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    The Peloton effect – TechCrunch

    How much more connected fitness VC activity are we seeing in 2020? During the most recent quarter, only a few earnings reports stood out from...

    three VCs discuss breaking out of big firms to start their own gigs – TechCrunch

    One of the more salient trends in the tech world — arguably the engine that propels it — has been the recurring theme of...

    NBCUniversal’s Peacock is now live on Roku – TechCrunch

    NBCUniversal and Roku announced late last week that they’d resolved the dispute that was keeping NBCU’s streaming Peacock app off Roku’s smart TV...

    Trump Approves Deal Between Oracle and TikTok

    Under the agreement, ByteDance and its investors, which include the U.S.-based General Atlantic, Coatue Management and Sequoia Capital, would transfer some of their equity...

    Facebook’s new Rights Manager tool lets creators protect their photos, including those embedded elsewhere – TechCrunch

    Facebook today is introducing a new tool that will allow rights holders to protect and manage their photos across both Facebook and Instagram. With...

    ByteDance says it will own a majority of TikTok. Oracle says ByteDance will own 0%. WTF is this deal? – TechCrunch

    You know a deal is signed and going to close when the parties keep fact checking each other and no one can agree on...

    Microsoft set to acquire Bethesda parent ZeniMax for $7.5B – TechCrunch

    Microsoft this morning announced plans to acquire ZeniMax Media Inc. for $7.5 billion in cash. The gaming holding company is the parent to...

    The TikTok mess, and a grip of neat European VC activity – TechCrunch

    Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that...

    The Lumos Matrix is the ideal urban bike helmet for a smarter, safer day trip – TechCrunch

    With many of us are still more or less confined to our own homes and limited social spaces for the foreseeable future, and for...

    Amazon details its low-bandwidth Sidewalk neighborhood network, coming to Echo and Tile devices soon – TechCrunch

    Last year, Amazon announced its Sidewalk network, a new low-bandwidth, long-distance wireless protocol it developed to help connect smart devices inside and —...

    Osso VR raises $14 million to bring virtual reality to surgical and medical device training – TechCrunch

    It seems that distance learning is even coming for the healthcare industry. As remote work becomes the order of the day in the COVID-19 era,...

    Nikola’s chairman steps down, stock crashes following allegations of fraud – TechCrunch

    Nikola Corp. founder and Executive Chairman Trevor Milton is stepping down from the electric truck company effective immediately. This comes in the wake of...

    With $100M in funding, Playco is already a mobile gaming unicorn – TechCrunch

    Playco is a new mobile gaming startup created by Game Closure co-founder Michael Carter and Zynga co-founder Justin Waldron, as well as game producers...

    Ireland’s data watchdog slammed for letting adtech carry on ‘biggest breach of all time’ – TechCrunch

    A dossier of evidence detailing how the online ad targeting industry profiles Internet users’ intimate characteristics without their knowledge or consent has been published...

    Language learning service Babbel says it has now sold over 10M subscriptions – TechCrunch

    Babbel, the popular Berlin-based online language learning service, today announced that it has now sold a total of 10 million subscriptions to its service....

    This Deal Helped Turn Google Into an Ad Powerhouse. Is That a Problem?

    Google owns the world’s leading search engine, it operates the largest video-hosting service in YouTube, and its popular web browser, email, map and meeting...