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    Nothing’s first product, the Ear 1 earbud, launches in June – TechCrunch

    Say what you will, Nothing has been doing a fine job milking its upcoming launch for all it’s worth. The company has spent the...

    Lisbon’s Kitch raises $4M to help restaurants to take control of the delivery app mess – TechCrunch

    Lisbon-based food delivery startup Kitch hopes to hands back control to restaurants dogged by the mess of food delivery apps today, by aggregating the...

    When It Comes to Taxes, Being Tracked Can Be a Good Thing

    This article is part of our new series, Currents, which examines how rapid advances in technology are transforming our lives.Two months ago, Jeff Sheu,...

    Exeger takes $38M to ramp up production of its flexible solar cells for self-powered gadgets – TechCrunch

    Sweden’s Exeger, which for over a decade has been developing flexible solar cell technology (called Powerfoyle) that it touts as efficient enough to power...

    Flipkart in early talks to raise $1 billion ahead of IPO – TechCrunch

    Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart has hit the market to raise about $1 billion at up to $30 billion valuation before its public listing, two...

    Serial fiction app Radish acquired by Kakao Entertainment for $440M – TechCrunch

    Serialized fiction app Radish has been acquired by Kakao Entertainment in a transaction valued at $440 million. Kakao Entertainment is owned by Kakao, the...

    Is buying and selling short-positions in private companies next? This fintech startup is banking on it – TechCrunch

    Even the most casual industry observer has to be stunned at times by the pace of dealmaking right now. Not quite halfway through 2021,...

    FBI Confirms DarkSide as Colonial Pipeline Hacker

    President Biden said on Monday that the United States would “disrupt and prosecute” a criminal gang of hackers called DarkSide, which the F.B.I. formally...

    Toyota partners with ENEOS to explore a hydrogen-powered Woven City – TechCrunch

    Toyota has tapped Japanese company Eneos to help develop the hydrogen fuel cell system that will power its futuristic prototype city Woven City. The vision...

    Lidar startup Innovusion closes $64M round led by Temasek – TechCrunch

    More investors are joining the wave to bet on lidar, the remote sensing method that uses laser light to measure distances and has garnered...

    Aspire’s business accounts reach $1B in annualized transaction volume one year after launching – TechCrunch

    Singapore-based Aspire, which wants to become the financial services “one-stop shop” for SMEs, announced that its business accounts have reached $1 billion in annualized...

    Biden Vows to ‘Disrupt and Prosecute’ Hackers Who Forced Shutdown of U.S. Pipeline

    To many officials who have struggled for years to protect the United States’ critical infrastructure from cyberattacks, the only surprise about the events of...

    Zencargo raises $42M to expand its digital-first freight forwarding platform internationally – TechCrunch

    While consumers and businesses continue to use their purchasing power to spin the wheels of the globalized economy, one of the companies that’s built...

    With new owner Naver, Wattpad looks to supercharge its user-generated IP factory – TechCrunch

    Toronto-based Wattpad is officially part of South Korean internet giant Naver as of today, with the official close of the $600 million cash and...

    Expensify’s hacker approach to enterprise software is paying off – TechCrunch

    To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Today as...

    Bird reportedly prepares to go public via SPAC, aims for 2023 profitability – TechCrunch

    Micromobility startups are following the lead of EV companies going public via mergers with special purpose acquisition companies, a financial instrument that came back...