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    Via makes a $100M acquisition and a chat with GM about battery tech – TechCrunch

    The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every weekend...

    Court overturns Amsterdam’s three-district ban on Airbnb rentals – TechCrunch

    A ban by Amsterdam authorities on housing owners offering their properties for vacation rentals in three central districts of the popular tourist city has...

    4 signs your product is not as accessible as you think – TechCrunch

    Michael Fouquet Contributor Michael Fouquet is CTO and co-founder of Stark, a startup that provides integrated accessibility tools for product design and development teams. For too many...

    U.S. e-commerce on track for its first $1 trillion year by 2022, due to lasting pandemic impacts – TechCrunch

    The COVID-19 pandemic boosted U.S. online shopping by $183 billion, accord to a new report by Adobe’s e-commerce division, released this morning. This figure...

    Double your founder knowledge and save with a dual ticket to TC Early Stage 2021 – TechCrunch

    Early-stage founders why not take a page from the old Doublemint gum slogan — double your pleasure, double your fun — and buy a...

    Cruise acquires self-driving startup Voyage – TechCrunch

    Voyage, the autonomous vehicle startup that spun out of Udacity, has been acquired by Cruise, a deal that points to the continued consolidation within...

    Our Virtual Pandemic Year – The New York Times

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.The pandemic, which officially hit the one-year...

    A.I. Is Not What You Think

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.When you hear about artificial intelligence, stop...

    Netflix gets 35 Oscar nominations, including 10 for ‘Mank’ – TechCrunch

    Netflix’s original films received 35 Oscar nominations this year, once again putting the streaming service ahead of ahead of any other Hollywood studios. “Mank” led...

    Desktop Metal launches a health-focused business line – TechCrunch

    Mass manufacturing may be the future of 3D printing (one hopes), but health products are very much its present. From orthodontics to prosthesis, medical...

    Relativity Space lands first Department of Defense launch contract – TechCrunch

    Relativity Space already has a significant volume of launch contracts on the books – more pre-sales for its Terran 1 rocket than any other...

    Stripe’s epic new valuation and the value-capture gap between public and private markets – TechCrunch

    Well, it happened. Over the weekend, Stripe announced the closure of its widely reported new round of capital. The $600 million round values the payments...

    Airtable is now valued at $5.77B with a fresh $270 million in Series E funding – TechCrunch

    Airtable, the no-code relational database that has amassed a customer base that spans 250,000 different organizations, has today announced the close of a $270...

    Volkswagen will bring 240 gigawatt hours of battery production capacity to Europe by 2030 – TechCrunch

    Volkswagen AG is gearing up to seize the top spot as the world’s largest electric vehicle manufacturer with plans announced Monday to have six...

    Using cameras and AI to help exoskeletons adapt to their environment – TechCrunch

    Researchers at Canada’s University of Waterloo are showcasing work with prosthesis and exoskeletons that utilizes cameras and AI to deliver more natural human movement....

    The great Gatsby raises millions to take on Robinhood – TechCrunch

    Millennials and GenZers seem interested in investing more than ever these days. As a result, a number of startups have emerged in recent years...