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    Lime launches 100 e-mopeds in New York City as Mayor de Blasio reveals plan to fully re-open by July 1 – TechCrunch

    Weeks after Lime became one of the first companies to win the bid to operate e-scooters in New York City, the micromobility giant is...

    The gig is up on 21st-century exploitation – TechCrunch

    Rebecca Dixon Contributor Today’s app-based or “gig” economy is frequently dressed up in talk about “modern innovation” and the “21st century of work.” This facade is...

    Microsoft plans to take a smaller cut from developers in its games store.

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

    Vectra AI picks up $130M at a $1.2B valuation for its network approach to threat detection and response – TechCrunch

    Cybersecurity nightmares like the SolarWinds hack highlight how malicious hackers continue to exploit vulnerabilities in software and apps to do their dirty work. Today...

    Gr4vy launches Cloud payment orchestration, pulls in $11.1M Series A led by Nyca Partners – TechCrunch

    Gr4vy, (pronounced ‘gravy’) is a cloud-native payments company with a “payment orchestration platform (POP)” that merges a Cloud platform with payments infrastructure. It’s also...

    A creative’s journey to design with data – TechCrunch

    Sydney Anh Mai Contributor Sydney Anh Mai is an award-winning product designer at Kickstarter. Her work has appeared on The Verge, Design Weekly and Core 77....

    MagicBell raises $1.9M to build a plug-and-play notification platform for product teams – TechCrunch

    One of the key ingredients in effective product development is receiving timely and relevant notifications about customer use, engagement, potential issues and more. Engineers,...

    Zynga and Rollic acquire the hyper-casual game studio behind High Heels – TechCrunch

    Last year, Zynga bought hyper-casual game maker Rollic. Today, Rollic is a Zynga subsidiary, and it’s announcing the acquisition of another game studio called...

    RapidDeploy raises $29M for a cloud-based dispatch platform aimed at 911 centers – TechCrunch

    The last year of pandemic living has been real-world, and sometimes harrowing, proof of how important it can be to have efficient and well-equipped...

    ‘Returnal’ is a frantic, familiar pleasure — but spurns mainstream appeal to its peril – TechCrunch

    Returnal, released today for the PlayStation 5, is an action adventure that has you exploring an alien world that reconfigures itself whenever you die,...

    SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink satellites – TechCrunch

    SpaceX has launched another batch of Starlink satellites, adding 60 more to the constellation on orbit. This is the 24th Starlink launch in total,...

    Vivid Money raises $73 million to build a European financial super app – TechCrunch

    German startup Vivid Money has raised a new $73 million Series B funding round (€60 million) led by Greenoaks with existing investor Ribbit Capital...

    Here are all the startups pitching today at Venture Day Minsk – TechCrunch

    Venture Day Minsk (organised by tech startup hub Imaguru) is run annually, but because of the pandemic and the political situation in Belarus it...

    EU adopts rules on one-hour takedowns for terrorist content – TechCrunch

    The European Parliament approved a new law on terrorist content takedowns yesterday, paving the way for one-hour removals to become the legal standard across...

    Paxos raises $300 million to build a cryptocurrency infrastructure giant – TechCrunch

    Paxos has raised a $300 million Series D funding round led by Oak HC/FT. With today’s funding the round, the company is now valued...

    TravelPerk raises $160M in equity and debt after a year of derailed business trips – TechCrunch

    The pandemic has hammered the travel sector over the past 12 months so you’d be forgiven for feeling a bit of pre-COVID-19 déjà vu...