Jonah Peretti, Founder and CEO, Buzzfeed, speaks at the Wall Street Journal Digital Conference in Laguna Beach, California, U.S., October 18, 2017.Lucy Nicholson | ReutersThis was the supposed to be […]
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Back to news homeDiscord is rapidly expanding beyond gaming, attracting suitors like Sony and Microsoft
Jason Citron is the CEO of Discord, a chat app that has long been popular among gamers but is beginning to expand to other audiences.Courtesy of DiscordDelilah, a college student, […]
Daily Crunch: A huge fintech exit as the week ends
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Tesla refutes Elon Musk’s timeline on ‘full self-driving’
What Tesla CEO Elon Musk says publicly about the company’s progress on a fully autonomous driving system doesn’t match up with “engineering reality,” according to a memo that summarizes a […]
Betting on upcoming startup markets
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Extra Crunch roundup: How Duolingo became an edtech leader
The pandemic has just pushed edtech mainstream, but language-learning startup Duolingo had already spent the past decade figuring out how to build a successful edtech app. In our latest installment […]
Sennheiser sells off its consumer brand
Long-running German audio company Sennheiser today announced that it has found a buyer for its consumer brand. Swiss holding company Sonova — a giant in the hearing aid business — […]
The stock market may be misreading what this weak jobs report means for the Fed
A help wanted sign is posted at a taco stand in Solana Beach, California.Mike Blake | ReutersThe much weaker than expected April jobs report reinforces the Federal Reserve’s easy policy […]
Cathie Wood loves the setup for her stocks after sell-off, expects big returns from her strategies
Cathie Wood, founder of Ark Invest, said Friday that the pullback in technology stocks is not a cause for concern, and that her long-term bets will pay off over time.”I […]
A joke cryptocurrency has risen more than 26,000% in the last six months, outpacing nearly every other investment
Dogecoin, the cryptocurrency branded after a viral dog meme from years ago, hit a new all-time high Friday afternoon. It now has a market capitalization of about $92 billion following […]