First impressions of Apple’s AirTags – TechCrunch
We test out Apple’s lost item finder, Google Fi gets a new unlimited plan and Facebook tests new video ad
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Citi Bike rival JOCO brings shared, docked e-bikes to NYC – TechCrunch
Move over Citi Bike, there’s a new docked, shared bike service in town — only this one is all electric.
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Proctorio sued for using DMCA to take down a student’s critical tweets – TechCrunch
A university student is suing exam proctoring software maker Proctorio to “quash a campaign of harassment” against critics of the
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Deepfake tech takes on satellite maps – TechCrunch
While the concept of “deepfakes,” or AI-generated synthetic imagery, has been decried primarily in connection with involuntary depictions of people,
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Audi spinoff holoride collects $12M in Series A led by Terranet AB – TechCrunch
Holoride, the company that’s building an immersive XR in-vehicle media platform, today announced it raised €10 million (approximately $12 million)
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5 emerging use cases for productivity infrastructure in 2021 – TechCrunch
Gleb Polyakov Contributor Gleb Polyakov is co-founder and CEO of Nylas, which provides productivity infrastructure solutions for modern software. Gleb
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Outsourcing can help your startup wow clients 24/7 – TechCrunch
Your clients might not demand 24/7 customer service yet, but they’re certainly hoping for it. But how can a startup
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Fraud prevention platform Sift raises $50M at over $1B valuation, eyes acquisitions – TechCrunch
With the increase of digital transacting over the past year, cybercriminals have been having a field day. In 2020, complaints
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Satellite imagery startup Albedo closes $10M seed round – TechCrunch
While most startups today are creating software, not every upstart enterprise is taking a code-only approach to building a business.
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Podcast recording platform Riverside.fm raises $9.5M – TechCrunch
The past year has changed the way we work, on so many levels — a fact from which podcasters certainly
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Applied XL raises $1.5M to build ‘editorial algorithms’ that track real-time data – TechCrunch
AppliedXL, a startup creating machine learning tools with what it describes as a journalistic lens, is announcing that it has
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Ex.co acquires video adtech company Cedato – TechCrunch
Ex.co is announcing its very first acquisition — it’s buying Cedato, a video monetization startup founded in 2015. Previously known
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RapidSOS and Axon ink deal to give better real-time information to emergency responders – TechCrunch
Every time an emergency responder or police officer responds to a 911 dispatch, they enter an unknown terrain. What’s the
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With $30M extension, BigID boosts Series D to $100M at $1.25B valuation – TechCrunch
When we last heard from BigID at the end of 2020, the company was announcing a $70 million Series D
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Satellite Vu’s $5M seed round will fuel the launch of its thermal imaging satellites – TechCrunch
Earth imaging is an increasingly crowded space, but Satellite Vu is taking a different approach by focusing on infrared and
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Bux, a European Robinhood, raises $80M to expand its neo-broker platform – TechCrunch
A new wave of apps have democratized the concept of investing, bringing the concept of trading stocks and currencies to
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‘Conscience laws’ endanger patients and contradict health tech’s core values – TechCrunch
Lena Levin is co-founder and CEO of Via Surgical, a leading developer of novel surgical fixation solutions. Recent laws allowing
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Google Meet will get a new look and new features – TechCrunch
Google announces upgrades to Google Meet, Amazon is bringing its palm scanner to Whole Foods and Microsoft looks at the
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New privacy bill would end law enforcement practice of buying data from brokers – TechCrunch
A new bill known as the Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act would seal up a loophole that intelligence
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Micromobility’s next big business is software, not vehicles – TechCrunch
The days of the shared, dockless micromobility model are numbered. That’s essentially the conclusion reached by Puneeth Meruva, an associate
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Hive raises $85M for AI-based APIs to help moderate content, identify objects and more – TechCrunch
As content moderation continues to be a critical aspect of how social media platforms work — one that they may
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Per Diem raises $2.3M to help local businesses build subscription programs – TechCrunch
It might be time for neighborhood restaurants and coffee shops to start thinking about a subscription business — at least
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This is your brain on Zoom – TechCrunch
We all know these constant video calls are doing something to our brains. How else could we get tired and
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How can I get my startup off the ground and visit the US? – TechCrunch
Sophie Alcorn Contributor Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts
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Google Meet gets a refreshed UI, multi-pinning, autozoom and more – TechCrunch
Google today announced a major update to Meet, its video-meeting service, which brings several user interface tweaks for desktop users,
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SoftBank bets big on a ‘digital Ellis Island’ – TechCrunch
Welcome Tech, which has built a digital platform aimed at immigrants and their families, has raised $35 million in a
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AppOmni raises $40M for tools to secure enterprise SaaS apps – TechCrunch
Enterprises are adopting an ever-wider range of SaaS applications to work and interface with customers, and that is proving to
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Authzed scores $3.9M seed to build permissions API service – TechCrunch
Authzed, an early stage startup that wants to make it easier for developers to build permissions in their applications, announced
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Apple introduces a colorful new iMac – TechCrunch
After years of waiting, Apple has finally given the world a dramatic new iMac redesign, aimed at the company’s long-standing
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UK’s IoT ‘security by design’ law will cover smartphones too – TechCrunch
Smartphones will be included in the scope of a planned “security by design” U.K. law aimed at beefing up the
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