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It’s easier than ever to build a product and sell it around the United States, or the world. But if you want to do so without incurring the wrath of…
Could Claap, an asynchronous video meetings platform, end the tyranny of Zoom calls?
Because of the pandemic, we’re all a lot more familiar with remote working than we used to be, whether we like it or not. But the remote tools of the…
Europe needs to back browser-level controls to fix cookie consent nightmares, says privacy group
European privacy group noyb, which recently kicked off a major campaign targeting rampant abuse of the region’s cookie consent rules, has followed up by publishing a technical proposal for an…
Niantic is working with Hasbro on a Pokémon GO-style Transformers game
Niantic has encouraged the world to roam the streets as Pokémon trainers and wizards… next up? Time to transform and roll out. Eighties mega toy Transformers is the latest IP…
Google today announced that it is making Workspace, the service formerly known as G Suite (and with a number of new capabilities), available to everyone, including consumers on free Google…
Google will let enterprises store their Google Workspace encryption keys
As ubiquitous as Google Docs has become in the last year alone, a major criticism often overlooked by the countless workplaces that use it is that it isn’t end-to-end encrypted,…
Motorway’s auction platform for second-hand cars raises $67.7M Series B led by Index Ventures
Motorway is a U.K. startup that allows professional car dealers to bid in an auction for privately owned cars for sale. The startup has had rapid success by removing a…
Cybersecurity training platform Immersive Labs closes $75M Series C led by Insight Partners
Immersive Labs, a platform which teaches cybersecurity skills to corporate employees by using real, up-to-date threat intelligence in a “gamified” way, has closed a $75 million Series C funding round…
Gillmor Gang: Déjà Vu
The Gang, or a subset, did a Clubhouse, longer than a regular show by a good third. The audio-only structure lacked the visual cues that distinguish between irony and bad…
Nuclear waste recycling is a critical avenue of energy innovation
he debate is a reminder that recycling in general is a very messy process. It is chemical-, machine- and energy-intensive.
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin auctions off seat on first human spaceflight for $28M
Blue Origin has its winning bidder for its first ever human spaceflight, and the winner will pay $28 million for the privilege of flying aboard the company’s debut private astronaut…
How many opinions does it take to hit the $100M ARR Club?
In a world of talking points and corporate jargon, opinions are refreshing — and Expensify CEO and founder David Barrett is full of them. One of his earliest lessons in…
Inside Marqeta’s fintech mega-IPO
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Apple’s iPadOS 15 breaks the app barrier
The announcement of new iPad software at this year’s WWDC conference had an abnormally large expectation hung on it. The iPad lineup, especially the larger iPad Pro, has kept up an impressively frantic pace of hardware innovation over the past few years. In that same time frame, the software of the iPad, especially its ability…
Apple went big on security and privacy during its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) keynote this week, showcasing features from on-device Siri audio processing to a new privacy dashboard for iOS…
This Week in Apps: WWDC 21 highlights, Instagram Creator Week recap, Android 12 beta 2 arrives
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with…
The tools and technology to move forward, from machine learning to sensors to nano materials, are more powerful and affordable than ever, allowing for higher ambition and far faster time…
Edtech giant Byju’s has become the most valuable startup in India after raising about $350 million in a new tranche of investment from UBS Group and Zoom founder Eric Yuan,…
SOSV, the global venture firm, just closed a $100 million fund to back its maturing startups
Sean O’Sullivan, the founder of the global venture outfit SOSV, has slowly but steadily built up a sizable operation over the years. SOSV started off as a family office, investing…
Electric air mobility is gaining elevation. But there’s going to be some turbulence ahead.