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    ‘A Perfect Positive Storm’: Bonkers Dollars for Big Tech

    In the Great Recession more than a decade ago, big tech companies hit a rough patch just like everyone else. Now they have become...

    What private tech companies should consider before going public via a SPAC – TechCrunch

    Drew N. Goodwin Contributor The red-hot market for special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, has “screeched to a halt,” according to CNN. As the SPAC market...

    Amazon’s profits more than tripled to start the year as sales rose 44 percent.

    With the pandemic shifting sales online and consumers flush with stimulus checks, Amazon on Thursday reported $108.5 billion in sales in the first three...

    Biden’s labor secretary thinks many gig workers should be reclassified as employees – TechCrunch

    Biden Labor Secretary Marty Walsh charged into the white hot issue of the gig economy Thursday, asserting that many people working without benefits in...

    Spotify CEO says live audio content is the next ‘Stories’ – TechCrunch

    Live audio experiences will be adopted by every major platform just like Stories have been, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek told investors on Wednesday’s earnings...

    Healthcare is the next wave of data liberation – TechCrunch

    Why can we see all our bank, credit card and brokerage data on our phones instantaneously in one app, yet walk into a doctor’s...

    FAA authorizes SpaceX’s next three Starship test launches – TechCrunch

    SpaceX is continuing its Starship spacecraft testing and development program apace, and as of this afternoon it has authorization from the U.S. Federal Aviation...

    Digital comics startup Madefire is shutting down – TechCrunch

    R.I.P. Madefire, a startup that recruited high-profile artists to reinvent comics for new formats and platforms. An announcement on the Madefire website states the company...

    PortalOne raises $15M from Atari and more for a new hybrid gaming/TV show app – TechCrunch

    Gaming and streamed video have been two of the biggest pastime winners during the last year+ of pandemic living. Today a startup that has...

    ReleaseHub nabs $2.7M seed to give developers on-demand environments – TechCrunch

    Every developer relies on environments like testing, staging and production as they build software, but building them can be a time-consuming operation. ReleaseHub, an...

    Biden proposes ARPA-H, a health research agency to ‘end cancer’ modeled after DARPA – TechCrunch

    In a joint address to Congress last night, President Biden updated the nation on vaccination efforts and outlined his administration’s ambitious goals. Biden’s first 100...

    U.S. video game spending increased 30% in Q1 – TechCrunch

    Even as signs of hope for life after the pandemic have begun to emerge here in the U.S., increases in video game spending continue....

    Click Studios asks customers to stop tweeting about its Passwordstate data breach – TechCrunch

    Australian security software house Click Studios has told customers not to post emails sent by the company about its data breach, which allowed malicious hackers...

    No, Other People’s Covid Vaccines Can’t Disrupt Your Menstrual Cycle

    In recent weeks, people who oppose Covid vaccinations have spread a claim that is not only false but defies the rules of biology: that...

    Instagram Live takes on Clubhouse with options to mute and turn off the video – TechCrunch

    In addition to Facebook’s Clubhouse competitor built within Messenger Rooms and its experiments with a Clubhouse-like Q&A platform on the web, the company is...

    Google to offer 40,000 developer scholarships in Africa; continues accelerator program – TechCrunch

    Google today announced the launch of 40,000 new developer scholarships in Africa. Google will offer the scholarships — created in partnership with tech talent...