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    Biden Has Elevated the Job of Science Adviser. Is That What Science Needs?

    On the campaign trail, Joseph R. Biden Jr. vowed to unseat Donald J. Trump and bring science back to the White House, the federal...

    Taster grabs $38 million for its native online restaurants – TechCrunch

    French startup Taster has raised a $38 million Series B funding round from Octopus Venture, Battery Ventures, LocalGlobe, HeartCore, Rakuten, GFC and Founders Future....

    EU-based digital assets platform Finoa inks $22M Series A funding led by Balderton Capital – TechCrunch

    Institutions need to keep their crypto assets somewhere. And they aren’t going to keep it on some random, or consumer-grade crypto operation. This requires...

    Apple sales bounce back in China as Huawei loses smartphone crown – TechCrunch

    Huawei’s smartphone rivals in China are quickly divvying up the market share it has lost over the past year. 92.4 million units of smartphones were...

    Indonesian consumer research startup Populix gets $1.2M in pre-Series A funding – TechCrunch

    Indonesia is one of the fastest-growing consumer markets in the world, but consumer data is still hard to find for many businesses, especially smaller...

    An Oracle EVP took a brass-knuckled approach with a reporter today; now he’s suspended from Twitter – TechCrunch

    Companies and the reporters who cover them routinely find themselves at odds, particularly when the stories being chased are unflattering or bring unwanted attention...

    Super, an Indonesian hyperlocal social commerce startup, raises $28M led by SoftBank Ventures Asia – TechCrunch

    Super’s founding team on Mount Bromo in East Java In Indonesia, daily necessities often cost more in smaller cities and rural areas. Super co-founder and...

    Investment in construction automation is essential to rebuilding US infrastructure – TechCrunch

    Champ Suthipongchai Contributor Champ Suthipongchai is a co-founder and general partner at Creative Ventures, a method-driven deep-tech VC firm investing in startups that address the impact...

    India’s ElasticRun raises $75 million to grow its commerce platform for neighborhood stores – TechCrunch

    A startup that is helping over 125,000 neighborhood stores in India secure working capital, inventory from top brands, and work with e-commerce firms to...

    The SPAC boom isn’t just here to stay, it’s changing consumer tech – TechCrunch

    Mike Murphy is the founder and CEO of Rosecliff Ventures, a New York City-based investment firm focused on venture capital and private equity opportunities. Consumer...

    Amazon to raise pay for 500,000 workers.

    Amazon will increase pay between 50 cents and $3 an hour for half a million workers in its warehouses, delivery network and other fulfillment...

    Uber adds vaccine booking – TechCrunch

    Uber unveils half a dozen new features, Samsung announces a new flagship laptop and Zomato files to go public. This is your Daily Crunch...

    Boasting a pedigree in business intelligence, Sweep launches a new carbon accounting and offset tool – TechCrunch

    If businesses are going to meet their increasingly aggressive targets for reducing the greenhouse gas emissions associated with their operations, they’re going to have...

    Today’s big tech earnings in a mere 700 words – TechCrunch

    Today was yet another day of earnings from tech’s biggest names. To keep you up to speed without burying you in an endless crush...

    Court Could Consider Whether Trump Interfered in Cloud Computing Contract

    A federal court said on Wednesday that it did not dismiss the possibility that former President Donald J. Trump interfered in the awarding of...

    How to fundraise over Zoom more effectively – TechCrunch

    So far, I haven’t met a single one of my investors in person Max Greenwald Contributor Max Greenwald is the co-founder and CEO of Warmly, an app...