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Deal-flow mavens aren’t sweating the venture slowdown
W elcome to the TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. As we get closer to the end of the year, I thought it would be a good time to catch up with a … Read more
Gift Guide: a few ideas for the mechanical keyboard fans
The world of mechanical keyboards is a very deep rabbit hole and it’s no secret that more and more people have fallen into it in recent years. So if you have somebody in your life who keeps talking about lubing switches, gasket mounts and the pros and cons of ABS vs PBT keycaps, chances are … Read more
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Apple reportedly backs out of NFL Sunday Ticket negotiations
Apple’s exit leaves Amazon and Google as potential Sunday Ticket candidates. | Photo by Christopher Mast/Getty Images Apple has exited talks to secure the rights to NFL Sunday Ticket, according to a report from Puck’s Dylan Byers (via 9to5Mac). Sources tell Byers that Apple backed out of the deal because it doesn’t “see the logic,” … Read more
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Productivity Blocker
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Support King, banned by FTC, linked to new stalkerware operation
A year after it was banned by the Federal Trade Commission, a notorious phone surveillance company is back in all but name, a TechCrunch investigation has found. A groundbreaking FTC order in 2021 banned the stalkerware app SpyFone, its parent company Support King, and its chief executive Scott Zuckerman from the surveillance industry. The order, … Read more
Netflix’s ‘Wednesday’ is the second most popular English-language series, with 1.02B hours viewed
The latest hit Netflix series “Wednesday,” the “Addams Family” spin-off directed by Tim Burton, has reached a milestone that only “Stranger Things” Season 4 and “Squid Game” managed to accomplish. “Wednesday” surpassed 1.02 billion total hours viewed in just three weeks since its debut, the company announced, with over 150 million households streaming the show. … Read more
The empty list
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Fossil Gen 6 Wellness Edition review: history repeats itself
Fossil makes the best of a messy Wear OS 3 transition, but it’s hard to shine when you keep getting dealt a bad hand. Continue reading…
As unions decline, inequality rises
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