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    Computers Can’t Cut Red Tape

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.As the United States shut down in...

    Chinese Ambassador ‘Likes’ an X-Rated Video. Awkward.

    HONG KONG — When the Twitter account of a Chinese ambassador on Wednesday “liked” a tweet of an X-rated video involving the use of...

    Times Internet is growing despite influx of US firms in India – TechCrunch

    Times Internet said on Thursday it reaches more than 557 million active users in India each month and over 111 million users a...

    Microsoft introduces monthly financing plan for its new Xbox consoles – TechCrunch

    Monthly financing isn’t an entirely new concept in the world of Xbox. Microsoft offered a similar plan for the Xbox One S a...

    Portland passes expansive city ban on facial recognition tech – TechCrunch

    The city council in Portland, Oregon passed legislation Wednesday that’s widely regarded as the most aggressive municipal ban on facial recognition technology so far. Through...

    Groww, an investment app for millennials in India, raises $30M led by YC Continuity – TechCrunch

    Even as more than 150 million people are using digital payment apps each month in India, only about 20 million of them invest in...

    Lucid lets shoppers customize cars like a video game character – TechCrunch

    Lucid just launched its first production vehicle, and it looks impressive. But let’s talk about the new website, too. It features a remarkable...

    Lucid Motors reveals its long-awaited Air electric sedan – TechCrunch

    Lucid Motors CEO and CTO Peter Rawlinson had a clear vision for how to take an electric car to another level. The former chief...

    Lucid Motors’ second vehicle is the electric SUV, Gravity – TechCrunch

    Lucid Motors provided Wednesday a peek of the next vehicle in its all-electric lineup — an SUV called the Lucid Gravity. The Lucid Gravity...

    Former NSA chief General Keith Alexander is now on Amazon’s board – TechCrunch

    General Keith Alexander, who oversaw the National Security Agency when Edward Snowden revealed the shocking extent of its illegal wiretapping and data collection...

    Here’s every angle of the all-electric Lucid Air in pictures – TechCrunch

    After years of development, Lucid Motors took the wraps off the Air, an electric luxury sedan that was unveiled Wednesday in a live...

    B2B marketing company Metadata.io raises $6.5M – TechCrunch

    Metadata.io announced today that it has raised $6.5 million in Series A funding. It’s been more than four years since I wrote about the startup’s...

    Instagram is building a product equity team and hiring a director of diversity and inclusion – TechCrunch

    Instagram announced some changes it’s making that are geared toward advancing equity within its workplace. The changes come after Instagram in June spoke...

    Taboola and Outbrain call off their merger – TechCrunch

    A massive content recommendation merger falls apart, Microsoft reveals the release date and pricing for its flagship game console and Alexa enables phone calls...

    Three years later, Google Maps is back on the Apple Watch – TechCrunch

    Google Maps has had a sort of spotty relationship with the Apple Watch over the years. Google first shipped a Watch-friendly build of Maps...

    Facebook told it may have to suspend EU data transfers after Schrems II ruling – TechCrunch

    Ireland’s data protection watchdog, the DPC, has sent Facebook a preliminary order to suspend data transfers from the EU to the US, the...