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Priori raises $6.3M to help large companies hire outside legal help
Priori Legal, a startup rethinking the way that large corporations hire outside counsel, has raised $6.3 million in Series A funding. Founded by CEO Basha Rubin and CPO Mirra Levitt (who met while cla
Stark raises $1.5M for a toolkit that helps developers and others create more inclusive design
Diversity and inclusion are slowly, slowly moving away from being an afterthought (or worse, a no-thought) in the tech world. And to underscore the new attention the area is getting — in every a
Uber’s ‘robo-firing’ of drivers targeted in latest European lawsuit
Uber is facing another legal challenge in Europe related to algorithmic decision making. The App Drivers & Couriers Union (ADCU) filed a case, yesterday, with a court in the Netherlands seeking to
India’s FreshToHome raises $121 million to grow its meat and vegetable e-commerce platform
FreshToHome, an Indian e-commerce startup that sells fresh vegetables, fish, chicken and other kinds of meat, has raised $121 million in a new financing round as the Bangalore-headquartered firm repor
DataFleets keeps private data useful and useful data private with federated learning and $4.5M seed
As you may already know, there’s a lot of data out there, and some of it could actually be pretty useful. But privacy and security considerations often put strict limitations on how it can be us
3 reforms social media platforms should make in light of ‘The Social Dilemma’
The industry needs to change to create more engaged and genuine spaces for people to connect without preying on human psychology.
Leverage public data to improve content marketing outcomes
Those who see the opportunity in data-focused content will reap disproportionate benefits.
TikTok’s QAnon ban has been ‘buggy’
TikTok has been cracking down on QAnon-related content, in line with similar moves by other major social media companies, including Facebook and YouTube, which focus on reducing the spread the baseles
Brazil’s Black Silicon Valley could be an epicenter of innovation in Latin America
There is no doubt that the new wave of innovation will come from the emerging markets, and the African Diaspora can play an important role.
South Korean startup Cochlear.ai raises $2 million Series A to detect the sounds missed by speech recognition
Sit quietly for a moment and pay attention to the different sounds around you. You might hear appliances beeping, cars honking, a dog barking, someone sneezing. These are all noises Cochlear.ai, a Seo
Engageli comes out of stealth with $14.5M and a new approach to teaching by video remotely
Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet have become standard tools for teachers who have had to run lessons remotely since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. But they’re not apps necessarily desi
South Korea pushes for AI semiconductors as global demand grows
The South Korean government has made no secret of its ambition to be a key player in the global artificial intelligence industry, including making the semiconductors powering AI functionalities. This
If the ad industry is serious about transparency, let’s open-source our SDKs
Showing exactly how the code within the SDK has been written is the best way to reassure developers and partners that there are no hidden functions or unwanted features.
Calling Lisbon VCs: Be featured in The Great TechCrunch Survey of European VC
TechCrunch is embarking on a major new project to survey Europe’s top venture capital investors. Our upcoming survey of VCs in Lisbon will capture how the city is faring, and what changes are be
A prison video visitation service exposed private calls between inmates and their attorneys
Exclusive: Calls supposed to be protected by attorney-client privilege were recorded and transcribed.
These 3 factors are holding back podcast monetization
If we want podcasting to continue to scale beyond its current and projected advertising revenue heights, we need to resolve some fundamental challenges.
Podcast advertising has a business intelligence gap
Widespread misinformation and misconceptions are delaying ad revenue growth for podcast creators, publishers and networks.
Here’s the curtain raise on the Sight Tech Global agenda
The goal of Sight Tech Global, a virtual, global event on December 2-3, 2020, is to gather the world’s top experts who are applying advanced technologies, notably AI, to the future of accessibility
Envisics nabs $50M for its in-car holographic display tech at a $250M+ valuation
The jury is still out on what might become the most viable business models for augmented reality technology, but in the meantime a startup out of the U.K. is betting one big area will be in vehicles,
Daily Crunch: G Suite becomes Google Workspace
Google rebrands G Suite, Apple announces its next event date and John McAfee is arrested. This is your Daily Crunch for October 6, 2020. The big story: G Suite becomes Google Workspace To a large exte