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    Huawei seeks growth in internet of things as phone business suffers – TechCrunch

    Huawei’s struggles amid U.S.-China trade tensions are driving it to seek opportunities in other smart devices, setting itself up against a raft of hardware...

    Review: In ‘Made for Love,’ She Can’t Get Him Out of Her Head

    Cristin Milioti has claimed a curiously specific character niche: woman escaping from twisted sci-fi trap. In the “Black Mirror” episode “USS Callister,” she was...

    Accel-backed mobile money platform NALA to start offering remittance services to East Africa – TechCrunch

    According to a McKinsey report, the total number of mobile money services worldwide was 282 in 2017, with more than half of those operating...

    Apple invests $50M into music distributor UnitedMasters alongside A16z and Alphabet – TechCrunch

    Independent music distribution platform and tool factory UnitedMasters has raised a $50M series B round led by Apple. A16z and Alphabet are participating again...

    Kaya VC launches its new $80M fund, focusing on Prague, Warsaw and the CEE region – TechCrunch

    Kaya VC’s new €72 million ($80m) fund will focus on startups in Prague, Warsaw and the wider CEE region. Previously called Enern, the...

    Turing Award Goes to Creators of Computer Programming Building Blocks

    When Alfred Aho and Jeffrey Ullman met while waiting in the registration line on their first day of graduate school at Princeton University in...

    If You Care About Privacy, It’s Time to Try a New Web Browser

    Meet the private browsersFirefox Focus, DuckDuckGo and Brave are all similar, but with some important differences.Firefox Focus, available only for mobile devices like iPhones...

    Nested, the UK-based ‘modern’ estate agent, raises additional £5M to improve the home-selling experience – TechCrunch

    Nested, the London-based startup that is using technology to build a “modern” estate agency and improve the home-selling experience, has raised an additional £5...

    Facebook gets a C – Startup rates the ‘ethics’ of social media platforms, targets asset managers – TechCrunch

    By now you’ve probably heard of ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) ratings for companies, or ratings for their carbon footprint. Well, now a UK company...

    Remote-controlled forklifts have arrived in France, courtesy of Phantom Auto – TechCrunch

    Global logistics company Geodis has tapped startup Phantom Auto to help it deploy forklifts that can be controlled remotely by human operators located hundreds,...

    Cryptocurrency wallet and blockchain tech startup imToken raises $30 million Series B – TechCrunch

    imToken, the blockchain tech startup and crypto wallet developer, announced today it has raised $30 million in Series B funding led by Qiming Venture...

    India’s HealthPlix raises $13.5 million to help doctors treat patients more efficiently – TechCrunch

    There are fewer than 300,000 doctors in India actively practicing medicine. They serve hundreds of millions of patients who suffer from chronic illness in...

    Deliveroo prices its shares on the LSE at £3.90, at the lower end of the range, with a market cap of £7.59B – TechCrunch

    Tech stocks continue to deliver on the public markets, figuratively and literally: Deliveroo, the UK food-delivery giant backed by Amazon that has seen a...

    Sequoia Capital India on its early investment in Appier, the fund’s latest exit – TechCrunch

    Chih-Han Yu, chief executive officer and co-founder of Appier Group Inc., right, holds a hammer next to a bell during an event marking the...

    Uganda’s Tugende closes $3.6M Series A extension to meet the demand for its asset finance products – TechCrunch

    Ugandan technology-enabled asset finance company Tugende today announced that it has closed $3.6 million in a Series A extension round. The investment, which, according to...

    Otrium raises $120 million for its end-of-season fashion marketplace – TechCrunch

    Otrium has raised a $120 million round just a year after raising its $26 million Series B round. BOND and returning investor Index Ventures...