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    The tech-powered wave of smart, not slow, tutoring sessions – TechCrunch

    While starting a tutoring marketplace is easy, scaling is often where the troubles begin. Tutoring marketplaces require a base of tutors that have the...

    Shopify pulls Donald Trump stores off its website – TechCrunch

    In a now-deleted letter Lütke had authored back in 2017, the Shopify chief executive wrote that “commerce is a powerful, underestimated form of expression.”...

    SoFi nears deal to go public in merger with Chamath Palihapitiya’s newest SPAC – TechCrunch

    Consumer financial services startup SoFi is closing in on a deal to go public via a merger with special purpose acquisition company, Social...

    Endeavor BioMedicines raises $62 million to combat pulmonary dissease – TechCrunch

    A new startup has officially emerged for stealth with the raise of its $62 million Series A funding round. Endeavor BioMedicines is led...

    world’s richest person – TechCrunch

    Elon Musk, the controversial and enigmatic entrepreneur who heads up SpaceX and Tesla, has reached a status that only three others have held...

    Mark Zuckerberg announces Trump banned from Facebook and Instagram for ‘at least the next two weeks’ – TechCrunch

    Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced via his platform that Donald Trump will be blocked from using both Facebook and Instagram “for at...

    Twitter will reinstate Trump’s account following his deletion of tweets – TechCrunch

    A Twitter spokesperson has confirmed with TechCrunch this morning that Trump has deleted three tweets that led to the temporarily suspension of this...

    Lisbon’s startup scene rises as Portugal gears up to be a European tech tiger – TechCrunch

    Almost four years ago I wrote a long deep dive into Lisbon’s tech scene. So it’s great to check back in with both Lisbon...

    Roblox raises at $29.5 billion valuation, readies for direct listing – TechCrunch

    Roblox is now one of the world’s most valuable private companies in the world after a monster Series H raise brings the social...

    WeLink raises $185M to deliver high-bandwidth wireless internet to the home using 5G – TechCrunch

    Cable or fiber. For the vast majority of American homes, there’s no choice of how customers get their internet access. If you’re lucky to...

    Kanarys raises $3 million for its data-driven platform to assess diversity and inclusion efforts – TechCrunch

    Mandy Price was already a highly successful lawyer in private practice before she took the jump into entrepreneurship alongside two co-founders to launch Kanarys...

    Lenovo’s new all-in-one has a swiveling screen, because sure, why not? – TechCrunch

    Leave it to Lenovo to give the world a swiveling all-in-one. It’s kind of the company’s M.O. – not always the most necessary...

    OKR-focused Gtmhub raises $30M Series B after growing 3x in 2020 – TechCrunch

    This morning Gtmhub, a multinational startup that builds software to help other companies manage their corporate planning, announced that it has raised a $30...

    Samsung simplifies with a lower-price premium Chromebook – TechCrunch

    Happy almost CES! Sure the year’s biggest consumer electronics show hasn’t officially kicked off, but, well, what do such arbitrary signposts really mean in...

    Quantum Metric raises $200M, now valued at over $1B, for its digital product design platform – TechCrunch

    Digital product design — the process of building services like websites and apps that work without bugs and as you intend them to —...

    Local news app News Break raises $115M – TechCrunch

    The popular news app News Break is announcing that it has raised $115 million in new funding. The press release claims this round makes News...