Monthly Archives: August 2022

Elon Musk challenges Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal to ‘a public debate’ on the company’s bot data

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images, Andrew Kelly/Reuters Elon Musk issued a “challenge” to Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal on Saturday. The billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO called for a public debate on how Twitter reports its spam bots and fake accounts.  Musk has repeatedly accused Twitter of having far more bots than it reports, citing this as one…

Brian Kemp says Georgia Republicans must ‘run like we’re hungry again’ to counter Democratic gains in the state

Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia. AP Photo/Megan Varner Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said state Republicans must “run like we’re hungry again,” per the AJC. Kemp made the remark at a campaign event in a state that has become an electoral battleground. Kemp is running for reelection against Democrat Stacey Abrams in a rematch of their…

This Week in Apps: French developers sue Apple, time spent in apps grows, Instagram adds NFTs

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. Global app spending reached $65 billion in the first half of 2022, up only slightly from the $64.4 billion during the same period in 2021, as hypergrowth fueled by…