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    The Shed is a startup out of Virginia trying to revive the rental-for-everything business – TechCrunch

    Reducing consumption by expanding the notion of the rental economy and giving people access to tools and equipment has been something of a startup...

    Yandex spins out self-driving biz, Ike takes the SaaS road and a solid-state battery startup strikes SPAC – TechCrunch

    The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every weekend...

    Chess (Yes, Chess) Is Now a Streaming Obsession

    Though Mr. Nakamura began streaming chess consistently on his Twitch channel, GMHikaru, in 2018, nearly all of his 528,000 followers have come aboard since...

    Workers are upset about labor practices, and Amazon and Apple are on the defensive – TechCrunch

    Happy Labor Day and welcome back to Human Capital, where we unpack the latest in tech labor, and diversity, equity and inclusion. Human...

    5 Reasons you need to attend TC Sessions: Mobility 2020 – TechCrunch

    Get ready to spend two days rubbing virtual elbows with the global mobility community’s best and brightest minds and makers. TC Sessions: Mobility 2020...

    This Labor Day, spare a thought for the workers who made your doorstep delivery possible – TechCrunch

    Arjuna Costa is a partner at Omidyar Network and early stage investor in Ruma. More posts by this contributor Tech workers looking to make a difference...

    ThoughtRiver nabs $10M to speed up deal-making with AI contract review – TechCrunch

    ThoughtRiver, a London-based legaltech startup that’s applying AI to speed up contract pre-screening, has announced a $10 million Series A round of funding led...

    Why a startup with $10M in annual revenue took 18 months to get VC funding – TechCrunch

    Back in 2006, Joseph Heller went to China where he spent the next decade learning about the manufacturing business. Based on that experience...

    The Disrupt 2020 Labor Day flash sale ends tonight – TechCrunch

    As the Labor Day weekend winds down here in the states, so too does our flash sale and your chance to save $100 on...

    Apple iCloud, Google Drive and Dropbox probed over ‘unfair’ T&Cs in Italy – TechCrunch

    Italy’s competition authority has opened an investigation into cloud storage services operated by Apple, Dropbox and Google, in response to a number of...

    Revolut loses its head of regulatory compliance, hires two former Amazon execs – TechCrunch

    More personnel changes at Revolut are in motion, as a key member of the leadership team leaves for Barclays, and two former...

    BIMA nabs $30M more for micro- health and life insurance aimed at emerging markets – TechCrunch

    The coronavirus global health pandemic — and the new emphasis on social distancing to slow down the spread of COVID-19 — has put healthcare...

    China bans Scratch, MIT’s programming language for kids – TechCrunch

    China’s enthusiasm for teaching children to code is facing a new roadblock as organizations and students lose an essential tool: the Scratch programming language...

    HumanForest gets $2.3M from Cabify founders and others to grow a ‘free’ e-bike sharing service – TechCrunch

    HumanForest, a dockless, shared and ad-supported e-bike service which began trialling a service in London this June, has taken in its first tranche of...

    When My Dad Turned Off the Internet

    The pandemic tension in my house reached its peak this summer the night my dad switched off the Wi-Fi. He claimed that “You spend...

    The Pandemic of Work-From-Home Injuries

    “My workstation is in the bedroom. I get up from bed — and if I’m being honest, sometimes don’t even bother showering — and...