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    China-Backed Hackers Broke Into 100 Firms and Agencies, U.S. Says

    WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said on Wednesday that a group of hackers associated with China’s main intelligence service had infiltrated more than 100...

    Facebook debuts Infinite Office, a virtual reality office space – TechCrunch

    Facebook wants to turn the Quest into more than a gaming device. Today, the company shared early demos of “Infinite Office” a new set...

    Facebook wants to turn the Quest into a fitness device – TechCrunch

    Facebook is adding a fitness tracker, Oculus Move, to its sweet suite of software for its latest version of the Quest. Announced today as part...

    The Vikings Were More Complicated Than You Might Think

    Public fascination with the Vikings runs high these days, with several current television series available for bloody binge-watching. But the Vikings have never really...

    Join Accel’s Andrew Braccia and Sonali De Rycker for a live Q&A on September 22 at 2 pm EDT/11 am PDT – TechCrunch

    In the midst of Disrupt 2020, we’re busy keeping tabs on all the panels, chats, demos and battling startups, but we’re also prepping for...

    TouchWood puts versatile, unobtrusive interfaces inside your desk, table and walls – TechCrunch

    Everything we do seems to have an associated app these days, and all day they vie for your attention, pinging and lighting up in...

    Facebook is launching ‘Project Aria’ AR glasses in 2021 – TechCrunch

    At Facebook’s first big event since moving away from the Oculus brand and rebranding its AR and VR efforts as “Facebook Reality Labs,”...

    Facebook Oculus Quest 2 Review: Solid V.R. Headset, but Few Games

    So-So GamesI asked Oculus product managers to name a few of their favorite games that would show the Quest 2’s strengths. Ultimately, I felt...

    Jefa is a challenger bank for women without a bank account – TechCrunch

    Meet Jefa, a startup that is building a challenger bank specifically designed for women in Latin America. The company is building a product that...

    Facebook is officially killing off the Oculus Rift line – TechCrunch

    Facebook is officially killing off the Rift. The company showed off its latest headset at its newly renamed Facebook Connect online event today, but they...

    Delivery Hero picks up Glovo’s LatAm ops for $272M in latest food delivery consolidation – TechCrunch

    More consolidation in the thin-margin food delivery space: Delivery Hero has announced it’s buying the LatinAm operations of Glovo, a Spanish on-demand delivery app. The...

    Four perspectives on Apple’s new service bundle – TechCrunch

    Apple’s hardware event yesterday wasn’t particularly eventful for its most popular devices, bringing only iterative changes to Apple Watch and the iPad. But...

    No, a Molotov Cocktail Didn’t Start the West’s Wildfires

    More than a week after wildfires began blazing in Oregon, Washington and California, false and exaggerated claims about the fires’ origins are still spreading...

    Go public now while software valuations make no sense, Part II – TechCrunch

    On August 5th, TechCrunch wrote that startups should “go public while software valuations make no sense.” What came next was a happy coincidence. Just...

    Kbox picks up £12M Series A to let underused commercial kitchens do takeout for delivery – TechCrunch

    Kbox Global, the U.K. startup that turns underused commercial kitchen space into takeout delivery hubs — therefore helping existing kitchens generate much-needed revenue —...

    The cryptocurrency moment – TechCrunch

    Mauro Guillen Contributor Mauro Guillen is a professor of international management at the Wharton School and the author of “2030: How the Biggest Trends Today will...