U.S.-based savings and investing startup Acorns has acquired London-based GoHenry, a startup focused on providing money management and financial education services to 6-18 year-olds in an all-equity deal, the two companies announced today. The combined valuation of the company, as well as further financial terms, were not disclosed. When Acorns last raised funding, $300 million
As she approached the age of 40, Dionne Ford, co-editor of the 2019 anthology Slavery’s Descendants, wondered how she had become “an invisible woman.” Who was she behind the mask she’d created to survive white supremacy and evade her struggles with mental illness? In Go Back and Get It: A Memoir of Race, Inheritance, and
Clairo (Photo by Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty Images). News Clairo Shares New Benefit Song “For Now”: Listen Proceeds from the one-off track will go toward For the Gworls and Everytown for Gun Safety By Madison Bloom April 2, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Clairo has shared a new one-off charity single titled “For Now.” She
Regal owner Cineworld has entered into a restructuring support agreement and a backstop commitment agreement with lenders that will, if approved, see it emerge from bankruptcy. The exhibition giant also noted today that it has received non-binding proposals for some or all of the group’s assets but determined that absent an all-cash bid significantly in
Things could not be any messier for Charlie and Emma right now. Fresh off Charlie’s confession that he was working for Daphne, Charlie got even more explicit with his maybe (?) girlfriend on The Company You Keep Season 1 Episode 6, and he let her know his whole family was involved in the criminal business!
After the release of “Legacy of the Moonspell” back in December, developer poncle has announced another DLC for Vampire Survivors in “Tides of the Foscari”. The new fantasy-themed DLC will arrive on PC and consoles on April 13th for the low price of $1.99 USD. This of course comes on the heels of Vampire Survivors
IGN’s recently released Game Developers Conference interview with Kirby director Shinya Kumazaki wasn’t just focused on the topic of Kirby’s future. You see, there was also some discussion about Kirby and the Forgotten Land’s impact on the series as a whole. IGN asked Kumazaki if they felt that Kirby and the Forgotten Land had been
Astronomers have observed a rare case of a galaxy shapeshifting. A few decades ago, an object located some 630 million light-years away named PBC J2333.9-2343 was classified as a giant radio galaxy. It projected large, radio-emitting structures perpendicular to our line of sight, formed by colossal jets that once erupted from the galactic center. More
After 25 years of extremely detailed reviews of digital cameras and accessories, the irreplaceable DPReview is being shut down by Amazon as the company proceeds with a new round of layoffs. DPReview was founded in 1998 in England, and bought by Amazon in 2010, which relocated the team to Seattle to be closer to its
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) made a real go at reviving the gaming industry’s biggest annual event, even enlisting ReedPop to take over its management and reimagine the show to be more consumer-focused. But, for a variety reasons, the ESA and ReedPop failed to bring it back, announcing today that this year’s E3 has been
Madonna‘s oldest brother, Anthony Ciccone, died from several health issues … including cancer. According to the death certificate, obtained by TMZ, Anthony died from a combination of respiratory failure and throat cancer. The specific type is oropharyngeal cancer, which is often caused by smoking … and the document says tobacco use contributed to Anthony’s death.
Refresh for latest…: Coming in higher than expected, Paramount/eOne’s Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves took a $71.5M global bow this weekend; that includes $33M from 60 offshore markets which is nicely above the $25M+ projected ahead of the frame. Standout markets included the UK (where eOne distributes) at No. 1 with $4.3M; Mexico and
After the release of “Legacy of the Moonspell” back in December, developer poncle has announced another DLC for Vampire Survivors in “Tides of the Foscari”. The new fantasy-themed DLC will arrive on PC and consoles on April 13th for the low price of $1.99 USD. This of course comes on the heels of Vampire Survivors
Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows, and Game Pass! Get more details on these upcoming games below and click their profiles for further info (release dates subject to change). Let’s jump in! Great New Games Spotlight has officially
The operator of a nuclear facility in Minnesota said on Thursday the plant suffered a leak last November of water containing radioactive tritium, but that contamination was largely limited to the plant itself. Xcel Energy, operator of the nuclear plant northwest of Minneapolis in the Midwest state of Minnesota, did not say why it waited
Netflix is restructuring its film units and vowing to make fewer but better movies, according to a new report from Bloomberg, which Netflix partially confirmed. The report said the streaming giant is combining film units that produce small and midsize films, resulting in a handful of layoffs, including two longtime executives. Netflix told TechCrunch that
Diana Gordon and Lil Yachty on Saturday Night Live (Photo by: Will Heath/NBC). News Watch Lil Yachty Perform “The Black Seminole.” and “Drive Me Crazy!” on SNL Singer-songwriter Diana Gordon and a full band supported Yachty on the Saturday Night Live stage By Nina Corcoran April 2, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Lil Yachty was
“Saturday Night Live” had a hysterical cold open … Donald Trump singing for legal defense money. James Austin Johnson nailed it as the former prez, beginning with Taylor Swift‘s “Anti-Hero” and introducing himself. He started with what seemed like a shocker … “Well folks, it happened. I got indicted, or as I spell it: indicated.
