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    Google is pushing to get the Nest Hub in more hotel rooms – TechCrunch

    Given the number of rooms I’ve stayed in over the past couple of years that still sported a 30-pin iPod alarm clock, I think...

    LaunchNotes raises a $1.8M seed round to help companies communicate their software updates – TechCrunch

    LaunchNotes, a startup founded by the team behind Statuspage (which Atlassian later acquired) and the former head of marketing for Jira, today announced that...

    Benchmark’s Peter Fenton is joining us at Disrupt – TechCrunch

    Benchmark used to be the quintessential Silicon Valley venture firm. It was small. It was focused. It was aggressive while also remaining founder friendly....

    Latest immigration and H-1B updates – TechCrunch

    Sophie Alcorn Contributor Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year...

    The H-1B visa ban is creating nearshore business partnership opportunities – TechCrunch

    Andrés Vior is the VP and country manager for Argentina at intive. A computer engineer who graduated from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA),...

    Luna Display adds a teleprompter mode – TechCrunch

    I really like the Luna Display . The dongle still occupies a spot in my travel-cord bag. But like the bag it resides in,...

    SpaceX will launch Masten’s first lander to the Moon in 2022 – TechCrunch

    SpaceX has secured a contract to act as the launch partner for Masten Space Systems, one of the companies awarded a NASA launch...

    The bullish case for Palantir’s direct listing – TechCrunch

    The Palantir S-1 finally dropped yesterday after TechCrunch spilled a bunch of its guts last Friday. You can read the filing here, if you...

    The Positive Grid Spark is a versatile smart amp perfect for guitarists stuck at home – TechCrunch

    Powered amps for electric guitars have gotten some neat tricks powered by modern mobile tech over the years, but the new Positive Grid Spark...

    Twitter experiments with adding a ‘Quotes’ count to tweets – TechCrunch

    Twitter wants to make it easier to see the conversations taking place around a tweet. This May, the company rolled out a change to...

    Microsoft researcher Dr. Cecily Morrison will discuss keeping AI “personal” at Sight Tech Global – TechCrunch

    For Dr. Cecily Morrison, research into how AI can help people who are blind or visually disabled is deeply personal. It’s not only that...

    Course Hero, a profitable edtech unicorn, raises rare cash – TechCrunch

    Like any successful founder, Andrew Grauer had bright, long-term ambitions for Course Hero from the moment he launched it in 2006. He started the business...

    Synthetic biology startups are giving investors an appetite – TechCrunch

    There’s a growing wave of commercial activity from companies that are creating products using new biological engineering technologies. Perhaps the most public (and tastiest) example...

    Honey May Ease Coughs and Other Respiratory Symptoms

    Honey is a traditional home remedy for colds. Now a review of studies provides scientific evidence that honey does indeed have a modest but...

    Mobile voting can ease polling place unease in the COVID-19 era – TechCrunch

    Jonathan Johnson Contributor More posts by this contributor Three challenges facing blockchain technology A bitterly divided nation heads into the 2020 presidential election with accusations of potential voter fraud, calls for delays...

    The Extra Stigma of Mental Illness for African-Americans

    For many Black people, all of this is further compounded by the lack of access to mental health services in our communities. According to...