue goals; Robots may be coming to a Walmart near you Learn more about your ad choices...

Daily Crunch 5/21/22

21 May 2022

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Terra creator Do Kwon faces prosecution in South Korea; Fears grow for smaller nations after ransomware attack on Costa Rica escalates; As Klarna look...

Daily Crunch 5/20/22

20 May 2022

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WhatsApp ramps up revenue with global launch of Cloud API and soon, a paid tier for its Business App; Netflix continues accessibility push with badges...

Daily Crunch 5/19/22

19 May 2022

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YouTube’s player gains new features; TikTok gets a creator crediting tool; Apple’s online training courses Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Daily Crunch 5/18/22

18 May 2022

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Netflix lays off 150 staffers; Youtube Music's new streaming plans; Candle Media goes after the Gen-Z crowd; The latest in startup business news Learn...

Daily Crunch 5/17/22

17 May 2022

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Uber partners up to launch an autonomous delivery pilot; Sony's revamped PlayStation Plus subscription service; Twitter’s new ‘Liked by Author’ ...

Daily Crunch 5/14/22

14 May 2022

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Elon Musk says Twitter deal ‘temporarily on hold over spam’; Indian food delivery giant Swiggy is acquiring Dineout for $200 million; Tech employe...

Daily Crunch 5/13/22

13 May 2022

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Get cashback with the newest Alexa feature; Facebook Pay will be renamed soon; Uber shareholders get closer to passing lobbying disclosure proposal; T...

Daily Crunch 5/12/22

12 May 2022

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Airbnb’s huge summer update; Disney+ gains 7.9M more subscribers; A law inviting Texans to sue social media companies over ‘censorship’ returns ...

Daily Crunch 5/11/22

11 May 2022

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Nintendo says it now has more than 100 million annual playing users; Match Group sues Google over ‘monopoly power’ in Android app payments; Twitte...

Daily Crunch 5/10/22

10 May 2022

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Uber shareholders to vote on lobbying disclosure proposal; Instagram to start testing NFTs with select creators this week; TikTok rolls out new ‘Fri...

Daily Crunch 5/7/22

07 May 2022

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Post-pandemic reset leads to wave of layoffs in tech; Coinbase’s NFT marketplace is off to a lackluster start; Peloton reportedly looks to sell up t...

Daily Crunch 5/6/22

06 May 2022

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Facebook is shutting down its podcast service; Twitter rolls out new Spaces features; Apple, Google and Microsoft team up on passwordless logins; The ...

Daily Crunch 5/5/22

05 May 2022

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TikTok introduces its first ad product to offer a revenue share with creators; Robinhood to let users lend out their shares in its attempt to diversif...

Daily Crunch 5/4/22

04 May 2022

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Snap unveils a Cameo partnership and more original programming; Lyft continues its COVID recovery, investors far from impressed; Roku snags Martha Ste...

Daily Crunch 5/3/22

03 May 2022

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Biden to provide $3.1B to support domestic production of EV batteries; What the Edit Tweet feature could look like on Twitter; Apple faces charges ove...

Daily Crunch 4/30/22

30 Apr 2022

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Elon Musk has reportedly lined up a new Twitter CEO, shared ideas for monetizing tweets; Robinhood’s sinking value is proof that 'free' can often be...

Daily Crunch 4/29/22

29 Apr 2022

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Peacock added 4 million paid subscribers in Q1; Snapchat’s new ‘Director Mode’ will help anyone become a video creator; Pinterest addresses its ...

Daily Crunch 4/28/22

28 Apr 2022

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Rogan backlash didn’t hurt Spotify’s Q1; Robinhood to lay off 9% of full-time employees; WhatsApp follows Google in giving cash-back rewards to wi...

Daily Crunch 4/27/22

27 Apr 2022

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Ford teases a second electric pickup truck; YouTube expands its Super Thanks monetization tool to all eligible creators; TikTok was the top app by wor...

Daily Crunch 4/26/22

26 Apr 2022

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Twitter accepts Elon Musk’s $44B acquisition offer; GM reveals first images of the EV Chevy Corvette; Amazon Prime debuts on TikTok; The latest in s...

Daily Crunch 4/23/22

23 Apr 2022

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Zenly doesn’t want you to miss another event; Amazon acquires India’s GlowRoad in social commerce push; Tech companies are still going public in A...

Daily Crunch 4/22/22

22 Apr 2022

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AWS expands its serverless offerings; HBO Max and HBO gained 3 million subscribers in Q1 as Netflix reports subscriber decline; Tesla aspires to mass ...

Daily Crunch 4/21/22

21 Apr 2022

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Netflix says it will eventually charge more if you share your account; Google Search now displays city-level air quality; Apple adds Ace Hardware as a...

Daily Crunch 4/20/22

20 Apr 2022

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Audi designed a private cocoon concept car for China’s megacities; Netflix shares down more than 20% after losing 200,000 subscribers in first quart...

Daily Crunch 4/19/22

19 Apr 2022

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Kittens will be exploding all over Netflix; Twitter’s in-development Edit button offers hints as to how the feature could work; Instagram rolls out ...

Daily Crunch 4/16/22

16 Apr 2022

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Twitter adopts poison pill defense to block Elon Musk takeover; U.S. officials link North Korean Lazarus hackers to $625M Axie Infinity crypto theft; ...

Daily Crunch 4/15/22

15 Apr 2022

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Tinder adds a ‘Festival Mode’ for making connections ahead of concerts and events; Reddit is rolling out the ability to search comments; Peloton i...

Daily Crunch 4/14/22

14 Apr 2022

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WhatsApp permitted to extend payments service to 100 million users in India; A crypto exchange is partnering with an NFL team; TikTok is testing a pri...