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Friday, like Fri-yay! It’s April 29, 2022, we’re here with the latest headlines, but honestly our brains are mostly focused on all the fun we’ll have at the end. this week. Like doing laundry, taking a nap, playing with the pet, reading a book for a while and then sleeping again. I know, we’re old and boring, let’s settle. – Christine and Haje

TechCrunch’s Top 3

• Sell ​​Tesla, get a pretty good tweet deal: Everyone’s favorite social network acquisition billionaire is Sells Tesla shares worth $4 billion and supposedly yes a new Twitter CEO Queue. He also shared that he has already started a plan on how to monetize tweets.
• Wait, companies have to make money? Robinhood’s Stock prices are going downhill when competition is fiercer and its business model is increasingly deviant.
• Home is where the benefits are: Airbnb employees got a nice surprise this week when the company told employees it was establishing a “live anywhere, work anywhere” philosophy. Want to work in an office? You understood. Want to continue working from home? No problem. Want to move to a foreign country and work from there? Yes, but only up to 90 days per year. We guess they even had to draw a line somewhere.

Start-ups and VC

Drone maker DJI and the governments of Ukraine and Russia continue to struggle. Most recent, DJI suspends sales in Ukraine and Russia in an apparent attempt to appear more neutral.

We are especially enthralled this morning by Jim Motavallifeature article about bidirectional charging. In other words: If the power goes out, What does it take to power your home from your car battery?

Johnny is in the basement, making drugs, I’m on the sidewalk, reading the news with surprise:

• They grow up so fast: That feeling when you really want to make some cash for a startup, but they’re just too young? Yeah, Techstars hates that too, and it launch a new fund for the purpose of investing in companies at a previous stage.
• Am I the same as I know What JPEG is: Revise raises $3.5 million to give NFTs powers Not just a pretty picture.
• Phone games: Vercom, who wants to be a competitor to Twilio and Sinch, acquired MailerLite marketing automation for $90 million.

Charged with billions of dollars in capital, meet 9 startups developing tomorrow’s batteries today

In his first TechCrunch+ article, Senior Climate Writer Tim De Chant looked at nine EV battery technology optimization startups that have raised a total of more than $4 billion in the past 18 months.

Technological innovations like solid-state batteries, replacement of specific chemical components, and the use of hybrid chemistries are just a few of the techniques startups are deploying to deliver benefits such as reducing weight while increasing range and safety.

“But cars and trucks won’t be the only things affected by the battery revolution that will happen over the next few years,” he wrote.

“Like many other advancements, better, lighter and longer-lasting batteries will make changes in our lives that are surprising and welcome.”

(TechCrunch+ is our membership program that helps founders and startup teams rise to the top. You can register here.)

Big Tech Inc.

We’re going through a rollercoaster ride in terms of good news and bad news, so keep your hands and feet inside the newsletter, and you’ll be fine.

• Amazon’s crown is slipping: In the realm of the public cloud, we note that Amazon is the “undisputed king,” but Microsoft is poised to hit the castle. Amazon continues to stand trial, controlling a third of the public cloud for years, but Microsoft has quietly amassed an army of public clouds that now account for 22%, up from 20% last year.
• And Amazon’s earnings, not so good: Shares of the company fell to a two-year low on news that the company posted a loss in the first quarter due to “supply chain pressure and inflation.”
• Apple has a different income: In today’s fruity news, Apple reported some record-breaking services revenue numbers, up 17% year over year to $19.8 billion. There are many reasons for good quarters, including sell lots of iPhones, computers and watches.
• Netflix has made several layoffs: Several of Tudum’s editorial staff were laid off yesterday. Tudum, you may remember, is Netflix Internal Publications that just started five months ago. While Netflix says Tudum is not shutting down, it is continuing without an editorial manager and at least seven other people.