TechCrunch·4yGoogle pauses hiring, Netflix loses nearly 1M customers, and Slack increases prices – TechCrunch
Week in Review is our weekly newsletter recapping the top stories to hit TechCrunch in the past seven days. This week's top story was about a new set of documents detailing how the Department of Homeland Security taps third-party data brokers. Tesla sold 75% of its Bitcoin holdings in its most recent earnings report.
TechCrunch·4yOpen source developers urged to ditch GitHub following Copilot launch – TechCrunch
Software Freedom Conservancy has called on the open source community to ditch GitHub after quitting the code-hosting platform itself. The move comes a week after Microsoft-owned GitHub launched the commercial version of Copilot. Copilot is an AI-powered pair-programmer that suggests software developers by suggesting lines or functions as they type.
TechCrunch·4yMedusa’s open source e-commerce tool for JavaScript developers aims to take on Shopify – TechCrunch
Medusa is a Danish e-commerce startup that provides an open source alternative to Shopify and WooCommerce. The company has raised $8 million in seed funding in a round co-led by LocalGlobe and Dawn Capital. Medusa has already amassed a community of 2,000 developers that started some 10,000 projects on the platform.
TechCrunch·4yMinecraft says ‘No F-ing Thanks’ to NFTs – TechCrunch
Minecraft, one of the most popular games of all time, says it won't support NFTs. Polygon-based NFT Worlds is the most prominent example of this, selling virtual land that can be used in custom Minecraft servers. Minecraft's stance could have serious ramifications for such developers.
TechCrunch·4yNothing’s Phone (1) is official – TechCrunch
The Nothing Phone (1) is a new smartphone from Chinese startup Nothing. The device has a striking design featuring 900 LEDs that flash and pulsate with an extreme brightness. Nothing has raised around $150 million in equity and $65 million in debt to launch its first handset.
TechCrunch·4yElon Musk tells Twitter he is killing the deal – TechCrunch
Elon Musk's legal team is taking steps to terminate his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter. Musk is terminating the Merger Agreement because Twitter is in material breach of multiple provisions of that Agreement. Musk had no apparent qualms with Twitter’s bot count prior to inking the deal.