Arianna Bocco, IFC Films President, is out at the distributor, Deadline has confirmed. Bocco is a 17 year vet at the indie label. She was named President in December 2020 after being the only distributor to give those few theaters bravely scrapping by during Covid, product including Dave Franco’s directorial, The Rental. Bocco will be
The second season of HBO Max’s “30 Coins” will arrive this year, and, judging by the brand new Spanish trailer unveiled by HBO Max today, it’s bringing Hell with it. The trailer comes with the announcement that “30 Coins” season two will arrive in October, and the series creator confirmed via Twitter that it’s Fall debut includes the
Naughty Dog penned another mea culpa on Twitter over the weekend, apologizing for The Last of Us Part 1‘s numerous PC issues. The game’s state at launch took everyone by surprise, including the studio itself which admitted that The Last of Us PC port isn’t “Naughty Dog quality.” The Last of Us PC hotfixes and
Pick a card, any card. Like a devious magician, the Universe already knows your selection as the laws of physics guide everything from your neurological wiring to the contractions of your hand’s muscles. But, if asked to pick a particle from an empty patch of space, you might have a chance of fooling the Universe.
Welcome to the TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. Tel Aviv has the fifth most unicorn companies in the world. Yet, relatively little has been written outside of Israel about the major concerns
The lights started shortly after Matthew Vollmer’s mother died. It was the fall of 2019, and Vollmer’s father now lived alone, sleeping in the same bed where his wife of decades had released her final breath. He had spent 10 years caring for her as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases slowly took their toll. Now Vollmer,
Play video content TMZ.com DJ Drama is all for Suge Knight‘s pending plans to televise his life story … but he feels Dr. Dre‘s narrative is even better suited for prime time!!! We caught up with Mr. Thanksgiving outside iHeartRadio in NY, where he outlined the many platinum reasons why a Dre TV series could
Ed Speleers is taking our screens by storm. The incredibly talented and humble star tackled two of the most complex roles of his career, roughly around the same time, as YOU‘s Rhys Montrose and Star Trek: Picard‘s Jack Crusher. To say he has wholly embodied these roles and left fans talking is an understatement. With
In the latest episode of Crew Call, we talk to Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves directors, scribes and EPs John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein about the vision they sold to Paramount to make the dark and dingy world of the role playing game, not just fun, but funnier. And even more so, a
The second season of HBO Max’s “30 Coins” will arrive this year, and, judging by the brand new Spanish trailer unveiled by HBO Max today, it’s bringing Hell with it. The trailer comes with the announcement that “30 Coins” season two will arrive in October, and the series creator confirmed via Twitter that it’s Fall debut includes the
Last week, we asked you to set sail and explore the soulful world of Tchia using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: call_me_xavii shares Tchia wearing casual clothes and a baseball cap sitting by a fire asensualmanatee shares Tchia sitting on a hill with the sky red with the sunset photo_station5 shares Tchia on
TAMPA, Fla. — The launch of the first commercial satellites in AST SpaceMobile’s cellphone-compatible broadband constellation has slipped into 2024, the company said March 31 as it disclosed rising costs for developing the network. AST SpaceMobile had planned to launch the first five BlueBird satellites it is building in-house on a SpaceX Falcon 9 before