Monthly Archives: July 2022

This Week in Apps: Google battles KakaoTalk, Twitter deal in jeopardy, FTC asked to investigate TikTok

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record number of downloads and consumer spending across both the iOS and Google Play stores combined in 2021, according to the…

A retired army general was suspended from his federal contract position after he mocked Jill Biden’s statement on abortion rights

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Gary Volesky talks to reporters following a change of command ceremony, Monday, April 3, 2017, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state. Ted S. Warren/AP A retired army general was suspended from his contract position after he mocked Jill Biden. The first lady tweeted that women have the “right to make…

Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams has raised $22 million over the past 2 months — outpacing GOP Gov. Brian Kemp

Stacey Abrams addresses the Gwinnett County Democratic Party fundraiser in Norcross, Ga., on May 21, 2022. AP Photo/Akili-Casundria Ramsess Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams raised $22 million for her gubernatorial campaign in May and June. Abrams will run in a rematch against Brian Kemp, who raised roughly $7 million over the same period. Since launching her…

Elon Musk says he’ll increase childcare benefits at his companies ‘significantly’

Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Elon Musk says he’s going to boost childcare benefits at his companies as part of his mission to tackle the “underpopulation crisis” that he adamantly claims is “the biggest danger civilization faces by far.” The world’s richest man currently runs Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and The Boring…

From spinouts to fundraising to M&A, founders need transparent deal terms

Welcome 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. With down rounds looming, startup founders have a lot less dealmaking leverage than they did in 2021. If new to the fundraising game, the…

Watch NASA’s megarocket ace a pivotal thrust test before its moon flight

NASA’s megarocket is back in its giant garage after completing a mission-critical dress rehearsal at the launchpad for its first voyage to the moon. Among the tests completed at Kennedy Space Center in Florida this June, engineers demonstrated the rocket, aka the Space Launch System, can gimbal like nobody’s business. NASA’s Artemis I mission team…