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    Roll still doesn’t know how its hot wallet was hacked – TechCrunch

    Move fast, break things, get hacked. That’s what happened at Roll, the social currency platform that allows creators to mint and distribute their own Ethereum-based...

    Most African YC-backed startups in today’s batch are focused on fintech – TechCrunch

    In Africa, Y Combinator is known to be a major backer of most of the continent’s well-known startups. Two of the most talked-about in the...

    How Anti-Asian Activity Online Set the Stage for Real-World Violence

    But that does not make the anti-Asian hate speech online less insidious. Melissa Ryan, chief executive of Card Strategies, a consulting firm that researches...

    Big Tech Wants Points for Jobs

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.Here’s one more way that technology companies...

    QuantumScape’s share sale to fund solid-state battery production roils its market value – TechCrunch

    QuantumScape has issued a share offering to pay for an expanded pilot production line for its solid-state batteries just months after it became a...

    Stock trading app Freetrade raises $69 million – TechCrunch

    U.K. challenger stockbroker Freetrade has raised a $69 million Series B round led by Left Lane Capital. The growth fund of L Catterton and...

    A newly-wormable Windows botnet is ballooning in size – TechCrunch

    Researchers say a botnet targeting Windows devices is rapidly growing in size, thanks to a new infection technique that allows the malware to spread...

    Mobility 2021 to double down on connection and exposure – TechCrunch

    When it comes to fast-moving technology, mobility zooms ahead of the pack — both literally and figuratively. Early-stage startup founders and investors need to...

    OnePlus 9 arrives, sporting a Hasselblad-branded camera system – TechCrunch

    Cameras have long been the battleground on which the smartphone wars have been fought. Short of any left-field innovation like folding screens or strange...

    Chinese automaker Geely launches luxury EV brand Zeekr – TechCrunch

    Chinese automaker Geely Automobile Holdings is launching a new brand of premium electric vehicles as it aims to capture a share of the luxury...

    ‘Instant needs’ delivery startup goPuff raises $1.15B at an $8.9B valuation – TechCrunch

    Last fall, delivery startup goPuff made a big splash by raising $380 million in funding and acquiring West Coast beverage retailer BevMo shortly afterwards. Just...

    Tiny silver flakes can improve conductivity in soft robots – TechCrunch

    Soft robotics have long been one of the more exciting categories among emerging technologies. Of course, as with most new tech, the field has...

    OnePlus unveils its smartwatch, and Wear OS is nowhere to be seen – TechCrunch

    Well before the rumors, we knew this day was coming. After several generations of smartwatches and a handful of headphones, the smartwatch was the...

    Discord’s $10B exit; Compass and Intermedia Cloud Communications set IPO price ranges – TechCrunch

    It’s demo day for the current Y Combinator class, so we’ll have a largely early-stage focus at TechCrunch today. But there’s also a host...

    Huckleberry, offering insurance to SMBs, partners with Berkshire Hathaway – TechCrunch

    Huckleberry, an insurtech company that offers a variety of insurance to small businesses, has announced a partnership with Berkshire Hathaway GUARD. This represents the...

    OneTrust adds ethics to its privacy platform with Convercent acquisition – TechCrunch

    OneTrust, a late stage privacy platform startup, announced it was adding ethics and compliance to the mix this morning by acquiring Convercent, a company...