Meta quietly rolls out Communities on Messenger
Meta is quietly rolling out a new “Communities” feature on Messenger, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. The feature is designed to help organizations, schools and other...
Siri and Google Assistant look to generative AI for a new lease on life
Voice assistants in general are having an existential moment, and generative AI is poised to be the logical successor. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For...
Bain to take K-12 education software provider PowerSchool private in $5.6B deal
Education software provider PowerSchool is being taken private by investment firm Bain Capital in a $5.6 billion deal. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal...
A Love Letter to Libraries and the Freedom They Represent
Welcome to Read this Book, a newsletter where I recommend one book that needs to jump onto your TBR pile! Sometimes these books are brand new...
The Most Read Books on Goodreads This Week
Today’s round of the most read books on Goodreads this week looks a lot like the previous one: in fact, it’s identical. As the summer approaches,...
7 Books About People Accused of Being Witches
When I first started what became my novel The Witches of Bellinas, there were no witches, no witchcraft at all. I had wanted to write about...
“Housemates” Is a Queer Road Trip Across Pennsylvania
Emma Copley Eisenberg’s novel Housemates begins with a heartbreaking address from The Housemate, a 70-year-old lesbian who grieves her beloved and who, like so many queers...
Adaptation Roundup: June 2024
The past few months have been exciting for people like me who love literary adaptations. Back in February, Queenie Hulu, June 7th Based on the 2019...
10 Of The Best New Children’s Books Out June 2024
It’s June, and summer is upon us. Pools are open, kids are out of school, and parents are desperate to find childcare. Things are getting hot,...
Shopify acquires Threads (no, not that one)
Shopify has acquired Threads.com, the Seqiuoa-backed Slack alternative, Threads said on its website. The companies didn’t disclose the terms of the deal but said that the...
