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The TechCrunch Top 3 You got blocked: Sometimes technology does what itâs supposed to. In Appleâs case, researchers looking into spyware vulnerabilities said its âLockdown Modeâ was able to thwart the advances of the infamous mercenary hacking provider NSO Group. Lorenzo has more. Also, Apple opens its first retail store in India, but there areâ¦challenges, Manish writes. Don’t forget your boarding pass: Alaska Airlines is doing away with check-in kiosks in favor of a more modern look to its gate area. Fliers will need to print boarding passes at home or check in using their smartphones, Frederic reports. Truth seeker: Elon Musk wants to develop his own chatbot called TruthGPT, which he describes as âa maximum truth-seeking AI,â reports Ivan. |
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| SaaS retention benchmarks: How does your business stack up? SaaS companies are like leaky rowboats. If retention rates arenât strong enough to overcome customer churn, theyâll take on water until they sink to the bottom. Sid Jain, a senior analyst with ChartMogul, researched 2,100 companies and found that âmore than half of SaaS businesses had lower retention in 2022 when compared to 2021.â In this detailed breakdown, he compares net revenue retention rates by ARR range and identifies benchmarks for companies that have yet to reach product-market fit. âWhat is considered a good net retention rate differs by the stage of your business,â advises Jain. âWhen benchmarking, always keep the stage of your business in mind.â TechCrunch+ is our membership program that helps founders and startup teams get ahead of the pack. You can sign up here. Use code âDCâ for a 15% discount on an annual subscription! Three more from the TC+ team: Money? For NFTs? In this economy?: Jacquelyn has some advice for you if you want funding for your NFT project. Make hay while the sun sh-ai-nes: So you want to launch an AI startup, Ron wonders. Not all debt is created equal: Jeremy Abelson explores why investors prefer debt over equity (but not venture debt). Read More |
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Big Tech Inc. You gotta love Darrellâs headline for his article today, âGoodbye to the fat middle,â which at first glance might pay homage to ridding oneself of their fluffy abdominal fat, but really Darrell opines about Adobeâs new AI-powered features, and what that means for the human workforce, namely, that âwhatâs most in danger of future extinction within these bullet points provided by Adobe is effectively the fat middle of the bell curve of multimedia editing work.â Some television platforms and shows are quieter than others, but Prime Video customers who need a little extra sound to hear dialogue just got boosted. Sarah reports that if you canât watch television without subtitles, Prime Video has a new feature that makes dialogue easier to hear. And we have five more for you: Itâs all so chill: More than a dozen open source bodies wrote a letter to the European Commission to reconsider some aspects of the Cyber Resilience Act, which they say could have a ââchilling effectâ on their software development, Paul reports. Competition heating up: A new Instagram feature competes with Linktree and others to enable users to put up to five links in their bio. Sarah has more. âThe first bird that pokes its head out gets shotâ: The U.S. governmentâs critique of TikTok is drawing in a number of other China-based tech companies, and now Shein and Temu find themselves facing scrutiny, Rita reports. Who you gonna call?: When monsters attack, you need an army of fictional characters to fight back. Luckily, Niantic is making a real-world âMonster Hunterâ game, writes Ivan. Can you hear me now?: Itâs noisy out there, but Whisper Aero is out to create drones and other vehicles quieter, Aria reports. |
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