Duolingo swipes Tinder in a Clash Royale
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. For this week’s deep dive, Alex and Danny unpacked Natasha‘s latest project: The Duolingo EC-1. The 12,000 wo.....»»
Castlevania producer is working on a PUBG animated project
As a game, PUBG has seen better days, but it's still quite famous worldwide. Since Apex Legends, Fortnite, and CoD: Warzone launched, PUBG has been losing momentum as the more recent games overshadow the first-big battle royale game. However, that do.....»»
Duolingo’s IPO could cast golden halo on edtech startups
We are now seeing what growth will look like at Duolingo after its COVID-bump was digested. Edtech giant Duolingo set an initial price range for its impending IPO today. The unicorn expects to price in its public debut at $85 to $95 per sha.....»»
EU wades into battle over its green revolution
The EU unveils a plan Wednesday to meet its bold green pledge of carbon neutrality by 2050, at the risk of triggering an epic political clash over electric cars and fuel prices......»»
Scientists: Pup births hopeful sign for Isle Royale wolves
Wolf pups have been spotted again on Isle Royale, a hopeful sign in the effort to rebuild the predator species' population at the U.S. national park, scientists said Monday......»»
The best weapons in Fortnite
It can be difficult to figure out which Fortnite weapons are appropriate in various situations. Our complete guide will lead you to a Victory Royale in no time......»»
Lovable mouse Quill stars in her second VR adventure Moss: Book II
During Thursday's State of Play presentation, Sony announced a few upcoming titles, including battle-royale melee-combat game Hunter's Arena: Legends and loot-based shooter Arcadegeddon. It also had updates on Jett, Deathloop, Sifu, and more (full vi.....»»
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto speaks on Duolingo’s IPO and luring venture capital to the Steel City
Pittsburgh is known as the Steel City, but these days, the city is turning to startups rather than steel. Mayor Bill Peduto lead this charge since taking office in 2014. He recently spoke at TechCrunch’s City Spotlight: Pittsburgh event, where.....»»
CMU’s president discusses how Pittsburgh is building — and retaining — high-tech startups
For a brief moment, earlier this week, it seemed as though Pittsburgh might be the center of the tech universe. Just as Carnegie Mellon alum Duolingo was announcing its IPO. Senators Bob Casey and Pat Toomey were in town, as Vice President Kamala Har.....»»
Canadian military on alert as wildfires rage
The Canadian military was on standby Saturday to help evacuate towns and fight more than 170 wildfires fueled by a record-smashing heat wave and tinder-dry conditions as the government in Ottawa warned of a "long and challenging summer" ahead......»»
Apple"s Spending on Google Cloud Storage On Track to Soar 50% This Year
Apple executives have taken swipes at Google in the past over its privacy practices. But the iPhone maker trusts Google enough so that over the past year it has dramatically increased the amount of Apple user data it stores in Google's cloud, The Inf.....»»
Duolingo Director of engineering Karin Tsai talks opinionated development
Karin Tsai joined Duolingo in 2012 and is now the director of engineering. Yesterday, at TechCrunch’s City Spotlight: Pittsburgh, she spoke on the company’s extensive development process and unique culture. This interview was pre-recorded and a.....»»
Latest PUBG update takes a page out of Call of Duty: Warzone’s playbook
PUBG players will be able to revive themselves with a new item, another feature that was seemingly borrowed from other battle royale titles......»»
Daily Crunch: Language-learning app Duolingo translates strong revenues into IPO filing
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day a.....»»
Duolingo’s S-1 depicts heady growth, monetization, new focus on English certification
Our initial read of the edtech unicorn's filing to go public was generally positive, but we dug one level deeper to grow our understanding. Duolingo filed to go public yesterday, giving the world a deep look inside its business results and.....»»
Duolingo filed to go public
Duolingo, a Pittsburgh-based language learning business last valued at $2.4 billion, has officially filed to go public. The 400-person company, which we explored in great detail in our EC-1, was co-founded by Luis von Ahn, the inventor of CAPTCHA and.....»»
Duolingo just filed to go public
Duolingo, a Pittsburgh-based language learning business last valued at $2.4 billion, has officially filed to go public. The 400-person company, which we explored in great detail in our EC-1, was co-founded by Luis von Ahn, the inventor of CAPTCHA and.....»»
SpaceX Starlink Mega Constellation Faces Fresh Legal Challenge
The company’s ongoing launches of thousands of satellites for global high-speed Internet service may clash with preexisting environmental regulations -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Fallout 76’s Nuclear Winter battle royale mode canceled
Bethesda announced the removal of Fallout 76's battle royale mode, called Nuclear Winter......»»
Bloodhunt blends Vampire: The Masquerade and battle royale in an unholy union
Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodhunt is a new battle royale title that will let players fight it out as supernatural bloodsuckers......»»
How to play split-screen in Fortnite
Epic Games added a split-screen mode to Fortnite, a cool feature that allows two players to enjoy the battle royale madness using a single console......»»