Monthly Archives: October 2022

Meta’s Horizon Worlds VR platform is reportedly struggling to keep users

Image: Meta Horizon Worlds, Meta’s social universe set in virtual reality (VR), is reportedly struggling to gain and keep users. According to internal documents obtained by the Wall Street Journal, Horizon Worlds currently has around 200,000 monthly active users, a dip from the 300,000-user milestone Meta confirmed it hit back in February. Horizon Worlds lets…

Pay as you drive, or pay how you drive?

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. Having talked to many insurtech investors lately, I found myself thinking about usage-based insurance (UBI, which in this case doesn’t refer to universal basic…

Bill Maher says Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker is an ‘idiot’ on ‘a scale almost impossible to parody’

Bill Maher attends the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 27, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. Arturo Holmes/FilmMagic Bill Maher slammed Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker on Friday.  Maher took aim at the candidate’s recent scandals including one centered around Walker’s former…

These 3 Canadian banks offer the most in-demand emerging mobile feature

This is a preview of Insider Intelligence’s 2021 Canada Mobile Banking Emerging Features Benchmark, available exclusively to subscribers. In addition to mobile banking coverage, Insider Intelligence publishes thousands of pieces of content, including research reports, charts, and forecasts on the financial services industry. You can learn more about becoming a client here. The Canadian banks…

Tech CEO calls overemployment trend a ‘new form of theft and deception’ after firing two engineers secretly working multiple full-time jobs at once

Canopy discovered the first engineer was secretly working another full-time job after 2.5 months of poor performance, upsetting teammates, Bell said. Maskot In a viral Linkedin post, a CEO explained why he fired two engineers for secretly working two full-time jobs.  “This isn’t some fun new social trend. It’s a new form of theft and…

Obama says conservative media ‘has a lock’ on molding GOP candidates: ‘People will vote for DeSantis even if I’m not sure that they would really have a great time’ with him

Former President Barack Obama. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File Former President Obama recently compared a big difference in how the two parties vet candidates. While on “Pod Save America,” Obama said DeSantis can win votes via a conservative media ecosystem. Obama spoke of John Fetterman’s relatability, while opining that DeSantis’ demeanor was dissimilar. Former President Barack…

Bluehost vs. GoDaddy

Bluehost and GoDaddy both offer well-rounded, reliable website hosting services. Each of them has been around for 20 years or longer, and they’ve proven their worth when it comes to keeping business websites online. These companies are household names and work for everyone from beginning business owners to more experienced and tech-savvy developers. Their merits…