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    As tech offices begin to reopen, the workplace could look very different – TechCrunch

    The pandemic forced many employees to begin working from home, and, in doing so, may have changed the way we think about work. While...

    Facebook ordered not to apply controversial WhatsApp T&Cs in Germany – TechCrunch

    The Hamburg data protection agency has banned Facebook from processing the additional WhatsApp user data that the tech giant is granting itself access to...

    Digging into digital mortgage lender Better.com’s huge SPAC – TechCrunch

    Better.com, a venture-backed digital mortgage lender, announced this morning that it will combine with a SPAC, taking itself public in the second half of...

    Lili, a neobank aimed at freelancers, raises $55M as it passes 200k users – TechCrunch

    A startup that has built a neobank specifically to address the needs of freelancers and sole traders has picked up a growth round to...

    DataRobot expands platform and announces Zepl acquisition – TechCrunch

    DataRobot, the Boston-based automated machine learning startup, had a bushel of announcements this morning as it expanded its platform to give technical and non-technical...

    Led by ex-Amazonians, Acquco raises $160M to buy and scale e-commerce businesses – TechCrunch

    There has been a flurry of investments in startups focused on acquiring third-party sellers on Amazon and helping them build their businesses. The latest is...

    Cycode raises $20M to secure DevOps pipelines – TechCrunch

    Israeli security startup Cycode, which specializes in helping enterprises secure their DevOps pipelines and prevent code tampering, today announced that it has raised a...

    GM and LG Chem’s Ultium Cells partners with Li-Cycle to process manufacturing waste – TechCrunch

    Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture between General Motors and LG Chem, has been steadily building up its battery cell manufacturing capacity in the...

    Apptopia raises $20M to expand its competitive intelligence business beyond mobile – TechCrunch

    Boston-based Apptopia, a company providing competitive intelligence in the mobile app ecosystem, has closed on $20 million in Series C funding aimed at fueling...

    Berkeley has a big new biotech incubator in Bakar Labs – TechCrunch

    The University of California has always embraced the startup ecosystem in the state, including running a few of its own incubators and accelerators. Now...

    CMU researchers show potential of privacy-preserving activity tracking using radar – TechCrunch

    Imagine if you could settle/rekindle domestic arguments by asking your smart speaker when the room last got cleaned or whether the bins already got...

    Final-mile fulfillment startup parcelLab closes $112M Series C funding led by Insight Partners – TechCrunch

    Munich-based parcelLab, which offers a final-mile fulfillment service for online retailers, has closed a $112 million (GB£80 million) Series C funding round led by...

    The motorcycle ride-hailing wars in Nigeria and Uganda is SafeBoda’s to lose – TechCrunch

    On April 16, Uganda-based two-wheel ride-hailing platform SafeBoda announced that it had completed 1 million rides in Ibadan, a southwestern city in Nigeria. This...

    Engageli nabs $33M more for its collaborative video-based teaching platform – TechCrunch

    As schools move more widely into reopening their doors for in-person learning, many educational institutions have also learned a critical lesson in the last...

    Semiconductor makers and users form a group to push for chip funding.

    Semiconductor companies and big businesses that use semiconductor chips have formed a new coalition to push for tens of billions of dollars in federal...

    Google Pay US users can now send money to India and Singapore – TechCrunch

    Google Pay users in the U.S. can now send money to GPay users in India and Singapore, Google said on Tuesday, making its first...