If you’re curling up on the couch tonight to watch a documentary, that doesn’t make you an oddball. In fact, plunging into non-fiction shows about real-life people and events has become the fastest-growing genre among the major streaming platforms. Since the start of 2019, demand for documentaries is up over 140% (https://www.parrotanalytics.com/insights/us-documentary-trends-q1-2021/). Rather than sorting…
Today’s Heardle answer is an easy one if you’re of a certain age or into a particular kind of music — but could be difficult otherwise. If you play Heardle, you’ll know what I mean. Haven’t played the game before? It’s one of the best Wordle alternatives and clones, but rather than making you guess…
Financial services firm Block (NYSE: SQ) stock has fallen (-59%) into the toilet for 2022. The e-commerce processing and payments platform subsidiary Square expanded its services through acquisition and integrated them into its wildly popular Cash App mobile payment service. The Bitcoin Lightning Network was added to the Cash App enabling more access and flexibility…
Welcome back to Chain Reaction. Last week, we looked at web3 without web2’s winners. This week, we’re looking at a crossover episode for meme investing. You can get this in your inbox every Thursday afternoon by subscribing on TechCrunch’s newsletter page. power to the pumpers A weekly dispatch from the desk of TechCrunch crypto editor…
Following the launch of a new “Data safety” section for the Android app on the Play Store, Google appears to be readying to remove the app permissions list from both the mobile app and the web. The change was highlighted by Esper’s Mishaal Rahman earlier this week. The Data safety section, which Google began rolling…
The iOS 16 public beta is here and you can be among the first to try out Apple’s newest iPhone operating system. Apple has hundreds of features listed on the iOS 16 preview page and it’s certainly tempting to take the plunge. But before you dive in and install the beta, consider these reasons to…
The quintessential Yankee gets the spotlight again when you watch Derek Jeter’s documentary The Captain online. And this is no mere film. The Captain stretches — much like the shortstop stopping a ball from getting to the outfield — across seven episodes. The series will show how race played a role in Jeter’s Midwestern childhood,…
Previously a sell, the recent big drop in crude has made Big Oil a buy. How to position to profit from continued consolidation in XOM stock. shutterstock.com – StockNews A little over a month ago, I wrote about why I thought oil and oil stocks were a short in “5 Reasons Why It’s Finally The…
Welcome back to Chain Reaction. Last week, we looked at web3 without web2’s winners. This week, we’re looking at a crossover episode for meme investing. You can get this in your inbox every Thursday afternoon by subscribing on TechCrunch’s newsletter page. power to the pumpers A weekly dispatch from the desk of TechCrunch crypto editor…
Following the launch of a new “Data safety” section for the Android app on the Play Store, Google appears to be readying to remove the app permissions list from both the mobile app and the web. The change was highlighted by Esper’s Mishaal Rahman earlier this week. The Data safety section, which Google began rolling…
