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    Investors are browsing for Chromium startups – TechCrunch

    A few months ago, we declared that “browsers are interesting again,” thanks to increased competition among the major players. Now, as more startups are...

    Why Canada Might Not Have Followed Others In Banning PIA

    At the end of June, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) suspended 150 pilots after suspicions arose over the authenticity of their licenses. Since then, the...

    How to Fight Health ‘Cures’ Online

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.Anne Borden King had already battled online...

    Emirates’ Airbus A380s Return To The Skies Tomorrow

    After spending almost a third of the year grounded, the Emirates fleet of Airbus A380 aircraft will return to the skies tomorrow. Emirates is...

    As tech giants rally against Hong Kong security law, Apple holds out – TechCrunch

    It’s not often Silicon Valley gets behind a single cause. Supporting net neutrality was one, reforming government surveillance another. Last week, Big Tech took...

    Social Construct’s computer-optimized buildings could shake construction industry’s foundations – TechCrunch

    Construction is one of the largest industries still resisting the call of the 21st century, its practitioners opting for decades-old but tried and true...

    U.K. Bars Huawei From 5G Network, Raising Tensions With China

    The same group moved last month to block the Pacific Light Cable Network — a partnership involving Facebook and Google among others — from...

    How Facebook Handles Climate Misinformation

    As Covid-19 spread across the globe early this year, Facebook went into action to combat potentially dangerous disinformation on its site. The company labeled...

    The IPO market stays hot, as nCino prices above range and Jamf targets a ~$2B valuation – TechCrunch

    Despite some market chop, the US IPO market is still active, with fresh debut nCino pricing above its elevated price range, and Jamf moving...

    OpenCV AI Kit aims to do for computer vision what Raspberry Pi did for hobbyist hardware – TechCrunch

    A new gadget called the OpenCV AI Kit, or OAK, looks to replicate the success of Raspberry Pi and other minimal computing solutions, but...

    ClassPass co-founder Sanjiv Sanghavi joins Arcadia, bringing consumer marketing savvy to clean energy – TechCrunch

    “Helping navigate the elusiveness of product market fit” is how Sanjiv Sanghavi, the co-founder of ClassPass and itinerant startup executive describes his roles at...

    South African Airways Rescue Plan Approved

    Creditors have today approved a rescue plan to save loss-making South African Airways (SAA). The South African government now needs to come up with...

    Identity platform Auth0 raises $120M Series F funding round at $1.92B valuation – TechCrunch

    Developer-centric identity platform Auth0 today announced that it has raised a $120 million Series F round led by Salesforce Ventures. Existing investors Bessemer Venture...

    The VCs who founders love the most – TechCrunch

    Data from The TechCrunch List points to several investors who bubble to the top Over the past month, we have been asking founders to submit...

    Announcing The TechCrunch List, a founder-friendly directory of first check and lead VCs – TechCrunch

    Nearly 400 investors across 22 verticals recommended by founders to founders Nothing is more important for founders than finding their first check or the investor...

    Brief’s mobile news app aims to tackle information overload and media bias – TechCrunch

    Brief, a newly launched news aggregator founded by former Google engineers, aims to tackle a number of problems with today’s news cycle, including information...