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    A Freelance Writer Learns He Was Working for the Russians

    Colin Munro Wood was not shocked when he learned that federal investigators believed the new website he had been writing for was a facade...

    Facebook now lets you customize your Watch video feed with #Topics – TechCrunch

    Facebook’s video destination, Facebook Watch, is introducing a new feature called “Your Topics” that will allow you to tailor its feed to include...

    In Hard Times, a Barrage of Ads Promises Peace of Mind

    Meditation apps, tinctures, stress-busting gummies — spending on commercials for all of them is rising amid the pandemic’s climbing death toll and economic strain. Source...

    Twitter to Add New Context Feature to Trending Topics

    Twitter said Tuesday that it would add more context to topics that trend on its service, an effort to clean up a feature that...

    Covid-19 Live Updates and Tracker

    Most of the redirected money will go to children’s immunization and influenza surveillance, officials said. But the United States Agency for International Development will...

    Samsung’s got a new budget 5G handset and a fitness tracker with a two-week battery – TechCrunch

    Yesterday’s overflow Galaxy Unpacked event was about one thing and one thing alone: the Galaxy Z Fold 2. Honestly, it was a bit anticlimactic...

    Backed by Federal Funds, New Virus Tests Are Hitting the Market

    WASHINGTON — The coronavirus pandemic remained a distant threat to many Americans on Jan. 24 when Douglas C. Bryant, the president and chief executive...

    India Bans 118 Chinese Apps as Indian Soldier Is Killed on Disputed Border

    SRINAGAR, Kashmir — India banned more Chinese phone apps on Wednesday as tensions continue to escalate along its disputed border with China, with one...

    CBP does not make it clear Americans can opt out of airport face scanning, watchdog says – TechCrunch

    A government watchdog has criticized U.S. border authorities for failing to properly disclose the agency’s use of facial recognition at airports, which included instructions...

    FCC dings company for $164K after its false broadband claims distorted national report – TechCrunch

    The FCC was deeply embarrassed last year when it was found that its rosy broadband deployment report was off by millions, owing to...

    Snapchat had a big August amid TikTok uncertainty – TechCrunch

    The continual uncertainty around TikTok’s future may have provided a big boost to Snapchat in August. Or maybe it was just the Disney eyes...

    Venture capital LPs are the missing link to solving Silicon Valley’s diversity problem – TechCrunch

    Pranavi Cheemakurti Contributor Pranavi is an investor and writer currently doing pre-seed and seed-stage B2B SaaS investing at Acceleprise Ventures and writing at publicbeta.substack.com. In the...

    Edtech startups find demand from an unlikely customer: Public schools – TechCrunch

    School district technology budgets are tight. But Kami CEO and founder Hengjie Wang wanted to make his company’s digital classroom product a go-to tool...

    Hypatos gets $11.8M for a deep learning approach to document processing – TechCrunch

    Process automation startup Hypatos has raised a €10 million (~$11.8M) seed round of funding from investors including Blackfin Tech, Grazia Equity, UVC Partners and...

    ‘The Mandalorian’ launches its second season on Oct. 30 – TechCrunch

    “The Mandalorian” is returning to Disney+ with new episodes starting on October 30. The Star Wars spinoff series (created by Jon Favreau) was the biggest...

    US cell carrier Assist Wireless exposed thousands of customer IDs – TechCrunch

    U.S. cell carrier Assist Wireless left tens of thousands of personal customer documents on its website by mistake. Assist provides free government-subsidized cell phones to...