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    Facebook and News Corp Strike Pay Deal for Australian Content

    MELBOURNE, Australia — Facebook has agreed to pay Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp for its journalism content in Australia, a month after the social media...

    Rising encrypted app Signal is down in China – TechCrunch

    Chinese users of the instant messenger Signal knew that good time wouldn’t last long. The app, which is used for encrypted chats, is unavailable...

    China wants to dismantle Alibaba’s media empire: reports – TechCrunch

    Over the years, Jack Ma has accumulated a media portfolio in China that rivals that of Jeff Bezos in the United States. But now...

    Bird to spend $150 million on European expansion plan – TechCrunch

    Shared micromobility startup Bird said it is investing $150 million into a European expansion plan that will including launching in more than 50 cities...

    Sherpa raises $8.5M to expand from conversational AI to B2B privacy-first federated learning services – TechCrunch

    Sherpa, a startup from Bilbao, Spain that was an early mover in building a voice-based digital assistant and predictive search for Spanish-speaking audiences, has...

    Stripe valued at $95B – TechCrunch

    Stripe gets a mind-boggling valuation, Facebook promotes COVID vaccines and Elon Musk has an interesting new title. This is your Daily Crunch for March...

    Fired GitHub employee reaches ‘amicable resolution’ with company – TechCrunch

    GitHub has reached an “amicable resolution” with the person the company fired in the aftermath of the attack on the U.S. Capitol in January,...

    Gumroad wants to make equity crowdfunding mainstream – TechCrunch

    Gumroad, a startup that helps creators sell their work, is raising $6 million at a $100 million valuation. While $1 million of that total...

    The NFT market is just getting started, but where is it headed? – TechCrunch

    Part 1 of 3: building a new economy on the blockchain Every once in a meme-ified blue moon, the wildly irrational cryptocurrency ecosystem gives birth...

    Clubhouse promises its accelerator participants either brand deals or $5K per month during the program – TechCrunch

    Amid growing competition from Twitter Spaces and other newcomers, popular social audio startup Clubhouse is making a move aimed at seeding its network with...

    Black Tech Nation Ventures is a new fund for Black entrepreneurs – TechCrunch

    Kelauni Jasmyn, general partner at the new Black Tech Nation Ventures, can explain her aims for the new firm quite succinctly: “The goal is...

    Mexican challenger bank Fondeadora adds $14 million to its Series B – TechCrunch

    Fondeadora, a fintech startup based in Mexico City and building a challenger bank, has extended its Series A funding round. I covered the company’s...

    InBalance Research forecasts demand for energy suppliers to ensure they optimize distribution – TechCrunch

    From distributed homes in Cambridge, Mass. and Cambridge, England, inBalance Research is joining Y Combinator as it looks to accelerate its business as the...

    Olo raises IPO range as DigitalOcean sees possible $5B debut valuation – TechCrunch

    It’s a busy day in IPO-land: Olo has raised its IPO range and DigitalOcean is giving us a first look at what it may...

    Swell launches its app for asynchronous voice conversations – TechCrunch

    You might think that Clubhouse is the final word on audio-centric social networks, but a San Francisco startup called Swell is launching its own...

    BMW debuts the next generation of its iDrive operating system – TechCrunch

    For modern cars, the standalone, photo frame-like display in the center of the dashboard has become something of a default. But with its next-generation...