Mobile game publisher Zynga has agreed to acquire mobile ad and monetization firm Chartboost. The price of the deal wasn’t disclosed.Read More
5 awesome jobs you need to see if you’re looking for a change
We’ve been highlighting some brilliant opportunities every week, to help you narrow down your job search.Read More
Supercell likes Metacore’s games so much it just gave it another $180M credit line
Metacore, a Finnish mobile games company, seems to have an amazing “relationship” with Supercell, another (quite successful) Finnish mobile games company. Back in September 2020, Metacore raised $17.7 million in equity from Supercell and another […]
EA acquires Super Mega Baseball dev Metalhead
Electronic Arts announced today that it has acquired Metalhead Software, the studio behind the Super Mega Baseball series.Read More
Applications for the TC Early Stage Pitch-Off July are open
Early stage startups – now is your time to shine at the TechCrunch Early Stage event on July 8 and 9. This is part two of the highly successful event from April where top experts train […]
GM CEO Mary Barra wants to sell personal autonomous vehicles using Cruise’s self-driving tech by 2030
GM CEO Mary Barra sees the automaker selling personal autonomous vehicles by the end of the decade by leveraging technology from its self-driving subsidiary Cruise, according to comments made during the company’s Wednesday earnings call. […]
Data leak makes Peloton’s Horrible, No-Good, Really Bad Day even worse
Enlarge (credit: Peloton) Peloton is having a rough day. First, the company recalled two treadmill models following the death of a 6-year-old child who was pulled under one of the devices. Now comes word Peloton […]
How a Former Netflix Exec Built a Brazen Bribery Scheme
The company’s ex-vice president of IT faces 20 years in prison for creating a pay-to-play environment with technology vendors.
GM’s Pam Fletcher is coming to TC Sessions: Mobility 2021 to talk about how to build a startup
GM might be best known for the millions of Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC-branded vehicles it designs, produces, finances and sells each year. But it also has a burgeoning incubator, where a team of 600 […]
How to stop AI from recognizing your face in selfies
Uploading personal photos to the internet can feel like letting go. Who else will have access to them, what will they do with them—and which machine-learning algorithms will they help train? The company Clearview has […]