Jump raises $12M to help freelancers get benefits just like employees

Jump offers full-time contracts to freelancers looking for some stability and the benefits involved with a full-time job.
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SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son has been planning his comeback

A new Financial Times profile of Mayayoshi Son opens with SoftBank CEO seeming to hit bottom, staring at his “ugly” face on Zoom and telling himself, “I have done nothing I can be proud of.” The scene is presented as the prelude to a hoped-for a comeback, with Son largely disappearing from the public eye […]
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Matt Mullenweg calls WP Engine a ‘cancer to WordPress’ and urges community to switch providers

Automattic CEO and WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg unleashed a scathing attack on a rival firm this week, calling WP Engine a “cancer to WordPress.” Mullenweg criticized the company — which has been commercializing the open source WordPress project since 2010 — for profiteering without giving much back, while also disabling key features that make WordPress […]
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Synex founder, once detained at the border with a 80-pound magnet, is building portable MRIs to test glucose

Synex Medical just raised $28.1 million to build a portable MRI capable of testing glucose and other important molecules without the need to extract blood.
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Yup, Jony Ive is working on an AI device startup with OpenAI

Jony Ive, the legendary designer who left his full-time role at Apple five years ago, is working on a new startup with OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman. The collaboration was first reported last year, and Ive confirmed it in a New York Times profile about what he’s been up to since leaving Apple. If […]
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Pedego’s Cargo e-bike: Sporty, stylish and powerful for $4,000

The Pedego’s Cargo e-bike is marketed as a powerful and sporty ride that’s geared towards parents toting kids around town and anyone who needs to schlep heavy gear.  I spent the summer testing out this cargo e-bike to find out if it met that mission. My take: It’s a stylish ride that can hold plenty […]
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Ibotta’s CEO explains why startups shouldn’t try to time the IPO market

The IPO market has not roared back in 2024 as many investors hoped it would — not yet, at least. Elevated interest rates (this week’s 50 bps rate cut notwithstanding) and uncertainty related to the U.S. election have prompted many companies to stay private and wait for better market conditions. But a handful of companies […]
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A guide to iOS 18’s hidden features and smaller updates

We put together a list of some of our favorite under-the-radar features that you might have missed.
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Linus Torvalds explains why aging Linux developers are a good thing

Linux’s luminary linchpin, Linus Torvalds, says that despite longstanding reports of burnout in the open source software development realm, Linux is as strong as ever.
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The TechCrunch Cyber Glossary

This glossary includes some of the most common terms and expressions we use in our articles, and explanations of how — and why — we use them.
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