TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2023

Startups Weekly readers know I love a pivot story, and now I have one of my own: I’m leaving TechCrunch! The publication helped me land many professional firsts: my first scoop, my first long-form feature story, my first valuation-run bull cycle and my first layoffs-ridden bear cycle. It’s a bittersweet move.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Hello and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Alex and Natasha chatted through the difference between building in public, going direct, startup PR, and just straight-up hype.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Hello and welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. We are beyond hyped about it. Every time we cover the latest version of this story, we think it must be the last time. Hopin is raising more money, at an even larger valuation.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

When you book a headliner act or keynote speaker, feature them in a sneak preview of your lineup. Allow event headliners or speakers to do an Instagram takeover. Give one of your event headliners or emcees the reins of your Instagram story for the day. Tag your account in a story. Conduct a lineup countdown.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2021

Fortunately, this is a story about how it can go right. Factoring in the amount of hype that was permeating the market (something I’ve never been a fan of), the “wise” decision felt elusive. As you know from the headline of this piece, though, we chose debt, and it paid off. In others, record deals were being made.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. Whoa, that’s a hell of a valuation curve : Rita tells the story of how Zeekr — the two-year-old luxury electric vehicle brand of Geely, China’s largest private carmaker — raises $750 million at $13 billion valuation.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

One key issue, according to Wired , is that Google may not have put as much investment in its internal studios as its much-hyped plans for Stadia may have suggested. When Stadia first launched, my colleague Sean Hollister said it was “still just a beta” right in the headline. Stadia employees said the tech felt like a beta.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Hey, folks, welcome back to another edition of TechCrunch Week in Review , the place where we point you to the hottest stories of the past sevenish days. Apple’s Elon problem : Darrell’s headline says it all, really: “Twitter’s Elon problem could soon become Apple’s Elon problem, too.” Meta is in trouble : That’s the headline.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

I always learn something while editing stories written by TechCrunch reporters: Because Ryan Lawler covers proptech for us, I asked him to explain the significance of Zillow’s decision to depart the iBuying business. Why LatAm’s fintech boom is more than hype and superlative venture investment. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2023

Hello and welcome back to Equity , the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week. Today we are talking about space, birds and startups! Data cometh.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Since Monday, hundreds, if not thousands, of people have darted between talks, galleries, hangouts, parties, and other events assembled for and by the usually all-online NFT community to talk about the future of art, hype the space, and discover new and potentially soon-to-be-explosive projects. The artist was offended.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Hello and welcome back to Equity , the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Get hype, and we’ll talk to you soon! TechCrunch also has a great show on crypto , a show that interviews founders , one that details how our stories come together , and more!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. Today in good headlines : Nothing is a startup working in the hardware space that may have product coming to light at a forthcoming event. Hit the link for more, and a very good headline. PST, subscribe here.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

They’ll unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines and will wade through the hype to keep you up-to-date on the world of business, tech and VC. Wemimo Abbey, the diverse co-founder behind Esusu, shares the Inspirational story behind his innovative startup and the challenges he and his co-founder faced along the way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

Lamb links to another story: "wireless network might be used by terrorists," the headline screams. " What is with these scare stories? despite the hype that ???everybody Well, yeah. But "Terrorists might also use our bus service to move about the city undetected." non-profit blogs???

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2023

Phil Haslett, co-founder and chief strategy officer of EquityZen, had this to say about the company’s choosing to move forward with its delayed SPAC despite all the negative headlines over the past 20 months. From Manish Singh are two stories on India retail giant Reliance Retail. The de-SPAC was a way to raise $565M. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2007

The articles I've read with hype headlines like "My Space For Grown-Ups" or " LinkedIn or Left Out " describe LinkedIn is as necessary a business tool as a laptop or a cell phone. Maura interviewed me for a story on Women and Blogging over the summer.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2022

One of the biggest news stories last week was that Plaid laid off 260 employees , or about 20% of its workforce. While these companies have very real customer bases and products, it is not hard to imagine that at least some of these valuations were propped up by hype.” This may have come as a surprise to many, but not to all of us.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2023

If you want to know about the state of solo GPs — which oh boy, is it rocky — please read my TC+ story here: Are Solo GPs screwed? Also, shout out to Fundrise CMO Jon Carden for the headline inspiration! Ok, now into this week’s newsletter! “AI In the rest of this newsletter we’re talking about Cerebral Valley and Substack.

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The Verge

MAY 26, 2021

Watching this year’s I/O demos I was reminded of the hype surrounding self-driving cars, a technology that has so far failed to deliver on its biggest claims (remember Elon Musk promising that a self-driving car would take a cross country trip in 2018 ? We use it to tell stories, crack jokes, and share ideas. [.]

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DataRobot

MARCH 31, 2022

Over the past several years, AI has gone from obscurity to headline news but not always for the right reasons. While AI systems have matured from science experiments to vital business-as-usual tools, not every AI project lives up to the hype. The current generation of AI, called narrow AI, is based upon pattern recognition.

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The Verge

MARCH 3, 2022

It was inspired by an Onion headline, Yang explained: “ American People Hire High-Powered Lobbyist To Push Interests In Congress.”). A lot of this story is going to sound goofy because goofiness is an inherent part of ETHDenver. To that end, Polis hyped Colorado’s history with cooperatives to the crowd. I’m old,” Musk went on.

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The Verge

AUGUST 17, 2021

So this all depends on your frame of reference, Nilay, and I guess, which headlines you’re reading and believing. I spend a lot of time thinking about the 5G hype cycle, and how it didn’t pan out, and I was made to believe that there was some sort of race to 5G that was important. So I always hesitate to call things a failure.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

I’ll end by saying that I’m working on an end of the year story about the human impact of layoffs, namely where tech talent goes after they’ve been let go. If you lost your job this year and have an interesting story of what you did next, and how your definition of risk changed, my Twitter DMs are open. Have friends. FTX update.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 4, 2022

The startup feels low-key in a sector that has been full of hype and chest-beating in recent years. Worse, fintech didn’t escape the recent waves of tech layoffs , with high-profile companies like Brex, Chime and Stripe making headlines for this disheartening reason over the last few weeks. among a few other things. Listen in here.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 13, 2021

My first move was to ask a friend who has posted Instagram Stories of her crypto-trading brother-in-law staring into multiple screens at a standing desk. Hype drives value. Hype drives value. Lil Baby, the night’s headliner, finally took the stage at around 1AM. his hype man screamed to the crowd’s delight.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 6, 2021

On an app defined by permanently teenage Hype House dancers, Mc’s graying beard and low baritone voice definitely stand out, as does his presentation style. Being the subject of a TikTok spat is one thing, but it’s another to elevate it into a news story and turn a local incident into international headlines. “I

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Towards Data Science

OCTOBER 7, 2023

The hype around generative AI is real, and data and ML teams are feeling the heat. Despite those “anti-AI” headlines, the financial industry has made use of machine learning algorithms for years — powering fraud detection algorithms and instantaneous credit decisions. Getting started with LLMs? Image courtesy of author.

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Ars Technica

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Crashes are rare, so when they do happen , they make headlines and fuel the idea that these cars are untrustworthy. The hype around a few high-profile crashes can easily drown out the bigger picture. The data tells a different story, though. million miles driven by its autonomous vehicles.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Cherlynn: I mean, so that headline is like all thanks to our EIC, Aaron [00:02:00]Souppouris, because I was like, where, where do I go from here? I'll tell you the story. And I think that that's the thing and that's why I went with that headline in the end. Check out our stories on all of these things. I don't know.

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