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    Wrike launches new AI tools to keep your projects on track – TechCrunch

    Project management service Wrike today announced a major update to its platform at its user conference that includes a lot of new AI smarts...

    Bob Iger goes from managing Mickey to directing a milk replacement startup as new Perfect Day boardmember – TechCrunch

    Bob Iger, the chairman and former chief executive at Walt Disney is trading his mouse ears for milk substitutes as the new director of...

    Join Extra Crunch Live on October 27 for a conversation on early stage and storytelling success with GV’s M.G. Siegler – TechCrunch

    If anyone knows early stage investing and startups, it’s M.G. Siegler. As a General Partner at GV, he’s personally invested in his fair share...

    Mine raises $9.5M to help people take control of their personal data – TechCrunch

    TechCrunch readers probably know that privacy regulations like Europe’s GDPR and California’s CCPA give them additional rights around their personal data — like the...

    Landing AI launches new visual inspection platform for manufacturers – TechCrunch

    As companies manufacturer goods, human inspectors review them for defects. Think of a scratch on smartphone glass or a weakness in raw steel that...

    Amazon’s Whole Foods now offers one-hour pickup to Prime members at all locations – TechCrunch

    Amazon is now offering Prime members one-hour grocery pickup at all Whole Foods Market locations across the U.S., the company announced this morning. Prime...

    SoftBank’s $100 million diversity and inclusion fund makes its first bet … in health Vitable Health – TechCrunch

    SoftBank’s Opportunity Growth Fund has made the health insurance startup Vitable Health the first commitment from its $100 million fund dedicated to investing in...

    How Yext reinvented itself on its way to going public – TechCrunch

    Last week, Yext CEO Howard Lerman dropped by Extra Crunch Live for a chat about his former startup, pivoting and becoming the CEO of...

    TikTok details how it’s taking further action against hateful ideologies – TechCrunch

    TikTok said on Wednesday it’s strengthening its enforcement actions against hate speech and hateful ideologies to include “neighboring ideologies,” like white nationalism and others,...

    Activists Turn Facial Recognition Tools Against the Police

    In early September, the City Council in Portland, Ore., met virtually to consider sweeping legislation outlawing the use of facial recognition technology. The bills...

    Adobe’s Project Sharp Shots uses AI to deblur your videos with one click – TechCrunch

    Every year at its MAX user conference, Adobe shows off a number of research projects that may or may not end up in its...

    iPad Air, smooth criminal – TechCrunch

    The 2020 iPad Air comes at an interesting time in Apple’s release cycle. The iPad Pro is still strong from a specs perspective but...

    PayPal to let you buy and sell cryptocurrencies in the US – TechCrunch

    PayPal has partnered with cryptocurrency company Paxos to launch a new service. PayPal users in the U.S. will soon be able to buy,...

    Anyscale adds $40M to bring its Ray-based distributed computing tech to the enterprise masses – TechCrunch

    The world of distributed computing took on a new profile this year when Folding@home, a 20-year-old distributed computing project, found itself picking up thousands...

    Ford outs 4th-gen self-driving platform with better sensors, cleaning tech, and improved batteries – TechCrunch

    Ford and Argo AI today released details about its fourth-generation self-driving test vehicle. Built on the 2020 Ford Escape Hybrid, the vehicle has everything...

    Does Palantir See Too Much?

    Does Palantir See Too Much? The tech giant helps governments and law enforcement decipher vast amounts of...