Hey, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s newsletter covering all of — or at least the bulk of! — noteworthy happenings around the tech-o-sphere. This week, Roku played hardball with its customers, requiring them to consent to new dispute resolution terms. This means users can’t use their Roku devices until agreeing to the … Read more
Amazon said on Monday it would not move forward with a planned acquisition of vacuum-maker iRobot, with the two companies saying in a release there was “no path to regulatory approval for the deal.” The Roomba maker also announced it would lay off 31% of its employees, around 350 people, and that its chair and … Read more
Puma will terminate its sponsorship deal with the Israeli Football Association (IFA) in 2024, but the sportswear brand says the decision is unrelated to the Israel-Hamas war. A spokesperson for the German brand told TIME in a statement that the decision was made at the end of 2022 as part of its new “fewer-bigger-better” business … Read more