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Gogoro, Belrise JV to spend $2.5B on battery swapping network in Indian state

Gogoro, the Taiwanese paladin for two-wheeler battery swapping, is working with the Indian state of Maharashtra to establish state-wide battery charging and swapping infrastructure. The initiative wil

Citizen Ray: Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio is the wise uncle you wished you had

“I don’t want more success. I don’t want more money.” When most hedge fund managers say something like that to you, you’d be justified in suspecting that they’re giving you their c

Diving into TED2019, the state of social media and internet behavior

Extra Crunch offers members the opportunity to tune into conference calls led and moderated by the TechCrunch writers you read every day. Last week, TechCrunch’s Anthony Ha gave us his recap of the

Human rights activist Amira Yahyaoui is battling the US college financial aid system

Her startup, Mos, is backed by Uber co-founder Garrett Camp and Kleiner Perkin's John Doerr

Zimbabwe’s government faces off against its tech community over internet restrictions

After days of intermittent blackouts at the order of Zimbabwe’s Minister of State for National Security, ISPs have restored connectivity through a judicial order issued Monday.  

Saudi Arabia’s ‘Davos in the Desert’ website was hacked and defaced

The website of the Saudi government’s upcoming Future Investment Initiative conference was hacked and defaced with images of the murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Several reporters twe

EdTech is having a renaissance, powered by the emerging world

So-called ‘EdTech’ has seen many false dawns over the years. After being lauded as the teaching platforms of the future, most MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course platforms) have not quite li

Uber’s wrongs show we need better workers’ rights, says UK PM

A backhanded compliment for Uber snuck into UK prime minister Theresa May's speech to the World Economy Forum in Davos this afternoon -- when she said the company's behavior had made the case for laws

Telegram and social media giants spanked in UK PM’s Davos speech

Social media giants have once again been singled out for a high profile public spanking over social responsibility and illegal online content in Europe.

The Davos delusion

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At Davos, Kevin Spacey Predicts That Tech Firms Will Follow Netflix Into Media

Kevin Spacey dropped into the TechCrunch studio at Davos, event today and we asked him about his engagement with the tech world. It’s his first year at the World Economic Forum and he’s partly her

Davos: BraveNewTalent Allows Job Seekers To Follow Their Future Employers

<a href="http://BraveNewTalent.com">BraveNewTalent</a> is a social recruitment platform operating in the UK and moving into the US. I caught up with CEO and founder Lucia Tarnowski at Davos. The s

Drew Houston, A Rocket Man In The Making Should DropBox Not Work Out

Clearly controversy is swirling around web lockers and online storage companies in the wake of the Federal <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/Megaupload/">swoop on Megaupload</a>, but if it all goes

Pitch A Way To Close The Global Income Gap On YouTube, And Go To Davos 2011

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/youtube-davos.jpg"> Every January, world leaders, entrepreneurs, and journalists descend on Davos, Switzerland at the <a href="http://www.wef

Davos Interviews: Max Levchin Says Slide Now Makes Almost All Of Its Money From Virtual Goods

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/Maxdavos-215x180.jpg" width="215" height="180" /> Continuing his series of Davos interviews, Michael talks to <a href="http://www.slide.com/"

Michael Dell shows off the Mini 5, confirms US arrival?

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/0-3.jpg">The Dell Mini 5, Dell's Android-powered Snapdragon slate, <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/01/07/new-things-from-dell-tab

What I Learned At Davos: How Networking And Feedback Loops Can Make A Better World

<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/davos1.jpg" class="shot2" /> After returning from the <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2009/01/28/a-more-somber-world-economic-forum-at-davo

Russian PM Putin punks Michael Dell at Davos re: Russian IT

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/putindell.jpg" />Oh it's on! It seems Russian Prime Minister Putin got into a <a HREF="http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/28/news/companies/del