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    WhatsApp is doing fine despite months-long backlash over policy update – TechCrunch

    It’s safe to say WhatsApp didn’t have the ideal start to 2021. Less than a week into the new year, the Facebook-owned instant messaging...

    How Robert Reffkin went from being a C-average student to the founder of Compass – TechCrunch

    In April, real estate tech company Compass forged ahead with its initial public offering and is now valued at nearly $6.4 billion. At that time,...

    Chime will stop calling itself a bank to settle complaint by CA regulators – 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. Hello friends,...

    Someone already turned Apple’s AirTag into a slim, wallet-friendly card – TechCrunch

    Apple’s new AirTag item trackers are pretty small, but not quite small enough to slip into most wallets without adding an obvious bit of...

    Twitter Tip Jar lets you pay people for good tweetin’ – TechCrunch

    Twitter today confirmed earlier reports that it’s testing a new Tip Jar feature. The new addition utilizes a number of different payment platforms, including...

    Yale’s longtime — and legendary — endowment chief, David Swensen, has passed away at age 67 – TechCrunch

    David Swensen, among the most highly regarded money managers in the world after growing Yale’s endowment from $1 billion when he joined as a...

    Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne is returning to space in June – TechCrunch

    Orbital launch company Virgin Orbit has scheduled its next mission to space. Virgin Orbit will be returning its LauncherOne rocket to orbit in June to...

    80% of the 22 million comments on net neutrality rollback were fake, investigation finds – TechCrunch

    Of the 22 million comments submitted to the FCC regarding 2017’s controversial rollback of net neutrality, some 18 million were fake, an investigation by...

    Chinese EV maker NIO is stepping outside of China for the first time – TechCrunch

    Chinese electric vehicle maker NIO has chosen a Norway — an EV hotspot — for its first foray into international markets. NIO Norway will...

    Ohio State Senator Is Caught Zooming and Driving

    A state senator in Ohio might have fooled anyone who watched a state board meeting this week into thinking he was attending from home...

    Following Apple’s launch of privacy labels, Google to add a ‘safety’ section in Google Play – TechCrunch

    Months after Apple’s App Store introduced privacy labels for apps, Google announced its own mobile app marketplace, Google Play, will follow suit. The company...

    Shauntel Garvey of Reach Capital will join us to judge this year’s Startup Battlefield – TechCrunch

    TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield is one of the most popular parts of our annual TechCrunch Disrupt conference which is happening on September 21-23 this year. Now...

    AI is ready to take on a massive healthcare challenge – TechCrunch

    Einat Metzer is CEO and co-founder of Emedgene, a leading precision medicine intelligence company. Which disease results in the highest total economic burden per annum?...

    Google reveals a slate of Chromebook docks as it pushes to appeal to enterprise users – TechCrunch

    Chromebooks have been having banner quarter after banner quarter for the past year. While PC and tablet sales in general have been doing well...

    One Restaurant’s New Digital Life

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.What does a post-pandemic restaurant look like?...

    Less than 24 hours to save $100 to TC Sessions: Mobility 2021 – TechCrunch

    Calling all frazzled procrastinators, feet-draggers, lollygaggers and last-minute decision makers. The best price on passes to TC Sessions: Mobility 2021, which takes place on...