March 29, 2024

Web and Technology News

Rogan backlash didn’t hurt Spotify’s Q1, as paying subscribers grew 15% despite Russia exit

We already suspected that the controversy surrounding the Joe Rogan podcast on Spotify was doing little to actually prompt users to leave the streaming service, based on app store data. Now, Spotify’s first-quarter earnings have confirmed it. Despite losing 1.5 million users in Russia, Spotify’s premium subscribers grew 15% year-over-year in the first quarter to […]

Time to grab your pass to TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco

Prepare yourself for the triumphant return of TechCrunch Disrupt — live and in person — to San Francisco on October 18-20 at Moscone West!  We can’t wait to welcome you and more than 10,000 other attendees to our flagship event — the epicenter of the startup ecosystem.  Registration is open: Take advantage of our launch […]

Time to grab your pass to TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco

Prepare yourself for the triumphant return of TechCrunch Disrupt — live and in person — to San Francisco on October 18-20 at Moscone West!  We can’t wait to welcome you and more than 10,000 other attendees to our flagship event — the epicenter of the startup ecosystem.  Registration is open: Take advantage of our launch […]

5 predictions for Tesla Q1 earnings

As usual, it’s been a dramatic quarter for Tesla. Tesla, which will announce its first-quarter financial results Wednesday, has benefitted from a global surge in consumer demand for electric vehicles and increasingly tough fuel economy mandates implemented by governments worldwide, including the Biden Administration’s own stringent standards beginning 2024. But the $1 trillion automaker faces […]

5 predictions for Tesla Q1 earnings

As usual, it’s been a dramatic quarter for Tesla. Tesla, which will announce its first-quarter financial results Wednesday, has benefitted from a global surge in consumer demand for electric vehicles and increasingly tough fuel economy mandates implemented by governments worldwide, including the Biden Administration’s own stringent standards beginning 2024. But the $1 trillion automaker faces […]

The 25 crypto startups that Y Combinator is backing in its W22 batch

Crypto was big at YC this batch. Y Combinator Demo Days returned yet again with another ballooning heap of startups. In the old days, a gaggle of TechCrunch reporters would go to the Demo Day in person, write up the presentations of each startup and hobnob with VCs during the breaks, but in a post-pandemic […]

The 25 crypto startups that Y Combinator is backing in its W22 batch

Crypto was big at YC this batch. Y Combinator Demo Days returned yet again with another ballooning heap of startups. In the old days, a gaggle of TechCrunch reporters would go to the Demo Day in person, write up the presentations of each startup and hobnob with VCs during the breaks, but in a post-pandemic […]