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    As it heads for IPO, Palantir hires a chief accountant and gets approval from NYSE to trade – TechCrunch

    After 17 years, Palantir is getting closer and closer to its public debut later this month. We’ve been covering different facets of the company’s...

    A bug in Joe Biden’s campaign app gave anyone access to millions of voter files – TechCrunch

    SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA – SEPTEMBER 11: A political poster favoring U.S. presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris is placed on...

    DaVinci Kitchen is building a robotic pasta-making kiosk – TechCrunch

    The robotics industry is having a major moment amid the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s true that category has been an exciting target...

    Satellite Vu aims to scope out the whole globe with thermal vision – TechCrunch

    Earth observation has grown from government-run missions to a crucial everyday business tool, but it still has room to grow. Specifically, into the thermal...

    Bumble will exist as long as women do, CEO says – TechCrunch

    Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd wants to build a truly timeless company. “You can never disrupt the need for humans to connect. And the...

    Nikola disputes fraud claims in carefully worded rebuttal – TechCrunch

    Nikola Corp., the hydrogen electric vehicle startup that went public this year through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, released Monday a...

    Covid-19 Live Updates: L.A. Schools Begin Testing 775,000 Students and Workers

    A Trump campaign event near Las Vegas ignored a state directive, and the Nevada governor criticized the president as “taking reckless and selfish actions.” Source...

    Amazon rebrands FreeTime to Amazon Kids, expands paid catalog for Amazon Kids+ – TechCrunch

    Amazon today announced it will rebrand its kid-friendly services formerly known as Amazon FreeTime and Amazon FreeTime Unlimited to Amazon Kids and Amazon...

    Sentinel loads up with $1.35M in the deepfake detection arms race – TechCrunch

    Estonia-based Sentinel, which is developing a detection platform for identifying synthesized media (aka deepfakes), has closed a $1.35 million seed round from some seasoned...

    Google will announce a new Pixel, smart speaker and Chromecast September 30 – TechCrunch

    Hardware season is in full swing. Apple’s big Watch event kicks off tomorrow and Samsung is readying itself for a third (!) Unpacked event...

    Facebook investor Jim Breyer picks Austin as Breyer Capital’s second home – TechCrunch

    For Jim Breyer, the mantra, “Silicon Valley is a state of mind” has always been behind Breyer Capital, his personal investment fund. While many of...

    Here’s what’s happening today on day 1 of Disrupt 2020 – TechCrunch

    Welcome to Day One of Disrupt 2020, our biggest Disrupt ever! Over the next five days (cue Star Trek theme), you’ll explore strange new...

    Courier raises $10.1M Series A to help developers integrate multi-channel notifications – TechCrunch

    Courier is an API platform with a no-code twist that helps developers add multi-channel user notifications to their applications. The company today announced that...

    Blue Origin’s human lunar lander all-star space team completes first key milestone for Moon mission – TechCrunch

    Blue Origin, along with it partners Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Draper, was one of three companies to be awarded contracts by NASA...

    ARM co-founder starts ‘Save Arm’ campaign to keep independence amid $40B Nvidia deal – TechCrunch

    ARM Holdings, the UK semiconductor company, made history for the second time today, becoming the country’s biggest tech exit when Nvidia announced over the...

    Scientists detect a gas that typically indicates the presence of biological life in the atmosphere of Venus – TechCrunch

    In a press briefing today, scientists rom the Royal Astronomical Society announced a potentially revolutionary scientific discovery: They’ve detected the presence of phosphine in...