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    Google’s Fitbit deal could avoid EU antitrust probe by agreeing not to use health data for ads – TechCrunch

    Google announced its plans to acquire Fitbit for $2.1 billion back in November. As of this writing, the deal has yet to go through,...

    GOL Is Set To Return Up To 48 Boeing 737s Between 2020 And 2022

    During the first half of 2020, GOL Linhas Aereas reduced its fleet by 11 Boeing 737-800 leased aircraft, due to the current coronavirus crisis....

    ‘It Would Be Like Losing a Little Bit of Me’: TikTok Users Respond to Potential U.S. Ban

    Since Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News on Monday that the United States was considering banning TikTok over national security concerns, a...

    Facebook Said to Consider Banning Political Ads

    SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is considering banning political advertising across its network before the November general election, according to two people with knowledge of...

    Delta CEO Calls For US Government To Mandate Masks

    The global health crisis is still causing a storm throughout the aviation industry. Passengers and carriers have different views when it comes to traveling...

    How Thor Fridriksson’s ‘Trivia Royale’ earned 2.5M downloads in 3 weeks – TechCrunch

    In its first few weeks of release, the latest game from QuizUp founder Thor Fridriksson took the top spot in the Games Section of...

    HBO Max is making a Gotham City police series with the director of ‘The Batman’ – TechCrunch

    HBO Max, the WarnerMedia-owned streaming service that launched in May, announced today that it has made a series commitment to an untitled TV show...

    LA-based Replicated adds former GitLab head of product as its chief product officer – TechCrunch

    Replicated, the Los Angeles-based company pitching monitoring and management services for Kubernetes-based applications, has managed to bring on the former head of product of...

    The Netherlands Is Taking Russia To Court Over MH17 Crash

    The Netherlands is reportedly gearing up to file a suit against Russia. The lawsuit would be submitted to the European Court of Human Rights...

    DE&I at Facebook, Prop 22 and gig worker earnings – TechCrunch

    Hey, ya’ll. I’m experimenting with a bi-weekly roundup that looks at the state of labor in tech. We’ll use this space to explore topics related...

    A recapitalization reckoning – TechCrunch

    If you’re an angel who invested in a startup that was meant to go public in 2014, you might be getting a little bit...

    Rackspace preps IPO after going private in 2016 for $4.3B – TechCrunch

    After going private in 2016 after accepting a $32 per share, or $4.3 billion, price from Apollo Global Management, Rackspace is looking once again...

    Ed Bastian – From New York Auditor To Major Airline CEO

    It has now been over four years since Delta Air Lines appointed Ed Bastian as its chief executive officer. As the Atlanta-bases carrier goes...

    Facebook code change caused outage for Spotify, Pinterest and Waze apps – TechCrunch

    If you’re an iPhone user, odds are fairly good you spent a frustrating portion of the morning attempting to reopen apps. I know my...

    Nanoleaf’s new Hexagon Shapes are a surprisingly lively and organic addition to your home decor – TechCrunch

    Nanoleaf essentially created a new smart lighting category with its connected light panels, and since then it has iterated with its pixel-like Canvas...

    Operator Collective brings diversity and inclusion to enterprise investing – TechCrunch

    When Mallun Yen started Operator Collective last year, she wanted to build an investment firm for people who didn’t have a voice in Silicon...