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    Investors Reilly Brennan, Amy Gu and Olaf Sakkers coming to TC Sessions: Mobility 2020 – TechCrunch

    The mobility sector has been abuzz with activity in the past decade from the rise of ride-hailing and the sudden explosion of shared electric...

    Border wall crowdfunding scheme leads to Trump ally Steve Bannon’s arrest – TechCrunch

    One of President Trump’s former top political advisors was arrested in connection with a crowdfunding scheme to build a U.S. border wall, according to...

    Former Uber Security Chief Charged With Concealing Hack

    Mr. Sullivan was “visibly shaken” when he learned of the hack and told others that he “could not believe they had let another breach...

    Judge grants Uber and Lyft temporary stay in driver reclassification case – TechCrunch

    A California appeals court judge has granted Uber and Lyft’s emergency stay. This means the preliminary injunction that sought to force companies to reclassify...

    Eric Hippeau discusses D2C growth, brand value and advice for early-stage founders – TechCrunch

    Eric Hippeau is the founding partner at Lerer Hippeau Ventures, whose portfolio companies include the likes of Axios, BuzzFeed, Casper, Warby Parker, Allbirds, DocSend,...

    There’s no frontrunner to be found among the TikTok alternatives – TechCrunch

    The U.S. market has no real frontrunner poised to claim TikTok’s throne if the app is banned in the country. According to Trump’s executive...

    Microsoft’s Seeing AI founder Saqib Shaikh is speaking at Sight Tech Global – TechCrunch

    When Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella introduced Saqib Shaikh on stage at BUILD in 2016, he was obviously moved by the engineer’s “passion and empathy,”...

    The founders of Blavity and The Shade Room are coming to Disrupt 2020 – TechCrunch

    Although the media industry is currently in the midst of a long-overdue reckoning over diversity, representation and racism, Morgan DeBaun and Angie Nwandu...

    5 fails and how to fix them – TechCrunch

    Valued at over $60 billion and used by millions each day for work and staying in touch with friends and family, the COVID-19 pandemic...

    Tech Is Not Neutral campaign urges companies to stop working with law enforcement agencies – TechCrunch

    There are a number of tech companies that either directly work with law enforcement agencies, or supply their tech to them. Amazon’s doorbell camera...

    Airbnb, a ‘Sharing Economy’ Pioneer, Files to Go Public

    SAN FRANCISCO — Airbnb said on Wednesday that it had confidentially filed to go public, taking a key step toward one of the largest...

    Uber and Lyft Threaten to Shut Down in California

    OAKLAND, Calif. — Uber and Lyft threatened to suspend ride-hailing services throughout California on Thursday night, a defiant reaction to a judge who ordered...

    Latif Nasser, Harvard Ph.D., on the Rewards of Being Dumb

    Latif Nasser’s new Netflix series, “Connected,” was only two days old when he and his wife headed to the hospital to have a baby....

    Figma CEO Dylan Field discusses fundraising, hiring and marketing in stealth mode – TechCrunch

    You’d be hard pressed to hang out with a designer and not hear the name Figma. The company behind the largely browser-based design tool has...

    VW kicks off production of its all-electric SUV, the ID. 4 – TechCrunch

    Volkswagen has started series production of the ID. 4, an all-electric SUV and the first under the automaker’s new ID label to be headed...

    Apple quietly acquired Israel’s Camerai, formerly Tipit, a specialist in AR and camera tech – TechCrunch

    Apple is well known for picking up smaller startups on the hush-hush to augment its business, and today news leaked out about the...