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    Calling Delft, Eindhoven, Rotterdam, Utrecht – TechCrunch

    TechCrunch is embarking on a major new project to survey European founders and investors in cities outside the larger European capitals. Over the next few...

    Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire and Vise’s Samir Vasavada will talk success in fintech on Extra Crunch Live – TechCrunch

    In the past few weeks, we’ve heard Fifth Wall’s Brendan Wallace and Hippo’s Assaf Wand discuss the biggest opportunities in prop tech, heard why...

    Jim Belushi is chasing the magic in cannabis – TechCrunch

    I don’t think Jim Belushi was high while we talked on Zoom this week. Instead of a joint, he was puffing on a cigar,...

    The World Knows Her as ‘Disaster Girl.’ She Just Made $500,000 Off the Meme.

    The name Zoë Roth might not ring any bells. But chances are you’ve seen her photo.One Saturday morning in 2005, when Ms. Roth was...

    IBM is acquiring cloud app management firm Turbonomic, valued at $963M in 2019 – TechCrunch

    IBM today made another acquisition to deepen its reach into providing enterprises with AI-based services to manage their networks and workloads. It announced that...

    Fintech startups set VC records as the 2021 fundraising market continues to impress – TechCrunch

    While waiting for full first-quarter venture capital results for fintech startups to drop, we knew that they were going to be outsized. The Exchange...

    Google Pay update adds grocery offers, transit expansions, and spending insights – TechCrunch

    Following November’s overhaul of Google Pay, which saw the service expanding into personal finance, the company today is rolling out a new set of...

    Microsoft Plans to Lower App Fees For Developers

    Microsoft will decrease the share of money it charges independent developers that publish computer games on its online store, starting in August, the company...

    Firstbase raises $13M to make remote work suck less – TechCrunch

    The chance that I am ever willing to commute on a regular basis again in the future is zero. It’s too inefficient. And while...

    MoviePass co-founder’s PreShow Interactive raises $3M to expand into gaming – TechCrunch

    PreShow Interactive is giving gamers a new way to earn in-game currency in exchange for watching ads — a concept that’s become familiar in...

    Head, tail, knees and trees (knees and trees) – TechCrunch

    Robotics roundup: Computer vision funding, a smart knee brace and I, Groot Brian Heater @bheater / 7 hours Some fun ones this week, so let’s get all...

    Smartphone shipments jumped 27% globally in Q1 – TechCrunch

    More good news from a smartphone market currently rebounding from the far reaching impacts of the pandemic. New numbers from Canalys put global shipments...

    Blue Origin will start selling tickets for New Shepard space tourism flights on May 5 – TechCrunch

    Blue Origin seems very close to flying paying customers on its New Shepard sub-orbital rocket, having conducted a dress rehearsal of astronaut loading and...

    Erase All Kittens raises $1M Seed round for Mario-style game which teaches girls to code – TechCrunch

    Erase All Kittens (EAK) is an EdTech startup that created a ‘Mario-style’ web-based game designed for kids aged 8-12. However, the game has a...

    Google announces career and digital training initiative for formerly incarcerated individuals – TechCrunch

    Google today announced the launch of Grow with Google Career Readiness for Reentry. The initiative — created in partnership with nonprofits The Last Mile,...

    Wasabi scores $112M Series C on $700M valuation to take on cloud storage hyperscalers – TechCrunch

    Taking on Amazon S3 in the cloud storage game would seem to be a fool-hearty proposition, but Wasabi has found a way to build...