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After investing $28B in Slack, Salesforce bets on one of its own as new CEO
TechCrunch - Ron Miller
In a flurry of activity at the end of last year, Salesforce announced that co-CEO Bret Taylor was stepping down. Shortly thereafter, Slack co-founder and CEO Stewart Butterfield announced his exit. We would soon learn that his replacement would be Lidiane Jones, who at the time was GM of Commerce …
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3 hours ago
For startups, growth still trumps cloud cost control
TechCrunch - Alex Wilhelm
There’s room for startups to cut their cloud costs, even if they have to balance the implicit costs of doing so, such as the time required and the potential for slower development. The question then becomes: How much of a priority is finding incremental savings for young tech companies? A recent …
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4 hours ago
Inside Stripe’s latest moves
TechCrunch - Mary Ann Azevedo
Welcome back to The Interchange! If you want this in your inbox, sign up here. While there is always a lot going on in the world of fintech, this week felt a little subdued overall — at least when it came to funding rounds. But there was definitely still other fintech news to cover, and we’ll dive …
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A peek into China’s stance on web3
TechCrunch - Rita Liao
Web3 has come to be known as the internet built on decentralized blockchains that power applications like cryptocurrencies and NFTs. The catch-all term is sometimes used interchangeably with crypto, but in China, the government is pursuing its own path in web3 that so far has excluded all things …
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19 hours ago
YouTube rolls back its rules against election misinformation
TechCrunch - Taylor Hatmaker
YouTube was the slowest major platform to disallow misinformation during the 2020 U.S. election and almost three years later, the company will toss that policy out altogether. The company announced Friday that it would reverse its rules around election denialism, allowing some previously prohibited …
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22 hours ago
Gig workers get paid, Fidelity slashes Reddit’s valuation and AI conquers Minecraft
TechCrunch - Kyle Wiggers
Hey, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter that recaps the week in tech. Hope the summer’s treating y’all well — it’s a balmy 90 degrees here in NYC! — and that some much-needed R&R is on the agenda. Speaking of “agenda,” mark your calendars for Disrupt, TC’s annual …