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    Industrial drone maker Percepto raises $45M and integrates with Boston Dynamics’ Spot – TechCrunch

    Consumer drones have over the years struggled with an image of being no more than expensive and delicate toys. But applications in industrial, military...

    The Risks of Another Epidemic: Teenage Vaping

    In a review published last December in the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, Dr. Rome and her co-author, Perry Dinardo, challenged the public perception...

    Premature Birth Tied to Increased Depression Risk

    Girls born extremely prematurely may have an increased risk of depression from childhood through young adulthood.Using Finnish birth and health registries, researchers studied 37,682...

    Roiled by Election, Facebook Struggles to Balance Civility and Growth

    “There are tensions in virtually every product decision we make and we’ve developed a companywide framework called ‘Better Decisions’ to ensure we make our...

    Kahoot drops $50M on Drops to add language learning to its gamified education stable – TechCrunch

    After raising $215 million from SoftBank to double down on the surge of interest in online learning, Kahoot has made an acquisition to expand...

    Caura, the app for U.K. car owners, begins offering insurance – TechCrunch

    Caura, the U.K. startup that wants to take the hassle out of car ownership, is launching car insurance — unveiling its insurtech ambitions. Dubbed “Caura...

    When A.I. Falls in Love

    As I walked toward the door, a man walking toward me accidentally bumped into me. “I’m sorry,” he said. We shook hands, and I...

    My Name Is GPT-3 and I Approved This Article

    The onus is ultimately on OpenAI to ensure that this behavior remains in check, said Liz O’Sullivan, a vice president with Arthur, a company...

    How Archaeologists Are Using Deep Learning to Dig Deeper

    Finding the tomb of an ancient king full of golden artifacts, weapons and elaborate clothing seems like any archaeologist’s fantasy. But searching for them,...

    Google-backed Chinese truck-hailing firm Manbang raises $1.7 billion – TechCrunch

    The Chinese Uber for trucks Manbang announced Tuesday that it has raised $1.7 billion in its latest funding round, two years after it hauled...

    N26 launches mid-tier subscription plan for €4.90 per month – TechCrunch

    Challenger bank N26 is adding a third subscription product called N26 Smart. N26 Smart is designed to be a mid-tier subscription plan with...

    Biden-Harris team finally get their transition .gov domain – TechCrunch

    Finally. It only took almost three weeks, but the Biden-Harris transition has officially begun. On Monday, the General Services Administration gave the green light for...

    YC-backed Cashfree raises $35.3 million for its payments platform – TechCrunch

    Cashfree, an Indian startup that offers a wide-range of payments services to businesses, has raised $35.3 million in a new financing round as...

    Recycling robotics company AMP Robotics could raise up to $70 million sources say – TechCrunch

    AMP Robotics, the recycling robotics technology developer backed by investors including Sequoia Capital and Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners, is close to closing on as much...

    AliveCor, which helps its users manage their heart health, scores another FDA approval – TechCrunch

    Last week, AliveCor, a nine-year-old, 92-person company whose small, personal electrocardiogram devices help users detect atrial fibrillation, bradycardia, and tachycardia from heart rate readings...

    Trump didn’t concede, but he will move Biden’s transition forward – TechCrunch

    With an unprecedented number of mail-in ballots, election results took a bit longer this year than usual. But if Americans were expecting an election...