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    Facebook launches poll worker recruitment push in the News Feed – TechCrunch

    With the election looming and a pandemic still raging through the U.S., a shortage of poll workers is just one of many threats to...

    Apple revises App Store rules to permit game streaming apps, clarify in-app purchases and more – TechCrunch

    Apple today is releasing updated App Store Guidelines with the goal of clarifying how it will approach new technologies, like game streaming services,...

    China may kill TikTok’s U.S. operations rather than see them sold – TechCrunch

    The controversial push to force Chinese tech unicorn ByteDance to divest part or all of its smash-hit TikTok social media service to a...

    The battle over the fate of gig workers continues – TechCrunch

    Welcome back to Human Capital, where we unpack the latest in tech labor and diversity and inclusion. This week, we’re looking at the latest...

    Europe Feels the Squeeze as Tech Competition Heats Up Between U.S. and China

    BRUSSELS — Lacking a powerful technology sector of its own, the Europe Union has instead tried go carve out a space in the digital...

    Fauci Says It Could Be a Year Before Theater Without Masks Feels Normal

    As theaters look to see how they might reopen with safety accommodations including mask use, Dr. Anthony Fauci says it will likely be more...

    Five more reasons you should attend Disrupt 2020 – TechCrunch

    There are just a few days until we kick off five days of Disrupt 2020. (September 14-18). It’s time to dig in, dig deep...

    Toucan raises $3M to teach you new languages as you browse the web – TechCrunch

    Toucan has developed a Chrome browser extension designed for anyone who wants to learn a new language but hasn’t found the motivation or the...

    The 2019 TechCrunch Include Report – TechCrunch

    It’s no secret that the tech industry is historically white, straight and male. Despite promises to examine and reform hiring practices so that tech companies...

    Social Media Shaming Your College

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.We’ve all seen social media used to...

    For These Shows, Take a Hike

    There’s a moment late in “Cairns,” a lovely, peaceable sound walk created by the singer and scholar Gelsey Bell and presented by Here, in...

    Mobility 2020 to discuss the future of urban air transportation – TechCrunch

    Alphabet’s Wing is among the companies leading the way for building a sustainable and scalable way for drones and other aircraft to share the...

    Belarus tech industry rallies around arrested PandaDoc colleagues in new video – TechCrunch

    In the wake of the arrest of four employees of San Francisco-based startup PandaDoc, the tech industry in Belarus has rallied support for the...

    TechCrunch still brings the fun to Disrupt 2020 – TechCrunch

    We all know times are incredibly tough, and everyone’s working overtime on steroids to keep their startup dreams alive. Disrupt events have a reputation...

    Facebook seeks fresh legal delay to block order to suspend its transatlantic data transfers – TechCrunch

    Facebook is firing up its lawyers to try to block EU regulators from forcing it to suspend transatlantic data transfers in the wake...

    Apple lays out its messy vision for how xCloud and Stadia will work with its App Store rules – TechCrunch

    Apple laid out some interesting updates to its App Store rules this morning, the most headline-grabbing of which was a section dedicated to cloud...