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    TaxDown banks ~$3M for tech that helps people get their taxes done – TechCrunch

    Madrid-based TaxDown, which automates income tax filing by calculating regional deductions due to users so they don’t have to navigate complex tax rules themselves,...

    Why I’m hitting pause on ARR-focused coverage – TechCrunch

    As 2021 kicked off, I reformulated a series of posts we published last year focused on startups that had reached the $100 million ARR...

    Disruptel raises $1.1M to make smart TVs smarter – TechCrunch

    St. Louis-based voice assistant startup Disruptel is announcing that it has raised $1.1 million in seed funding. The money comes from an impressive group of...

    Marco Rubio says he ‘stands with’ Amazon warehouse workers – TechCrunch

    Workers at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama warehouse have already received public support from Democratic politicians ranging from Bernie Sanders to Joe Biden, the latter of...

    Can you beat Google with Google’s brains? – TechCrunch

    Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Natasha and Danny and Alex and Grace were all here to chat through the...

    Shell’s Gamechanger Accelerator selects three companies for its energy transition accelerator – TechCrunch

    Yesterday, the European oil and gas major producer Shell announced the latest cohort selected to participate in its Shell GameChanger Accelerator (GCxN), focused on...

    We need Congress to act – TechCrunch

    Arisha Hatch is Vice President and Chief of Campaigns at Color Of Change. It’s been two months since Donald Trump was kicked off of social...

    Faulty Software Snarls Vaccine Sign-Ups

    When coronavirus vaccines first became available, state health officials in Virginia turned to software recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to...

    Dutch court rejects Uber drivers’ ‘robo-firing’ charge but tells Ola to explain algo-deductions – TechCrunch

    Uber has had a good result against litigation in the Netherlands, where its European business is headquartered, that had alleged it uses algorithms to...

    Assembled, an operating system for support teams, raises $16.6M – TechCrunch

    From the point of view of a consumer, customer service sometimes feels like a monolith, but behind the scenes it can be a very...

    ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream,’ Sprinkled With High-Tech Fairy Dust

    “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” may be one of Shakespeare’s most performed plays — but its latest version from the Royal Shakespeare Company will be...

    ‘Fraught With Issues’: Faulty Software Snarls Vaccine Sign-Ups

    When coronavirus vaccines first became available, state health officials in Virginia turned to software recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to...

    How ByteDance plans to crack the gaming industry – TechCrunch

    For the last few years, ByteDance, the parent company of short video app TikTok, has been working to diversify its revenue streams beyond advertisement...

    Luminar, Volvo subsidiary partner to sell automated driving systems to automakers – TechCrunch

    Luminar Technologies has deepened ties with Volvo Cars to develop and eventually sell an automated driving system for highways to other automakers. The partnership,...

    Legl gets $7M to help law firms upgrade to digital workflows – TechCrunch

    B2B SaaS startup Legl has bagged $7M in Series A funding led by Octopus Ventures for its platform for law firms which offers tools...

    NFT artwork sells for $69M – TechCrunch

    The artist Beeple scores a huge NFT sale, Twitter Spaces are coming soon and Seth Rogen’s weed startup launches in the U.S. This is...