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    Boston Dynamics CEO Rob Playter is coming to Disrupt 2020 to talk robotics and automation – TechCrunch

    Back in January, Robert Playter became the CEO of Boston Dynamics. It was a momentous occasion, marking the company’s first new CEO since its...

    Snapchat to take on TikTok with a new music-powered feature rolling out this fall – TechCrunch

    Snapchat is taking aim at TikTok. The company announced today it will begin testing a new feature that lets Snapchat users set their Snaps...

    Microsoft-TikTok acquisition inches closer to reality – TechCrunch

    A possible Microsoft -TikTok acquisition is causing plenty of drama, we review Google’s new budget Pixel and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon returns to Earth....

    Boeing’s Third 777X To Complete First Flight Today

    In a piece of good news, Boeing is operating the first test flight of its third Boeing 777X aircraft today. The plane, N779XY, took to...

    Facebook Bets Big on Future of N.Y.C., and Offices, With New Lease

    Facebook on Monday agreed to lease nearly all of the office space in the mammoth 107-year-old James A. Farley Building in Midtown Manhattan, cementing...

    EventGeek relaunches as Circa to help marketers embrace virtual events – TechCrunch

    EventGeek was a Y Combinator-backed startup that offered tools to help large enterprises manage the logistics of their events. So with the COVID-19 pandemic...

    Lordstown Motors becomes latest EV automaker to use a SPAC to go public – TechCrunch

    Lordstown Motors, the one-year-old Ohio electric automaker that revealed a pickup truck prototype in June, has reached a deal to merge with special-purpose...

    Alliance Airlines To Acquire 14 Former Copa Embraer E190s

    The Australian carrier Alliance Airlines is set to acquire fourteen E190 with options for a further five. The jets formerly belonged to the Panamanian...

    Annual Extra Crunch members can save 20% on Disrupt passes – TechCrunch

    Calling all Extra Crunch annual and two-year members! Did you know that as a part of your membership plan, you can get a 20%...

    Google signs up six more partners for its digital banking platform coming to Google Pay – TechCrunch

    Google is expanding its plans to offer digital banking services in the U.S. The company announced today it’s partnering with half a dozen more...

    SaaS securitization will disrupt VC’s biggest returns this coming decade – TechCrunch

    SaaS investing has been on fire the past decade and the returns have been gushing in, with IPOs like Datadog, direct listings like Slack...

    Virgin Orbit To Launch Satellites For NASA With Second Launch Demo This Year

    Virgin Orbit is targeting a second launch demo this year. Alongside the second launch demo test flight, eleven satellites for NASA will be launched...

    After Shopify’s huge quarter, BigCommerce raises its IPO price range – TechCrunch

    When BigCommerce, the Texas-based Shopify competitor, first announced an IPO price range, the numbers looked a little light. With a range of just $18 to...

    What Microsoft should demand in exchange for its “payment” to the U.S. government for TikTok – TechCrunch

    In one of the crazier news stories (and in 2020, that is saying something), President Donald Trump said today during a media availability that...

    Trump calls TikTok a hot brand, demands a chunk of its sale price – TechCrunch

    Today the president appeared to bless the budding Microsoft-TikTok deal, continuing his evolution on a possible transaction. After stating last Friday that he’d rather...

    Wizz Air Hungary Becomes The First Airline To Receive An EASA AOC

    On August 1st, Wizz Air Hungary became the first airline to obtain an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency...