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    Nvidia Buys Arm From SoftBank for $40 Billion

    SAN FRANCISCO — Nvidia said on Sunday that it would acquire the British chip designer Arm from SoftBank in deal worth about $40 billion,...

    GM to reveal, start taking reservations for Hummer EV on October 20 – TechCrunch

    GM will reveal its GMC -branded electric Hummer on October 20, the same day that the company will also begin taking customer reservations for...

    N95 masks could soon be rechargeable instead of disposable – TechCrunch

    The pandemic has led to N95 masks quickly becoming one of the world’s most sought-after resources as essential workers burned through billions of them....

    TikTok’s Proposed Deal Seeks to Mollify U.S. and China

    WASHINGTON — After more than six weeks, two White House executive orders, new Chinese regulations and multiple bidders, a deal for the social media...

    Airtable’s Howie Liu has no interest in exiting, even as the company’s valuation soars – TechCrunch

    In the middle of a pandemic, Airtable, the low-code startup, has actually had an excellent year. Just the other day, the company announced it...

    Facebook Is Failing in Global Disinformation Fight, Says Former Worker

    OAKLAND, Calif. — While Facebook has heralded improvements to its fight against disinformation in the United States, it has been slow to deal with...

    SEC to investigate short seller’s claims against Nikola, report says – TechCrunch

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly looking into claims that Nikola Corp. is involved in an alleged “intricate fraud,” the latest development...

    Get to the growth stage at TechCrunch Disrupt this week – TechCrunch

    Congratulations, you landed your Series A round. What’s next? Your Series B, and a lot of twists and turns. Yasmin Razavi of Spark Capital...

    Firehawk Aerospace aims to revolutionize rocketry with safe, cost-effective hybrid engines – TechCrunch

    While SpaceX and its ilk in the commercial rocket launch market have changed the economics of space and ushered in an era of...

    Leaked memo excoriates Facebook’s ‘slapdash and haphazard’ response to global political manipulation – TechCrunch

    A former Facebook data scientist dropped a detailed, damning memo on her last day there, calling the social network out for what she...

    The Black List’s Franklin Leonard on why picking winners doesn’t mean making losers – TechCrunch

    Tech and Hollywood don’t cross-pollinate that often, but when it comes to Franklin Leonard’s way of looking at things, maybe they should. Leonard is best...

    GoodRx offers founders $500M, nets $100M investment from Silver Lake, and makes quiet acquisition before IPO – TechCrunch

    GoodRx is a rare breed of modern tech IPO: a startup that is actually profitable and heading to the public markets. The consumer...

    School Closures Cut a Critical Line to Dental Care for Poor Students

    Before the pandemic, it was not unusual for Tiffany Foy and a team of other dental hygienists to visit schools in rural and urban...

    A guide for nontechnical founders – TechCrunch

    For founders who have a startup idea — but few engineering skills to make it a reality — making the team’s first technical hire...

    Snowflake and JFrog raise IPO ranges as tech markets stay hot – TechCrunch

    Last week's declines are history What market selloff? Despite last week’s market declines, two big IPOs are rolling ahead this week, with Snowflake and JFrog...

    Quantum startup CEO suggests we are only five years away from a quantum desktop computer – TechCrunch

    Today at TechCrunch Disrupt 2020, leaders from three quantum computing startups joined TechCrunch editor Frederic Lardinois to discuss the future of the technology. IonQ...