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Superpedestrian to auction 20,000 e-scooters after shutting down

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More than 20,000 electric scooters belonging to Superpedestrian will be auctioned off later this month, along with other equipment from the startup’s U.S. operations, after closing its doors December 31. Two “global online auction” listings have appeared on the website of Silicon Valley Disposition, an online market for “surplus assets,” which will feature scooters and … Read more

Kim Kardashian’s Mobile Game Shutting Down After A Decade

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Kim Kardashian’s mobile roleplaying game is closing its virtual doors … marking the end of the app nearly a decade after it went live. Kim tells TMZ, “I’m so grateful from the bottom of my heart to everyone who has loved and played Kim Kardashian Hollywood in the past 10 years. This journey has meant … Read more

Short-term rental provider Frontdesk lays off entire staff, on the verge of shutting down

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Another proptech startup has run into trouble. Frontdesk, a startup that managed more than 1,000 furnished apartments across the United States, laid off its entire 200-person workforce Tuesday after attempts to raise more capital failed, TechCrunch exclusively learned from sources familiar with internal happenings at the company. The mass layoff comes just seven months after … Read more

Scooter startup Superpedestrian shutting down US operations, exploring sale of Europe business

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Superpedestrian, the e-scooter startup known for its self-diagnostic software, is shutting down its U.S.-based shared scooter operation on December 31 and exploring a sale of its European business, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The company’s director of U.S. operations, Alexander Berg, confirmed the news to his team Friday afternoon on a Zoom call. Berg said the … Read more

Senator Warren calls out Apple for shutting down Beeper’s ‘iMessage to Android’ solution

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U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is throwing her weight behind Beeper, the app that allowed Android users to message iPhone users via iMessage, until Apple shut it down. Warren, an advocate for stricter antitrust enforcement, posted her support for Beeper on X (formerly Twitter) and questioned why Apple would restrict a competitor. The post indicates … Read more

Made Renovation, which intrigued, then infuriated, its customers, is shutting down

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In August, we reported that a four-year-old, venture-backed remodeling startup called Made Renovation was failing its customers, by their own telling. Though it marketing itself as a one-stop shop to beautify bathrooms —  it offered potential customers a variety of templates, then promised to pair them with in-house project managers, help with required permits, assign … Read more