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See all of TechCrunch news coverage in one place. Discover how TechCrunch’s media bias informs their coverage and compare with thousands of other news outlets. We’ve discovered 45,194 headlines written by TechCrunch during the past 3 months.

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Linda Yaccarino · United States

X should turn profit next year, CEO says

41% Center coverage: 34 sources

X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, should turn a profit by early 2024, CEO Linda Yaccarino said on Wednesday.Yaccarino, who took the reins of the company from billionaire owner Elon Musk in June, said at Vox Media’s annual Code Conference that the social media company is currently “just about break-even.”See the Story

Business · United States

Epic Games is eliminating 16% of its workforce and selling Bandcamp

49% Center coverage: 33 sources

Epic Games on Thursday said it’s laying off 16% of its workforce, selling its music platform Bandcamp and spinning off most of its SuperAwesome services. See the Story

Elon Musk · United States

Tesla sued for racial discrimination, retaliation by EEOC

40% Center coverage: 28 sources

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sued Tesla accusing Elon Musk’s electric car maker of violating “federal law by tolerating widespread and ongoing racial harassment of its Black employees and by subjecting some of these workers to retaliation for opposing the harassment.”See the Story

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Kick streamers consider leaving over CEO's comments in a sex worker 'prank' stream

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Streamers are leaving Kick en masse in protest of the platform’s lack of safety guidelines, after a prominent creator streamed an encounter with a sex worker without informing her that there were other people present. She was briefly prevented from leaving after she expressed discomfort, while Kick’s CEO posted laughing emotes in the stream chat.  […]See the Story

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VW bails on its plan for a $2.1B EV plant in Germany

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Volkswagen's $2.1 billion plan to launch a dedicated electric-vehicle factory in Wolfsburg, Germany is kaput. The automaker instead reportedly plans to modify its existing plants in Zwickau and Wolfsburg to handle production of a new flagship EV.See the Story

Startups

When predatory investors damage your chances of success

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. You know what isn’t a great idea for my energy levels? Enjoying a week of TechCrunch Disrupt and then getting straight on a plane to attend a startup event in Oslo, Norway. I’ve only just gotten over my jet lag, […]See the Story

Pudgy Penguins' approach may be the answer to fixing NFTs' revenue problems

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Pudgy Penguins, the company behind Pudgy World, is expanding into the physical world. The company is launching a toy line in over 2,000 Walmart stores across the U.S. The toy-focused expansion is CEO Luca Netz's bet that NFTs should have a broader presence.See the Story

IPO · Italy

So what happened to Blue Apron?

Coverage: 2 sources

Blue Apron raised a $135 million Series D back in 2015 for its meal kit business before going public in mid-2017 with a valuation of just under $1.9 billion. That figure had fallen to double-digit millions before Wonder agreed to buy it for $13 per share, cash.See the Story

VC Office Hours: How data can help improve social impact investing

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Erin Harkless Moore is the co-founder of Pivotal Ventures. The firm has a $1 billion commitment from Melinda French Gates. It uses grants, partnerships, advocacy strategies and investing to support founders and nonprofits. It has backed investment platform Ellevest, care service company OndeCare and health advisory platform Tia.See the Story

Two large equity funds launched this week. What gives?

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Two large equity funds came out of the gate this week. So, what gives? Earlier this year we covered how Liquidity Group, a growth-stage debt financier, raised $40 million and launched a $250 million debt fund for tech companies. Backers included Apollo (private equity, and Yahoo! owner) and MUFG (a Japanese bank). Liquidity is an […]See the Story

TechCrunch+ Roundup: How to pitch 7 VCs, building AI moats, immigration law Q&A

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

TechCrunch Disrupt was held in San Francisco last week. More than 10,000 people passed through the conference hall over three days. TechCrunch+ editor Sophie Ghaffary moderated three investor panels and a Q&A. Almost everyone wanted actionable advice that would help them fundraise and build.See the Story

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