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Music streaming platform SoundCloud announced Tuesday that it is renaming its “Next Pro” plan to “Artist Pro” and introducing a new, cheaper paid plan for artists simply called “Artist.” The new basic tier costs $39 per year and comes with some limitations on features such as track amplification, distribution, monetization, and AI mastering. Artists on this plan can upload as many tracks as they like for up to 3 hours. This is the same limit as the free plan. The new plan gives artists the opportunity to amplify their new tracks and reach more than 100 listeners. SoundCloud can also…
The Federal Trade Commission passed a rule Tuesday banning hidden “junk fees” on live events, hotels and vacation rentals. The agency said the new rules prohibit “bait pricing” and other practices in the live event ticketing and short-term lodging industries that hide the total amount and fill in junk fees. ” pointed out that the practice was damaging. consumer. The FTC says consumers will no longer be surprised by “resort,” “convenience” and “service” fees that drive up advertised prices when looking for lodging or tickets to a show or sports game. . As a result, consumers will be able to…
New government disclosures reveal how the apparel and accessories retailer secured rare merchandise, according to new government disclosures revealing how the apparel and accessories retailer secured rare items. It has to hand over management to its partner Reliance Retail and maintain fully local operations. Exception to India's ban on China-related apps. India's Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said in a parliamentary disclosure on Tuesday that Shein will operate purely as a technology partner and Reliance will maintain full ownership and control of the platform through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Reliance Retail Ventures Limited. Ta. India's largest conglomerates Reliance and Shein confirmed last…
Data analytics platform Databricks has raised $10 billion in a funding round that values the company at $62 billion (up from $43 billion). Backers include Thrive Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global, GIC, and Iconiq Growth. The round is one of the largest venture rounds in history and will fuel future mergers and acquisitions, employee stock payments and international expansion, according to a statement obtained by CNBC. Databricks' massive “Series J” comes ahead of the company's much-anticipated IPO. It was founded in 2013 by seven Ph.D. Databricks, a UC Berkeley candidate, sells AI, big data analytics, and cloud tools that enable…
AstroPay has been around since 2009. The homegrown company now has 320 employees and is profitable. Still, it's not a name that pops up often in startup news. The company originally got its start as a payment services provider focused on Latin America, with alternative payment methods next to the PayPal or Card button on the checkout page. Now, the company wants to expand beyond its roots and become a global consumer fintech product, a multi-currency wallet paired with a payment card that allows you to pay, send and receive money from your mobile phone. I'm thinking. The company also…
Fusion power startup Focused Energy has signed a deal to purchase two of the world's most powerful lasers, the company tells TechCrunch exclusively. The giant laser will be installed at the startup's future facility, which is being built in the San Francisco Bay Area over the next two years. “These are some of the highest average power lasers in the private sector,” Focused Energy CEO Scott Mercer told TechCrunch. The laser can deliver more than 1 kilojoule of energy to a target and costs nearly $40 million. Focused Energy is pursuing an approach to nuclear fusion known as inertial confinement.…
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center confirmed that hackers accessed the personal and sensitive health data of more than 1.4 million people during a September cyberattack. This cyberattack also affected TTUHSC's El Paso campus, where the attackers stole health information including social security numbers, financial account information, government-issued ID details, medical record numbers, billing data, and medical school diagnosis and treatment information. is. said in an announcement on its dedicated website. As of this writing, the TTUHSC security incident website contains a “noindex” code that tells search engines to ignore the page, making it impossible for affected individuals to find…
Jon Morehouse launched PowerTools in 2019 to help businesses ship static sites and serverless apps to cloud accounts from providers like AWS and Azure. When a customer asked if PowerTools could be used to deploy software to their cloud accounts, Morehouse was skeptical. Morehouse told TechCrunch that after that question, he started talking to other SaaS founders about the concept of deploying applications to customers' clouds. He realized that this is a question founders often get asked by customers. So he decided to change direction. In 2021, Morehouse launched Nuon to build a “Bring Your Own Cloud” (BYOC) platform. Nuon's…
Few things in life divide a room more than the discretion of putting pineapple on a pizza. But if you're convinced that tropical fruits aren't in the pie, you'll have to swallow a bitter pill, at least if you want access to WordPress.org's developer portal and forums. This week, users reported seeing an additional checkbox on their WordPress.org login page asking them to agree that “pineapple tastes good on pizza.” WordPress.org Login: Pineapple on Pizza Image Credit: TechCrunch / Screenshot It's easy to laugh off this as a carnival by the good folks at the WordPress Foundation, but in reality,…
While accepting payments in cryptocurrency may sound like a bad idea, it can actually be a useful feature for international contractors. Remote, a company that lets you hire talent and manage contractors around the world, will introduce cryptocurrency payments on Tuesday. U.S.-based companies will be able to start paying contractors in 69 countries with stablecoins. For this feature, Remote has partnered with Stripe. The company currently only supports USDC, a widely used cryptocurrency stablecoin managed by Circle. Since 1 USDC is worth 1 US dollar at any given time, businesses and contractors are not exposed to the volatility risks created…