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    Spirit Airlines starts testing biometric check-ins – TechCrunch

    Discount carrier Spirit Airlines today announced that it is introducing biometric check-ins in its ticket lobby at Chicago’s O’Hare airport to streamline the check-in...

    WhatsApp reveals six previously undisclosed vulnerabilities on new security site – TechCrunch

    Facebook-owned WhatsApp has revealed six previously undisclosed vulnerabilities, which the company has now fixed. The vulnerabilities are being reported on a dedicated security...

    48 hours left on early-bird prices to TC Sessions: Mobility 2020 – TechCrunch

    We’re just about a month away from launching TC Sessions: Mobility 2020, but you have only 48 hours left to save yourself $100 on...

    Oracle loses $10B JEDI cloud contract appeal yet again – TechCrunch

    Oracle was never fond of the JEDI cloud contract process, that massive $10 billion, decade-long Department of Defense cloud contract that went to...

    Building paths to funding for Black female founders – TechCrunch

    Amid a racial justice reckoning following countless events of police brutality (justice for Breonna Taylor), it’s high time companies and investors in the tech...

    Optimizely acquired by content management company Episerver – TechCrunch

    Episerver is announcing that it has reached an agreement to acquire Optimizely for an undisclosed sum. Optimizely was founded in 2009 by Dan Siroker...

    Twitter and Facebook wrestle with Trump telling Americans to vote twice – TechCrunch

    President Trump’s recent suggestion that North Carolina voters should cast multiple ballots has run afoul of Twitter’s election integrity rules. In a series...

    Justice Dept. Plans to File Antitrust Charges Against Google in Coming Weeks

    WASHINGTON — The Justice Department plans to bring an antitrust case against Google as soon as this month, after Attorney General William P. Barr...

    Rocket Lab secretly launched its very first satellite, ‘First Light’ – TechCrunch

    Rocket Lab’s 14th mission, “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Optical,” had a stowaway aboard. The New Zealand launch company quietly included its first...

    Triller CEO Mike Lu to talk taking on TikTok at Disrupt 2020 – TechCrunch

    Several months ago, before the world became so much more complicated, it was still crystal clear that TikTok was a force to be reckoned...

    Apple won’t force developers to let users opt out of tracking until next year – TechCrunch

    At its global developer conference in June, Apple said its forthcoming iOS 14 update would allow users to opt out of in-app ad...

    SpaceX completes another successful short test flight of its Starship spacecraft prototype – TechCrunch

    SpaceX has done it again – a second ‘hop’ flight in under a month for its Starship prototype. This was a 150 meter...

    Dr. Seymour Schwartz, Who Wrote the Book on Surgery, Dies at 92

    “Sy is the aspirational mentor that we all want to emulate,” said Dr. David Linehan, chairman of the surgery department at the University of...

    Register now to meet accelerators next week – TechCrunch

    Disrupt 2020 is all about helping startups find and create ways to drive their business forward in these most challenging times. We partnered with...

    Patreon joins unicorn club, Facebook could ban news in Australia, more – TechCrunch

    Welcome to the very first edition of Extra Crunch’s Media Roundup. Over the past few months, we’ve launched features like Decrypted, Deep Science and...

    For Kids With O.C.D., Coronavirus Precautions Can Go Too Far

    “What I tell parents is trust your radar,” he said. “If your child seems off emotionally, or raw or fragile in a way you...