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    Amazon sues online influencers engaged in a counterfeit scheme – TechCrunch

    Amazon on Thursday announced a lawsuit against over a dozen bad actors, including online influencers and other businesses, who attempted to evade Amazon’s...

    How SoftBank’s Vision Fund turned losses into gold this summer – TechCrunch

    It’s hard to think back to the Vision Fund era today, given the oddities that 2020 has brought. But SoftBank’s gravity-bending investment vehicle only...

    A Case for Facial Recognition

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.Hi, everyone! It’s nice to be back...

    Republican distrust of news may be helping election misinformation spread.

    In looking for reasons behind the misinformation that is casting doubt about last week’s election Joseph R. Biden Jr., some researchers are drawing a...

    Gaming startup Statespace raises $29 million, tops 1.5 million MAUs – TechCrunch

    Statespace, the training platform for gamers, has today announced the close of a $29 million Series B financing led by Khosla Ventures. This...

    Mobile security startup Oversecured launches after self-funding $1 million, thanks to bug bounty payouts – TechCrunch

    You might not have heard of Sergei Toshin, but you should know his work. Toshin is a 23-year-old security researcher in Moscow who focuses largely...

    Ford unveils E-Transit, its $45,000 electric workhorse – TechCrunch

    Ford revealed Thursday the E-Transit, a configurable all-electric cargo van that it’s betting will be the new go-to workhorse for commercial customers. The E-Transit is...

    Solo.io announces service mesh platform aimed at enterprise customers – TechCrunch

    Solo.io, a Cambridge, MA service mesh startup, announced some big changes to its approach today with a full-stack platform of services aimed squarely at...

    mmhmm videochat software is now available to all for Mac – TechCrunch

    mmhmm, the presentation software developed by Evernote founder Phil Libin, is today coming out of beta. The mmhmm app is now officially available...

    Sonos launches an $8/month streaming radio service – TechCrunch

    There’s no shortage of streaming music options in the world, but the fine folks at Sonos decided we can all do with one...

    Facebook loses final appeal in defamation takedown case, must remove same and similar hate posts globally – TechCrunch

    Austria’s Supreme Court has dismissed Facebook’s appeal in a long running speech takedown case — ruling it must remove references to defamatory comments...

    Venture firm M13 names former Techstars LA managing director, Anna Barber, as its newest partner – TechCrunch

    The Los Angeles and New York-based venture firm M13 has managed to nab former Techstars LA managing director, Anna Barber, as its newest partner...

    On-demand delivery app Glovo is spinning up a b2b logistics unit for super speedy urban delivery – TechCrunch

    Spain’s on-demand delivery app, Glovo, is gearing up to be able to deliver a much wider range of products within a 30-minute timeframe...

    New PlayStation and Xbox Arrive During a Pandemic Gold Rush

    EMERYVILLE, Calif. — Huddled under blankets to brace against the cold, J.B. August and his buddies couldn’t help grinning as the doors of the...

    Harley Davidson to Leave India After Poor Sales

    NEW DELHI — Bhupender Singh crouched over a fuel tank inside a Harley-Davidson showroom. A row of motorcycles gleamed in the afternoon sun; one...

    Railsbank, the Banking-as-a-Service, raises $37M in growth funding – TechCrunch

    Railsbank, the London-headquartered Banking-as-a-Service platform, has raised $37 million in new growth funding. Leading the round is MiddleGame Ventures and Ventura Capital, which are both...