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    Microsoft’s Xbox Series X is ahead of its time – TechCrunch

    Arriving seven years after the Xbox One first launched, the new Microsoft Xbox Series X console lands in a different world and a very...

    Mobile testing platform Kobiton raises $14M, acquires competitor Mobile Labs – TechCrunch

    Atlanta-based Kobiton, a mobile testing platform that allows developers and QA teams to test their apps on real devices, both on their own desks...

    UK’s ICO faces legal action after closing adtech complaint with nothing to show for it – TechCrunch

    The UK’s data watchdog is facing a legal challenge after it took the decision to quietly close a complaint against the adtech industry’s high...

    How growth investing grew so big so quickly – TechCrunch

    Derek Zanutto Contributor Derek Zanutto is a general partner at CapitalG, Alphabet’s independent growth fund, where he invests in data, security and SaaS-based enterprise software. It was...

    Singapore-based digital business assistant Osome raises $3 million – TechCrunch

    Osome’s founding team, Anton Roslov, Victor Lysenko and Konstantin Lange Osome, a Singapore-headquartered business assistant app that digitizes accounting and compliance tasks, has raised $3...

    Pivoting in the pandemic, Citysocializer relaunches as a ‘Get Your Guide for virtual events’ – TechCrunch

    Citysocializer, previously a platform for promoting real-world socializing in cities, has relaunched, becoming something akin to a ‘Get Your Guide for virtual events’. Just...

    Reliance Retail raises $1.3 billion from PIF – TechCrunch

    The Public Investment Fund, which has invested $1.5 billion in Mukesh Ambani’s telecom venture Jio Platforms and more than half a billion dollars in...

    Pursuing Leisure Activities May Not Protect Against Dementia

    Some studies have suggested that older people who consistently engage in leisure activities are less likely to develop dementia than those who do not,...

    Who Should Get a Covid-19 Vaccine First?

    In the United States, the standard approach to distributing a routine vaccine is based on the assumption that there will be plenty of doses...

    WhatsApp now lets you post ephemeral messages, which disappear after 7 days – TechCrunch

    Facebook recently announced that WhatsApp passed the whopping milestone of 100 billion messages sent per day, but not everyone wants those chats...

    Vivid Money raises $17.6 million for its European challenger bank – TechCrunch

    German fintech startup Vivid Money has raised a $17.6 million Series A funding round (€15 million). Ribbit Capital is leading the investment. Today’s...

    ByteDance to pump $170 million into e-book reader Zhangyue – TechCrunch

    While short videos are what drive ByteDance’s revenues and give the Chinese startup international recognition, the firm is expanding into numerous new areas...

    If elected, Biden commits to rejoin climate accord U.S. just abandoned – TechCrunch

    On the same day that the U.S. officially withdrew from the global pact to reduce emissions that cause climate change, presidential contender Joe Biden...

    False News Targeting Latinos Trails the Election

    MIAMI — The posts proliferated on election night before anything remotely definitive was known about the results of the presidential race. “Robado,” they falsely...

    DJI’s pint-sized Mavic Mini gets camera and connection upgrades – TechCrunch

    We dug DJI’s Mavic Mini when the drone arrived last year. As Matt noted in his review, “It packs everything critical to be...

    How will this election nail-biter affect immigration? – TechCrunch

    Sophie Alcorn Contributor Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year...