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    Jackery’s solar generator system helps you collect and store more than enough juice for off-grid essentials – TechCrunch

    Portable power is a very convenient thing to have on hand, as proven by the popularity of pocket power banks for providing backup energy...

    Hebbia wants to make Ctrl-F (or Command-F) actually useful through better AI – TechCrunch

    Deep learning has made tremendous strides in recent years, with new systems and models like GPT-3 offering higher quality interpretations of human language, empowering...

    Microsoft announces its first Azure data center region in Taiwan – TechCrunch

    After announcing its latest data center region in Austria earlier this month and an expansion of its footprint in Brazil, Microsoft today unveiled its...

    Robust.AI raises a $15M Series A to improve problem solving for collaborative robots – TechCrunch

    Robust.AI today announced that it has raised a $15 million Series A, led by Jazz Venture Partners. Existing partners Playground Global, Liquid2, Fontinalis,...

    Qualtrics CEO Ryan Smith is buying majority stake in the Utah Jazz for $1.6B – TechCrunch

    The Utah Jazz, an NBA basketball team based in Salt Lake City, announced today that Qualitrics CEO and co-founder Ryan Smith was buying...

    Apple eyes the TikTok generation with an updated version of Clips – TechCrunch

    Apple is today rolling out an update to its video creation app, Clips, which brings much-needed support for vertical videos, allowing for sharing to...

    Facebook, Google and Twitter C.E.O.s return to Washington to defend their content moderation.

    For more than two decades, internet companies have been shielded from liability for much of what their users post by a once-obscure rule called...

    Republicans and Democrats have similar goals. They will make different arguments.

    If there is one thing Republicans and Democrats can agree on, it’s that the internet giants have become too powerful and need to be...

    Tech chiefs plan a vigorous defense of speech on their sites.

    At Wednesday’s Senate hearing, the chief executives of Twitter, Facebook and Google will deliver a full-throated defense of speech on their platforms, according to...

    As venture capital rebounds, what’s going on with venture debt? – TechCrunch

    The American venture capital world has staged an impressive comeback from the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. For a moment, there was worry...

    TikTok to add Election Day resources, live results from AP to its election guide – TechCrunch

    TikTok announced this morning it will expand the set of resources provided in its in-app election guide in the U.S. to include direct access...

    3 lessons from Root’s IPO pricing – TechCrunch

    Last night neo-insurance provider and former startup Root priced its IPO at $27 per share, $2 per share ahead of its $22 to $25...

    Samsung beats Xiaomi to reclaim No. 1 spot in Indian smartphone market – TechCrunch

    Xiaomi, which has led the Indian smartphone market for three consecutive years, has ceded ground to its long-rival Samsung in the world’s second...

    Coinbase to launch debit card in the US with rewards program – TechCrunch

    Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is launching a debit card in the U.S. this winter. Customers can join the waitlist and get the Coinbase Card whenever...

    Pulumi raises $37.5M Series B for its cloud engineering platform – TechCrunch

    Seattle-based Pulumi, one of the newer startups in the ”infrastructure-as-code” space, today announced that it has raised a $37.5 million Series B funding round...

    Justice at Spotify demands better compensation and increased transparency for musicians – TechCrunch

    Musicians have taken issue with Spotify’s artist compensation for about as long as there’s been a Spotify. Making a living as a musician...