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    Big Tech’s Professional Opponents Strike at Google

    Months before the Justice Department filed a landmark antitrust suit against Google this week, the internet company’s adversaries hustled behind the scenes to lay...

    Trump’s Tech Clampdown Could Hurt Huawei’s New Phones

    Huawei, the embattled Chinese tech giant, has some slick new handsets. They’ve got the works: fast processor, glossy user interface, high-performance cameras.The problem? Supplies...

    Instacart, in partnership with ALDI, will support SNAP EBT for online groceries – TechCrunch

    Instacart is making its grocery delivery and pickup services more accessible to lower-income customers by offering customers the ability to pay for groceries...

    The smart speaker market is expected grow 21% next year – TechCrunch

    New numbers from Canalys point to a strong growth in smart speaker shipments in Mainland China this year. The market is on track to...

    Facebook adds hosting, shopping features, and pricing tiers to WhatsApp Business – TechCrunch

    Facebook has been making a big play to be a go-to partner for small and medium businesses that use the internet to interface with...

    Lyft will soon let riders pay for rides with Venmo – TechCrunch

    Lyft riders will soon have the option for paying and splitting fares using Venmo, the company said in a blog posting this...

    Amazon Echo review: Well-rounded sound – TechCrunch

    Six years ago, Amazon essentially created a new consumer electronics category. Expectations weren’t particularly high when the first Echo device debuted in November of...

    Freelancer banking startup Lili raises $15M – TechCrunch

    It’s only been a few months since Lili announced its $10 million seed round, and it’s already raised more funding — namely, a $15...

    WoHo wants to make constructing buildings fast, flexible and green with reusable “components” – TechCrunch

    Buildings are the bedrocks of civilization — places to live, places to work (well, normally, in a non-COVID-19 world) and places to play. Yet...

    E-bike subscription service Dance closes $17.7M Series A, led by HV Holtzbrinck Ventures – TechCrunch

    Three months on since the former founders of SoundCloud launched their e-bike subscription service, Dance they are today announcing the close of a...

    Smartphone shipments rebound to an all-time high in India – TechCrunch

    Smartphone shipments reached an all-time high in India in the quarter that ended in September this year as the world’s second largest handset market...

    An Electric Car With Swedish Roots, and a Rebellious Streak

    More than 60 years ago, Volvo introduced the world to the three-point seatbelt, a safety feature so standard now that it’s almost an afterthought....

    Here integrates what3words’ super simple address system into its in-car API – TechCrunch

    Geocoding startup what3words — which chunks the world into 3mx3m squares, giving each a unique three-word label to simplify location sharing — has nabbed...

    Misinformation in America Thrives in Two Languages

    QAnon conspiracy theory videos on YouTube. Homespun “remedies” for the coronavirus sent via text messages on WhatsApp. Socialist and communist memes on Twitter. Anti-Black...

    Art Auctions Embrace a Future of Socially Distant Bidding

    This article is part of our latest Fine Arts & Exhibits special report, which focuses on how art endures and inspires, even in the...

    Top Investigator in Google Case Says There ‘Was Not a Rush’ to Sue

    Jeffrey A. Rosen, the deputy attorney general, wouldn’t normally oversee an antitrust investigation into Google. It would usually fall to the head of the...