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    Polaris and Zero Motorcycles reach deal to bring electric off roaders to market – TechCrunch

    Polaris is a name synonymous with powersports — just head to any of the hundreds of snowmobile trails in Wisconsin, Minnesota or other...

    Facebook introduces Accounts Center, a tool for managing a growing number of cross-app settings – TechCrunch

    Despite being under antitrust investigations in U.S. and E.U., Facebook today is rolling out a new feature that highlights the extent to which its...

    Datasaur snags $3.9M investment to build intelligent machine learning labeling platform – TechCrunch

    As machine learning has grown, one of the major bottlenecks remains labeling things so the machine learning application understands the data it’s working with....

    TikTok launches a U.S. elections guide in its app – TechCrunch

    Though TikTok is in the middle of fighting off the Trump administration’s attempt to ban its app in the U.S. over data privacy concerns,...

    Can Amazon Conquer the World?

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.Amazon is the opposite of our romantic...

    Slack Slowdown Frustrates Remote Workers

    Slack, the widely used business communication tool, experienced slowdowns in service on Tuesday, frustrating workers who have become increasingly dependent on it as they...

    Join us today at 2pm EDT / 11am PDT to discuss the future of startup investing with Index Ventures VCs Nina Achadjian and Sarah...

    The venture capital world is rapidly changing, and thank heavens we have two of the smartest VCs on the future of investing, productivity tools,...

    Disney+ adds a co-watching feature called GroupWatch – TechCrunch

    Disney+ is the latest streaming service to introduce a way for friends and family to watch movies and TV together while in different locations. With the...

    Google offers Europe more checks Fitbit data won’t be used for ads – TechCrunch

    Google has offered a second round of concessions to try to persuade European regulators to clear its acquisition of wearables maker Fitbit . The...

    Amazon introduces the Amazon One, a way to pay with your palm when entering stores – TechCrunch

    In the middle of a pandemic when customers are often wearing plastic gloves to stores alongside their face masks, Amazon’s physical retail team is...

    Axis Security raises $32M to help companies stay secure while working from home – TechCrunch

    Axis Security launched last year with the idea of helping customers to enable contractors and third parties to remotely access a company’s systems in...

    New program wants to be the Y Combinator for emerging fund managers – TechCrunch

    Rolling funds, the rise of solo capitalists, crowd syndicates, and team-based seed funds all scream one thing in unison: venture capital is growing and...

    Rally raises $17M to expand a platform that lets you invest in (but not buy) collectibles – TechCrunch

    When people ponder the investment opportunity around collectibles, they probably think about things like wine auctions, sales of very expensive, old cars or baseball...

    Businesses reducing trash and plastic consumption are beginning to look like treasure to some VCs – TechCrunch

    Zuleyka Strasner didn’t set out to become an advocate for zero-waste consumption. The former manager of partner operations at Felicis Ventures had initially pursued...

    iRobot cofounder Helen Greiner named CEO of robotic gardening startup, Tertill – TechCrunch

    Boston-based robotic gardening startup Tertill this morning announced that it has appointed Helen Greiner as CEO and Chairman. The executive is best known for...

    PayCargo raises $35M from Insight for its cloud-based platform targeting the freight industry – TechCrunch

    Shipping has long been one of the more antiquated, and least technological, segments in the world of commerce, with its physical aspects — rooted...