Signal and Telegram are also growing in China – for now – TechCrunch
As fears over WhatsApp’s privacy policies send millions of users in the West to Signal and Telegram, the two encrypted
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Personio raises $125M on a $1.7B valuation for an HR platform targeting SMEs – TechCrunch
With the last year changing how (and where) many of us work, organizations have started to rethink how well they
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Startups at CES showed how tech can help elderly people and their caregivers – TechCrunch
The COVID-19 pandemic shined a harsh spotlight on the challenges many elderly people face. Older adults are among the highest-risk
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Virgin Orbit reaches orbit for the first time – TechCrunch
Virgin Orbit launched its LauncherOne rocket to orbit for the first time today, with a successful demonstration mission that carried
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After a record year for Israeli startups, 16 investors tell us what’s next – TechCrunch
Israel’s startup ecosystem raised record amounts of funding and produced 19 IPOs in 2020, despite the pandemic. Now tech companies
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No one knows what anything is worth – TechCrunch
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra
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Startups look beyond lidar for autonomous vehicle perception – TechCrunch
Last CES was a time of reckoning for lidar companies, many of which were cratering due to a lack of
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Stay gold, ‘Plaid for X’ startups – TechCrunch
A failed acquisition usually triggers the same series of questions: What does this mean for early-stage startups in the sector?
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Parler deplatformed, alt apps rise, looking back at 2020 trends – TechCrunch
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and
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DOT evaluated 11 GPS replacements and found only one that worked across use cases – TechCrunch
The United States’ GPS system, which is operated by the Defense Department, offers every one of us critical infrastructure around
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15 steps to fundraising a new VC or private equity fund – TechCrunch
More posts by this contributor 12 ‘flexible VCs’ who operate where equity meets revenue share Flexible VC: A new model
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Twitter’s decentralized future – TechCrunch
This week, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey finally responded publicly to the company’s decision to ban President Trump from its platform,
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antitrust jitters, SPAC odyssey, white-hot IPOs, more – TechCrunch
Some time ago, I gave up on the idea of finding a thread that connects each story in the weekly
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WhatsApp responds to privacy backlash – TechCrunch
WhatsApp delays enforcement of a controversial privacy change, Apple may get rid of the Touch Bar in future MacBooks and
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GitLab raises $195M in secondary funding on $6B valuation – TechCrunch
GitLab has confirmed with TechCrunch that it raised a $195 million secondary round on a $6 billion valuation. CNBC broke
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The pandemic was top of mind in the tech of CES 2021 – TechCrunch
Of course COVID-19 was bound to be an unavoidable topic during the first-ever all-virtual CES. After all, the topic is
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Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson says wisdom lies with your developers – TechCrunch
Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson knows a thing or two about unleashing developers. His company has garnered a market cap of
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Bumble files to go public – TechCrunch
The dating and networking service Bumble has filed to go public. The company, launched by a former co-founder of the IAC-owned
Read moreSamsung’s Galaxy Buds Pro are a solid AirPods alternative – TechCrunch
I suspect it will be a while before I get excited over wireless earbuds. It’s not for a lack of
Read moreWant a job in tech? Flockjay pitches its sales training service as an on-ramp to tech careers – TechCrunch
“Most people don’t even know that a job in tech sales is even a possibility,” says Shaan Hathiramani, the founder
Read moreHow Twitter is handling the 2021 US presidential transition – TechCrunch
Twitter has set out its plans for US Inauguration Day 2021, next Wednesday, January 20, when president-elect Joe Biden will
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Confusion over WhatsApp’s new T&Cs triggers privacy warning from Italy – TechCrunch
Confusion over an update to Facebook-owned chat platform WhatsApp’s terms and conditions has triggered an intervention by Italy’s data protection
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Samsung unveils Galaxy S21 line – TechCrunch
Samsung lowers prices with its latest Galaxy S phones, Google completes its Fitbit acquisition and Beyond Meat is coming to
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Swimm raises $5.7M to help teams document their code – TechCrunch
Most developers don’t enjoy writing documentation for their code and that makes life quite a bit harder when a new
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Home services platform Porch acquires four companies – TechCrunch
Only a few weeks after its SPAC IPO, Porch today announced that it has made four acquisitions, worth a total
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5 consumer hardware VCs share their 2021 investment strategies – TechCrunch
Consumer hardware has always been a tough market to crack, but the COVID-19 crisis made it even harder. TechCrunch surveyed
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Medium acquires social book reading app Glose – TechCrunch
Medium is acquiring Paris-based startup Glose for an undisclosed amount. Glose has been building iOS, Android and web apps that
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Mosaic raises $18.5M Series A from GC to rebuild the CFO software stack – TechCrunch
CFOs are the supposed omniscient owners of a company. While the CEO sets strategy, messages, and builds culture, the CFO
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Thimble teaches kids STEM skills with robotics kits combined with live Zoom classes – TechCrunch
Parents with kids stuck learning at home during the pandemic have had to look for alternative activities to promote the
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Harness snags $85M Series C on $1.7B valuation as revenue grows 3x – TechCrunch
Harness, the startup that wants to create a suite of engineering tools to give every company the kind of technological
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