Month: July 2023
Twitter limits the number of tweets users can read amid a long outage
[ad_1] Twitter is placing limits on the number of tweets its users can read as the Elon Musk-owned service suffers a lengthy outage that has hampered users’ ability to track new posts. In a tweet, Musk detailed the revised usage quotas. Verified account holders can browse a maximum of 6,000 posts a day, while unverified…
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What do FinOps and parametric insurance have in common?
[ad_1] WWelcome to TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly newsletter of startups and markets. It is inspired by the TechCrunch+ daily column where it gets its name. Do you want it in your inbox every Saturday? Register here. The Rise of FinOps It’s already fueled multiple acquisitions, including IBM’s plan to acquire Apptio for a whopping $4.6…
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Twitter now requires an account to view tweets
[ad_1] If you are not logged into your Twitter account and you try to view a tweet, you will be presented with a login screen. And if you don’t want to have an account in the bird app, too bad! Twitter has not commented on this change, and given as careless he platform has state…
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Police want robotaxi video footage to help solve crimes
[ad_1] Police are beginning to turn to robotic taxis, specifically all images captured by cameras, for video evidence to help solve crimes. While it may not be a trend yet, the evidence suggests that the robotaxi is the new testing ground for privacy advocates and law enforcement, especially as companies like Cruise and Waymo scale…
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The FTC finally proposes to ban fake reviews
[ad_1] The FTC has proposed a new rule Ban numerous forms of fake reviews online, from those entirely fabricated to those that are incompletely reused or secretly manipulated. It might not completely rehabilitate the notoriously unreliable online review ecosystem, but it might help make things a bit more bearable. This rule has been a long…
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Are corporations too influential?
[ad_1] Welcome to Startup Weekly. Register here to receive it in your inbox every Friday. This week, I’ve been thinking a lot about how some of the biggest companies in the world have as much, if not more, power than entire countries. Most countries at least have some level of democratic oversight, but that is…
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Goldman may be trying to rescue Apple Card
[ad_1] Four years after partnering with Apple on the Apple Card launchGoldman Sachs may be eyeing the exits. He Wall Street Journal reports that Goldman is “looking for a way out” of its high-profile deal with Apple, which recently expanded to include savings accounts for Apple Card holders. The investment banking firm is apparently in…
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