Beehiiv expands into podcasting with Patreon in mind
Newsletter platform Beehiiv is introducing native podcast hosting, the company tells TechCrunch. This move allows creators to host, distribute, and monetize their podcasts directly on Beehiiv. Users will be able to publish episodes, share them with subscribers, and track analytics all on the platform. “Podcasting was an obvious move,” Beehiiv co-founder and CEO Tyler Denk […]
De-Fi Platform Drift, Millions of Dollars in Cryptocurrency Stolen in Hack, Deposits and Withdrawals Suspended
Decentralized finance company Drift has announced that it has suspended withdrawals and deposits due to a security incident. In a post on X, the cryptocurrency platform said it was “under active attack” and was working to “contain the incident.” Security researchers and public blockchain data suggest the losses could be significant. Blockchain security firm CertiK […]
Anthropic deleted thousands of GitHub repositories in an attempt to yank leaked source code – the company says the action was an accident
Anthropic accidentally deleted thousands of code repositories on GitHub while attempting to retrieve a copy of the source code for its most popular product from the internet. On Tuesday, software engineers discovered that Anthropic had accidentally included access to the source code of its category-leading Claude Code command-line application in a recent release. AI enthusiasts […]
The reputation of troubled YC startup Delve worsens
The controversy surrounding compliance startup Delve took a turn for the worse this week. Among the new claims by an anonymous whistleblower known as DeepDelver is that Delve allegedly took open source tools and passed them off as proprietary works without proper license attribution or financial agreements with the original developers. The story is about […]
New dating app Sonder has an intentionally cumbersome registration process (and it works)
Sonder’s founders couldn’t bear to come across yet another profile on a dating app where someone boldly declared that their most controversial opinion was that they liked pineapple on pizza. “We didn’t know through user calls or interviews or anything that people were unhappy,” co-founder Mehedi Hassan told TechCrunch. “We learned that through our own […]
Apple releases security fix to protect older iPhones and iPads from DarkSword attacks
Apple has pushed a security update to older iPhones and iPads that prevents the disclosure of a set of powerful hacking tools that can steal data from personal devices. The tech giant announced Wednesday that it has released iOS 18.7.7 and iPadOS 18.7.7 to enable a wider range of devices to “receive critical security protections […]
Why Private Wealth is eliminating VC intermediaries
VC intermediaries are being eliminated faster than anyone expected. Family offices and private wealth firms are taking direct steps to write checks, sit on boards, and even grow companies from the ground up. And more founders are starting to realize. In February alone, family offices made 41 direct investments, including a Midwestern company that led […]
Possibility of supplying electricity to South Dakota with large intake of natural gas from Meta
Data centers have become so large that their power demands are now equivalent to an entire U.S. state. Take Meta’s Hyperion AI data center, for example. Once completed, the new AI data center will consume as much electricity as the state of South Dakota. Meta announced last week that it would finance seven natural gas […]
Cameo partners with TikTok to boost popularity
In a bid to regain its popularity, celebrity greetings app Cameo has launched a new TikTok integration. This will allow creators in the US to offer personalized Cameo videos directly to their fans through the short-form video app. The new partnership aims to help creators increase revenue while simplifying the process for fans to request […]
WhatsApp notifies hundreds of users who installed fake app created by government spyware maker
WhatsApp has announced that it has notified around 200 users who were tricked into installing a malicious fake version of the chat app that contained spyware. WhatsApp has accused Italian spyware maker SIO of creating a fake version of its iPhone messaging app, according to an announcement shared by the company with TechCrunch. “Our security […]