KINGSHILL, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — President Joe Biden has pardoned six people who have served out sentences after convictions on a murder charge and drug- and alcohol-related crimes, including an 80-year-old woman convicted of killing her abusive husband about a half-century ago and a man who pleaded guilty to using a telephone for a…
Daily Crunch: To take the friction out of consumer messaging, more companies are entering the Matrix
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Welcome back to your daily digest of TechCrunch goodness. It is my last day with you (you’re welcome!), so Christine will be back in the Daily Crunch seat on Tuesday. Haje will…
As much as we like to end the year with some good news, what we are hearing from grocery delivery company Instacart is not exactly that. According to The Information, citing “two people familiar with the situation,” Instacart has cut its internal valuation to around $10 billion. That’s 20% lower than its October 2022 valuation…
Taking a deep breath as I write these words: Next week, TechCrunch will return to our first in-person CES in three years. Phew. It felt good to finally get that off my chest. The last time our team flew to Las Vegas for the event was January 2020. An auspicious date. It wouldn’t be long…
The Solana cryptocurrency nightmare seems endless. The token, known as SOL, is one of the few cryptocurrencies directly linked to Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced king of the crypto sphere who filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy of his crypto empire on November 11. FTX, the exchange cryptocurrencies he co-founded in May 2019, was unable to meet withdrawal…
It’s a big surprise. MicroStrategy, the company of Michael Saylor, one of the most fervent evangelists of Bitcoin, has sold the king of cryptocurrencies. The move was made recently, according to a regulatory filing. The firm said it bought approximately 2,395 bitcoins for approximately $42.8 million in cash, at an average price of approximately $17,871 per…
Amazon executives are left pondering a serious question now that they broadcast the NFL’s Thursday Night Football package. Amazon has its slice of the NFL pie, but is that slice big enough for the company to launch a standalone sports broadcasting network? Last week, a snoozer between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the New York Jets…
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline Shares of Tesla, one of the worst-performing major stocks of 2022, jumped Thursday amid a broader gain in the stock market, which looks to cap a no good, very bad year on a positive note. Stocks rose on the second-to-last trading day of 2022. Getty Images Key Facts…
In 2014, Prayank Swaroop made a pitch to the storied venture firm Accel, where he worked as an associate, about future marketplaces in India. At the time, Flipkart and Snapdeal were the only two e-commerce startups in India that had shown a semblance of scale. Swaroop made a case that as more Indians come online,…
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