Daily Crunch 10/28/22
Amazon's income dip; More bad news for meta; A redesign update from youtube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amazon's income dip; More bad news for meta; A redesign update from youtube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Meta posts another revenue decline; Layoffs at Zillow; The latest in startup business news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Amazon allows Venmo; The return of Lyft's monthly subscription program; Dr. Who's new home Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bumble combats "cyberflashing"; Australia toughens its privacy laws; Apple increases U.S. subscriptions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Amazon says fear of Google putting off vendors from TV hardware partnership; YouTube Premium’s family plan gets a price hike in several countries; Delhivery falls to all-time low after muted growth report Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Reliance launches JioBook, its maiden Android-powered laptop; India fines Google $162 million for anti-competitive practices on Android; Banyan raises $43M to grow its network of item-level purchase data Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rivian hires former Waymo exec for new autonomy, AI role; Soccer legend Lionel Messi plans to get into tech investing via a new Silicon Valley holding company; OnlyFans CEO says adult content will still have a home on the site in 5 years Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
AI content platform Jasper raises $125M at a $1.5B valuation; Landis grabs $40M to turn renters into homeowners; Apple unveils new entry-level iPad that looks just like the iPad Pro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Kanye West to acquire 'uncancelable' social media platform Parler; Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart launches metaverse shopping experience; Apple is bringing Spatial Audio to cars, starting with Mercedes-Benz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Andreessen Horowitz backs Synonym’s bio-manufacturing facilities; Google is updating its 'Ad' tag to 'Sponsored' for mobile search; Meta’s legs update is not on the horizon yet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Google’s 3D video calling booths, Project Starline, will now be tested in the real world; Uniswap Labs valued at $1.66 billion in $165 million new funding; Analytics operating system Redbird makes data more accessible to non-technical users Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
After selling his last startup to Google, Jacob Bank now wants to automate mundane tasks with Relay; Microsoft brings DALL-E 2 to the masses with Designer and Image Creator; Indian edtech giant Byju’s cuts 2,500 jobs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Meta announces legs for avatars; Factorial adds $120M and doubles valuation to $1B to build enterprise-quality HR for SMBs; NocoDB takes on Airtable with open source no-code platform that connects to production databases Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Google removes The OG App from the Play Store as founders think about next steps; Hulu raises its subscription prices; Endor emerges from stealth with $25M to secure software supply chains Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Binance hit by $100 million blockchain bridge hack; Purple Elephant Ventures, Kenya’s tourism-focused startup studio, raises $1 million pre-seed funding; Amazon scales back Scout delivery robot program Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Google launched new hardware and tech at its Fall 2022 event; Lightdash takes on Looker with an open source BI platform built for dbt; AI-powered supply chain visibility platform Altana bags $100M Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Google picks South Africa for its first cloud region in Africa; Gourmey grabs $48 million to keep working on lab-grown foie gras; Facebook is rolling out new ways to customize what you see in your feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
VLC-developer VideoLAN sends legal notice to Indian ministries over ban; Meet Fizz, the social app downloaded by '95% of Stanford undergrads'; Google begins rolling out its iOS 16 Lock Screen widgets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hackers leak 500GB trove of data stolen during LAUSD ransomware attack; Kim Kardashian charged by SEC for pushing crypto, reaches $1.26M settlement; Amazon is launching a dedicated hub for its affordable shopping options Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Indian market regulator tightens IPO disclosure norms; YouTube TV users can now subscribe to standalone networks without a base plan; Twitter is rolling out a refreshed user interface for DMs on Android Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta will freeze hiring and cut costs; Amazon quietly picked up a cashierless store startup to stock its Amazon Go play in India; Instagram permanently disabled Pornhub’s account Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apple reportedly readjusts iPhone 14 production targets after slow demand; Hacker breaches Fast Company systems to send offensive Apple News notifications; Google’s upcoming Maps feature will let you check out the ‘vibe’ of a neighborhood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
NASA’s DART anti-asteroid satellite successfully smashes into space rock; Document onboarding startup Flatfile nabs $50M from investors, including Workday; Calendly, the $3B+ scheduling startup, acquires Prelude to drive into the recruitment sector Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apple reportedly readjusts iPhone 14 production targets after slow demand; Hacker breaches Fast Company systems to send offensive Apple News notifications; Google’s upcoming Maps feature will let you check out the ‘vibe’ of a neighborhood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Backed by Epic Games, distributed computing startup Hadean nabs $30M to power the metaverse; A Strava co-founder races into a lucrative market – lending against life insurance; Kenyan startup Ponea gaining momentum in driving access to medical services Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Google’s new Chromecast costs $30 — and it has a remote; SoftBank cuts internal valuation of $10 billion Oyo to $2.7 billion; Keith Rabois’ OpenStore bags new funding as valuation soars to $970M Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
IT services group Wipro fires 300 employees moonlighting for competitors; A ‘Stripe for phone plans’: Gigs raises $20M to help any company be an MVNO; Malwarebytes lands a $100M cash injection weeks after laying off 125 employees Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Spotify does audio books; Peloton's rowing machine finally arrives; Amazon dabbles in synthetic fuels Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TikTok’s BeReal clone is now available; BeReal considers paid features; Ford eats a billion dollars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Uber investigating cybersecurity incident after hacker breaches its internal network; FTC sets its sights on ‘unfair, deceptive, and anticompetitive practices’ in gig economy; Launch House’s community reacts to misconduct and harassment allegations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices