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    Facebook trails expanding portability tools ahead of FTC hearing – TechCrunch

    Facebook is considering expanding the types of data its users are able to port directly to alternative platforms. In comments on portability sent to...

    Exo raised $40 million for its handheld medical imaging device – TechCrunch

    Exo, a developer of new diagnostic hardware for the medical industry, has raised $40 million in a new round of funding as investors continue...

    Triller threatened to sue over report suggesting it inflated its downloads – TechCrunch

    A new report disputing the validity of Triller’s recently announced download figures led Triller to respond with the threat of a lawsuit. Triller, a...

    Sony WH-1000XM4 headphone review – TechCrunch

    There was a mixed reaction among the TechCrunch staff when Sony’s WH-1000XM4 were announced the other week. There was excitement among those looking for...

    Lyft and Uber win legal victory – TechCrunch

    Uber and Lyft may not be pausing operations in California after all, Google releases new emergency alert tools and Airbnb bans all...

    Sign up to interview with accelerators before Disrupt 2020 – TechCrunch

    Startup founders, brace yourself for a phenomenal opportunity. TechCrunch, in partnership with cela, will host eleven — count ‘em eleven — accelerators in Digital...

    Ann Syrdal, Who Helped Give Computers a Female Voice, Dies at 74

    Ann Syrdal, a psychologist and computer science researcher who helped develop synthetic voices that sounded like women, laying the groundwork for such modern digital...

    Mark Zuckerberg Questioned Under Oath in F.T.C. Antitrust Inquiry

    WASHINGTON — Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, answered questions under oath on multiple days this week as part of the Federal Trade Commission’s inquiry...

    Covid-19 Live Updates: U.S. Takes Steps to Protect Older People for Flu Season and Increase Child Vaccination Rates

    Overburdened health care specialists are finding themselves on the front lines as schools reopen. India’s crisis is now spreading to the hinterlands along its...

    Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Bagged Peaches Sickens Dozens

    The Food and Drug Administration is investigating bagged peaches as a likely source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 68 people across nine...

    Airbnb declares all parties over indefinitely at its listings – TechCrunch

    Airbnb has been implementing measures to help limit hosting of unauthorized parties at listings booked through its platform, and today it implemented the...

    Yalochat, a fast-growing conversational commerce startup, lands $15 million led by B Capital – TechCrunch

    Yalochat, a five-year-old, Mexico City-based conversational commerce platform that enables customers like Coca-Cola and Walmart to upsell, collect payments and provide better service to...

    Overlooked teams up with college newspapers to build a news-focused social network – TechCrunch

    George Sehremelis is building what he calls a “social news network,” with the aim of combating the spread of misinformation and fake news online. “My...

    Lyft plans to suspend rideshare operations in California tonight – TechCrunch

    Lyft is planning to suspend its ridesharing operations in California beginning tonight at 11:59 pm PT, unless it receives a stay from the...

    Palantir moves its HQ from Palo Alto to Denver as plans to go public percolate – TechCrunch

    Between the IPO buzz and a raft of new federal contracts for COVID-19 work, it’s been a year of big moves for Palantir. Now,...

    Energy offset and renewable power developer Arcadia pitches clean power as an employee benefit – TechCrunch

    Arcadia, the company that gives homeowners and renters a way to offset their carbon footprints through renewable energy credits and clean power developments, is...