To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s greatest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3:00 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Extra Crunch for July 21st, 2021. It was a good day for crypto fans as major coins bounced back a bit from their recent lows. However, Bitcoin and … Read more
(Nathan Myhrvold Photo / The Cooking Lab) If you think New York is a blast as the best pizza town in the United States, then fuggedaboutit! According to Nathan Myhrvold and Francisco Migoya, co-authors of the upcoming Modernist Pizza, Portland, Oregon makes the best pizzas. Bloomberg reported this week that the authors came to this … Read more
At the end of the Epic vs. Apple study, Apple CEO Tim Cook took a position to provide the study’s most anticipated testimony. After a much-quoted statement that “I’m not a gamer,” Cook testified earlier that day about Apple’s business in China and its privacy policy. However, some of the toughest questions came from U.S. … Read more
The Xbox One on the left with the Xbox Series X and S on the right. Microsoft announced at a court visit this week that it didn’t and never made any money on unit sales for the Xbox. Every console is sold at a loss, and the profit from the project for Microsoft comes entirely … Read more
Apple and Epic have created their potential witness lists for Epic Games’ alleged anti-competitive practice lawsuit on the App Store, and it’s almost a who’s who of leadership in both companies – and beyond. TechCrunch and MacRumors report that Apple wants its CEO Tim Cook, senior software vice president Craig Federighi, and former marketing director … Read more
When Smash Ventures appeared as an investor in a $ 1.25 billion round for Epic Games in 2018 – reputedly the largest investment ever made in a video game company – it was the first time many heard of the investment outfit . When the brand reappeared in an even bigger round for Epic last … Read more