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    Kindred Capital closes £81M second fund to back early-stage European startups – TechCrunch

    Kindred Capital, the London-based VC that backs early-stage founders in Europe, has closed its second seed fund at £81 million. That’s only a tad larger...

    US IPO, Chinese ownership, $5B in taxes – TechCrunch

    There is no shortage of speculations and reports around TikTok’s future in the U.S. Amid a swirl of rumors, TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance...

    Indian mobile gaming platform Mobile Premier League raises $90 million – TechCrunch

    Mobile Premier League (MPL) has raised $90 million in a new financing round as the two-year-old Bangalore-based esports and mobile gaming platform grows its...

    Senate’s encryption backdoor bill is ‘dangerous for Americans,’ says Rep. Lofgren – TechCrunch

    A Senate bill that would compel tech companies to build backdoors to allow law enforcement access to encrypted devices and data would be “very...

    What Is Happening With TikTok and WeChat as Trump Tries to Ban Them?

    The Commerce Department announced that it was prohibiting downloads of WeChat and TikTok in U.S. app stores. Here’s what you need to know. Source link...

    ‘It’s So Essential’: WeChat Ban Makes U.S.-China Standoff Personal

    Other people said they were scrambling to find alternatives to WeChat. Sirui Hua, 29, a resident of Jersey City, N.J., told family and friends...

    ‘There’s No There There’: What the TikTok Deal Achieved

    SAN FRANCISCO — The saga of TikTok had everything: Ominous threats of surveillance. A forced fire sale. Threats of retaliation. Head-spinning deal terms that...

    Covid-19 Live Updates: Health Officials Tiptoe Around Trump’s Vaccine Timeline

    Health officials sidestep questions about Trump’s timeline for ‘enough vaccines for every American by April.’As the nation’s coronavirus death toll neared 200,000, top administration...

    Thanks to Google, app store monopoly concerns have now reached India – TechCrunch

    Last week, as Epic Games, Facebook, and Microsoft continued to express concerns about Apple’s “monopolistic” hold over what a billion people can download on...

    Covid-19 Live Updates: U.K. Moves to Impose Harsher Fines on Rule Breakers

    Health officials sidestep questions about Trump’s timeline for ‘enough vaccines for every American by April.’As the nation’s coronavirus death toll neared 200,000, top administration...

    How FaZe Clan is continuing to lead the esports world – TechCrunch

    The esports world is evolving quickly and so are the professional organizations that drive it. FaZe Clan is among the world’s most popular....

    A New York Clock That Told Time Now Tells the Time Remaining

    For more than 20 years, Metronome, which includes a 62-foot-wide 15-digit electronic clock that faces Union Square in Manhattan, has been one of the...

    ‘Wireless’ shows off Quibi’s Turnstyle technology – TechCrunch

    “Wireless” is probably the best showcase so far for Quibi’s Turnstyle technology. That’s the technology that allows the streaming video app to switch seamlessly between...

    Trump administration’s WeChat ban is blocked by U.S. district court – TechCrunch

    A few days ago, the U.S. Commerce Department published a series of rules that aimed to block the downloading of TikTok and WeChat by...

    AstraZeneca Releases Blueprints for Virus Vaccine Trial Amid Safety Scrutiny

    Officials ordered 250 people who attended the wedding to self-quarantine until they are tested. Because about 30 of them were local students, schools have...

    Gangster capitalism and the American theft of Chinese innovation – TechCrunch

    It used to be “easy” to tell the American and Chinese economies apart. One was innovative, one made clones. One was a free market...