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Inside the Uber and Google settlement with Anthony Levandowski
One of Silicon Valley’s most infamous characters has narrowly avoided — yet again — the wor...
Why startups may want to rent hardware instead of buying it
“Time is the most valuable resource in a startup, so if remote employees can get up and running faster and easier, I can see companies paying a premium for that.”
Daily Crunch: India’s Central Bank says cryptocurrency ‘may even be worse’ than Ponzi schemes
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package.
New DocuSign-Zoom integration lets you sign docs in a Zoom meeting
Anyone who had to get documents signed early in the pandemic knows how harrowing and dangerous the situation was. Nobody wanted to meet face-to-face, but we still had to conduct business. Today, in...
Airbnb’s pandemic slingshot nears completion
Let’s chat through Airbnb’s quarterly results’ highlights and our occasional quibble as we digest a world for technology companies that appears increasingly like the pre-pandemic ...
TC Sessions: Mobility 2022
The early bird has landed — buy your in-person pass to TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 today and save
Who’s ready to mobilize and meet up in real life? And by “mobilize” we mean join more than 2,000 mobile-minded movers and shakers at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 in San Mateo, California, on May 18-1...
Akamai acquires Linode for $900M
Akamai, the company you probably mostly think of as a content delivery network but that also offers security and edge computing services, today announced that it has acquired Linode. The price of t...
Transform your startup investors into growth marketers without them noticing
Investors want to benefit themselves and their own personal and professional networks along the entire journey to an IPO.
Cannabis beverage startup Cann raises $27M as it expands to Canada
Cann, a THC beverage company marketing itself as a fun alternative to alcohol, is bulking up on funding as it brings the product into Canada — its first international market expansion. The st...
Existing investors double down on Ro at boosted $7 billion valuation
Tech healthcare unicorn Ro announced today that it has raised $150 million exclusively from existing investors, led by ShawSpring Partners, with participation from FirstMark Capital, General Cataly...
Twitter launches beta test of anti-abuse tool ‘Safety Mode,’ adds prompts to enable it
Twitter is broadening access to a feature called Safety Mode, designed to give users a set of tools to defend themselves against the toxicity and abuse that is still far too often a problem on its ...
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TechCrunch+ roundup: Zendesk rejects $17B offer, sidewalk robots, recruiting survey
The laws of physics dictate that momentum can only take you so far. Eventually, external forces like gravity, friction — or increased competition in your chosen sector —will cause things to slow do...
Facebook renamed its ‘news feed’ to just ‘feed’
Remember writing on your friend’s “wall” before the Facebook timeline? Now, the Facebook “news feed” will join the graveyard of anachronisms in our memories. Hencefort...
Fisker starts taking reservations for its $29,900 Pear EV
Fisker is at last ready to share more about Project PEAR. The automaker has started taking reservations for the Pear, a five-passenger “urban EV.”
European data watchdog calls for EU-wide ban on Pegasus spyware
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has called for a bloc-wide ban on the controversial Pegasus spyware tool, warning its use could lead to an “unprecedented level of intrusiveness.” Isr...
Ford makes it easier to 3D-print accessories for its Maverick pickup
Ford teased the prospect of 3D-printing your own accessories when it unveiled the Maverick hybrid pickup truck, and it’s acting on that promise, with newly-released CAD files.
Google wants to bring Chrome OS to your PC or Mac
Google today announced Chrome OS Flex, an early preview of a new initiative that aims to bring Chrome OS to virtually any PC (and older Intel-based Macs). Built on top of CloudReady, which Google a...
Sony’s new headphones have giant holes to let sound in
Sony makes some of the best headphones. The WF-1000xm5? Terrific. WH-1000xm4? Fantastic. One of the best things about the latter is their noise canceling. It’s true that they’re long overdue for a ...
Microsoft rolls out access to the Amazon Appstore Preview in Windows 11
Last October, Microsoft began testing Android apps on Windows 11 PCs in partnership with Amazon and its app store. However, the feature was only available to beta testers participating in the Windo...
Did venture capitalists undervalue startups for decades?
It appears the market decided that startups are worth more than they once were, by a material multiple. So were startups dramatically undervalued in prior years and decades?
