Elon Musk says Twitter is done with layoffs and ready to hire again

Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images After purging nearly two-thirds of Twitter’s 7,500-person workforce in three weeks, Elon Musk is hiring again. During an all-hands meeting with employees on Monday, Musk said that Twitter is done with layoffs and actively recruiting for roles in engineering and sales and that employees are encouraged…

The best gifts for travelers

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Tumblr to add support for ActivityPub, the social protocol powering Mastodon and other apps

Tumblr will add support for ActivityPub, the open, decentralized social networking protocol that’s today powering social networking software like Twitter alternative Mastodon, the Instagram-like Pixelfed, video streaming service PeerTube, and others. The news was revealed in a response to a Twitter user’s complaint about Mastodon’s complexities. Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg — whose company acquired Tumblr…

Crypto firm Genesis says it has “no plans to file bankruptcy imminently”

Genesis, a digital assets financial services firm, may be in hot water as it looks to raise fresh capital for its lending unit or potentially face bankruptcy if it can’t, according to a report by Bloomberg. “We have no plans to file bankruptcy imminently,” a Genesis spokesperson said in an emailed statement to TechCrunch on…

Max Q: We are going

Hello and welcome back to Max Q. Before we get to the news, I have a pretty exciting announcement myself: We’re offering to Max Q subscribers free tickets to TechCrunch’s in-person space event. Find out more about the event and get your free ticket by clicking here. In this issue: Artemis I takes flight Gravitics…

Daily Crunch: Swedish tech conference yanks $1M pitch contest prize from Russian co-founders

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. What’s up, Crunchers! Haje is back from his away-ness, and we are chomping at the bit to bring you a wall of amazing stories from our dastardly team of TC wordcraftspeople. Let’s…

Amazon’s Cyber Monday deals on headphones and earbuds are already heating up

UPDATE: Nov. 18, 2022, 4:00 p.m. EST This story has been updated to include Amazon’s latest headphones and earbuds deals ahead of Black Friday 2022. BEST APPLE DEAL: Apple AirPods Max are premium wireless headphones with noise cancellation, a transparency mode, and spatial audio — $449 $549 (save $100) BEST BEATS DEAL: Beats Studio Buds, some best-in-class noise-canceling…