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    Jennifer Doudna sees CRISPR gene-editing tech as a Swiss Army knife for COVID-19 and beyond – TechCrunch

    Jennifer Doudna, one of the pioneers of the gene-editing technique known as CRISPR, thinks the biotech tool could be an essential one for...

    Here are the 19 companies presenting at Alchemist Accelerator Demo Day XXV today – TechCrunch

    When Alchemist Accelerator shifted its Demo Day to virtual earlier this year, Alchemist director and founder Ravi Belani told me it was a...

    Twitter tightens account security for political candidates ahead of US election – TechCrunch

    Twitter is taking steps to tighten account security for a range of users ahead of the US presidential election, including by requiring the...

    Startup founders must overcome information overload – TechCrunch

    Entrepreneurs share their tips for weighing advice and data Mercedes Bent Contributor Mercedes Bent is a partner at Lightspeed where she invests in consumer, edtech and fintech...

    Why hasn’t digital learning lived up to its promise? – TechCrunch

    The fall semester is off to a rocky start. When schools were forced to close in the spring, students (and parents) struggled. As the...

    Mozilla shutters Firefox Send and Notes – TechCrunch

    Mozilla today announced that it will shutter two products: Firefox Send, the free file transfer service it already put on hiatus in July,...

    ClearFlame Engine Technologies takes aim at cleaning up diesel engines – TechCrunch

    Diesel engines are the workhorses of freight transportation and agriculture — and by extension keep the economy fed and well supplied. They also have...

    UrbanKisaan is betting on vertical farming to bring pesticide-free vegetables to consumers and fight India’s water crisis – TechCrunch

    Severe droughts have drained rivers and reservoirs across parts of India, and more than half a billion people in the world’s second-most populous nation...

    Perigee infrastructure security solution from former NSA employee moves into public beta – TechCrunch

    Perigee founder Mollie Breen used to work for NSA where she built a security solution to help protect the agency’s critical infrastructure. She spent...

    Polestar built a better car than Tesla; now it needs to build a better brand – TechCrunch

    Polestar is a startup in an unusual situation. Polestar has the car. It has the executives. Polestar has factories, partners, and distribution channels....

    Forage, formerly InsideSherpa, raises $9.3 million Series A for virtual work experiences – TechCrunch

    Tech’s coveted internships were some of the first roles to be cut as offices closed and businesses shuttered in response to the coronavirus. A...

    Facebook tries to clean up Groups with new policies – TechCrunch

    Facebook this morning announced a series of new rules designed to further penalize those who violate its community standards, specifically around Facebook Groups....

    With Goat Capital, Justin Kan and Robin Chan want to keep founding alongside the right teams – TechCrunch

    Justin Kan and Robin Chan have each been angel investing for more than a decade. They’re starting a new fund together now, though, to...

    Contestants will compete for a SpaceX trip to the International Space Station in new reality TV show – TechCrunch

    There’s a reality TV competition show in the works that will feature a 2023 trip to the International Space Station as the grand...

    Sophie Hill on the changing face of retail and surviving 2020 – TechCrunch

    Threads is not your average startup and, really, it’s not a startup anymore. It’s over 10 years old, employs more than 150 people, and...

    Demand Sage raises $3M to make sales and marketing data more accessible – TechCrunch

    Demand Sage, a new startup from the founders of recently-acquired mobile analytics company Localytics, announced this morning that it has raised $3 million in...