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    You (YOU!) Can Stop Election Rumors

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.Americans are voting in a highly unusual...

    Facebook is limiting distribution of ‘save our children’ hashtag over QAnon ties – TechCrunch

    Facebook today confirmed that it will be limiting the distribution of the hashtag “save our children.” Over the past several months, the phrase...

    E.ventures opens new office in Paris – TechCrunch

    VC firm e.ventures is expanding its footprint in Europe with a new office in Paris, as well as a new Paris-based partner. Jonathan Userovici,...

    New GV partner Terri Burns has a simple investment thesis: Gen Z – TechCrunch

    In 2015, then-Twitter product manager Terri Burns penned a piece about staying optimistic despite the sexism and racism that exists expansively within tech. “America...

    Teachers are leaving schools. Will they come to startups next? – TechCrunch

    It wasn’t the lingering exhaustion that made Christine Huang, a New York public school teacher, leave the profession. Or the low pay. Or the...

    Is the Great 2020 Tech Rally slowing? – TechCrunch

    What happens if COVID-19, unrest and and hyped valuations collide? Yesterday’s earnings deluge made plain that tech shares are not rocketing higher as 2020 comes...

    Daimler invests in lidar company Luminar in push to bring autonomous trucks to highways – TechCrunch

    Daimler’s trucks division has invested in lidar developer Luminar as part of a broader partnership to produce autonomous trucks capable of navigating...

    Cloud infrastructure revenue grows 33% this quarter to almost $33B – TechCrunch

    The cloud infrastructure market kept growing at a brisk pace last quarter, as the pandemic continued to push more companies to the cloud with...

    Uber Eats faces discrimination allegations over free delivery from Black-owned restaurants – TechCrunch

    Uber says it has received more than 8,500 demands for arbitration as a result of it ditching delivery fees for some Black-owned restaurants...

    17 Players in Five States, Composing Over the Internet

    Last month, I did something I used to do often before the pandemic: I watched a rehearsal. But this time it wasn’t a matter...

    Reliance Jio Platforms tops 400M subscribers, explores expanding services outside of India – TechCrunch

    Reliance Jio Platforms, the telecom venture run by India’s richest man (Mukesh Ambani), had 405.6 million subscribers in the quarter that ended in...

    Teampay adds $5M to its Series A at higher valuation after growing ARR 320% growth since the round – TechCrunch

    What do you call the grey area between a Series A and a Series B? In 2020, when the money is taken on opportunistically,...

    Passion Capital backs UK fertility workplace benefits provider, Fertifa – TechCrunch

    UK-based Fertifa has bagged a £1 million (~$1.3M) seed to plug into a fertility-focused workplace benefits platform. Passion Capital is investing in the round,...

    Space investors will see into the future at TechCrunch Sessions: Space – TechCrunch

    If the projections are to be believed, the amount of money swirling around the space industry is poised to grow considerably over the next...

    How Three Election-Related Falsehoods Spread

    Falsehoods about Tuesday’s election have overwhelmed local election officials, who said they were dealing with “tsunamis of misinformation,” have lost sleep and were working...

    B8ta remains bullish on IRL shopping with new acquisition – TechCrunch

    Coronavirus cases in the United States are reaching new peaks. E-commerce is continuing to boom. And B8ta, a San Francisco startup which is betting...