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    Mercedes unveils Hyperscreen, a curved 56-inch screen for its flagship EQS electric vehicle – TechCrunch

    Three years ago, Mercedes-Benz unveiled MBUX, an infotainment system that represented a leap forward in the legacy automotive industry. The system, with its crisp...

    Elon Musk dunks on Facebook and recommends Signal in wake of U.S. Capitol insurrection attempt – TechCrunch

    Elon Musk, the tech billionaire set to likely soon become the world’s richest man, and one of the most influential voices in the...

    Glia raises $78M for its integrated, hands-on, AI-based customer service platform – TechCrunch

    The ongoing push for social distancing to slow the spread of Covid-19 has meant that more people than ever before are using internet-based services...

    Lacework lands $525M investment as revenue grows 300% – TechCrunch

    As the pandemic took hold in 2020, companies accelerated their move to cloud services. Lacework, the cloud security startup, was in the right...

    Mambu raises $135M at a $2B+ valuation for a SaaS platform that powers banking services – TechCrunch

    Challenger banks, incumbent banks, and all of the many businesses that are making inroads into any kind of banking service all have something in...

    Hopin buys livestreaming startup StreamYard for $250M as it looks to expand its product lineup – TechCrunch

    This morning Hopin, a quickly-growing startup that sells a technology platform for hosting digital events, announced that it has acquired StreamYard. The acquired company,...

    Waymo is dropping the term ‘self-driving,’ but not everyone in the industry is on board – TechCrunch

    Waymo will no longer use the term ‘self-driving’ to describe the technology it has been developing for more than a decade, opting instead...

    US says India, Italy, and Turkey digital taxes are discriminatory, but won’t take any actions for now – TechCrunch

    Digital services taxes adopted by India, Italy, and Turkey in the past years discriminate against U.S. companies, the U.S. Trade Representative said on Wednesday. USTR,...

    Mambu raises $122M at a $2B+ valuation for an SaaS platform that powers banking services – TechCrunch

    Challenger banks, incumbent banks, and all of the many businesses that are making inroads into any kind of banking service, all have something in...

    Too Good To Go raises $31 million to fight food waste – TechCrunch

    Too Good To Go, the startup that lets you buy food right before it goes to waste, is raising a $31.1 million round. blisce/...

    Pennylane raises $18.4 million for its accounting service – TechCrunch

    French startup Pennylane has raised $18.4 million (€15 million) for its accounting service that combines automated processes with human accountants. Existing investors Global Founders...

    IPRally is building a knowledge graph-based search engine for patents – TechCrunch

    IPRally, a burgeoning startup out of Finland aiming to solve the patent search problem, has raised €2 million in seed funding. Leading the round is...

    Snapchat locks President Donald Trump’s account – TechCrunch

    Snapchat locked President Donald Trump’s account after pro-Trump rioters stormed the United States Capitol. A Snap spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch that the action was...

    State Department reportedly orders diplomats to stop posting on social media after U.S. Capitol riots – TechCrunch

    The State Department ordered diplomats to stop posting on social media after pro-Trump rioters stormed the United States Capitol, reports CNN, citing three diplomatic...

    “Never talk to me again” – TechCrunch

    It was hard not to feel emotional today, as the world watched for more than four hours as rioters stormed into and throughout the...

    Here Are the 8 Chinese Apps Trump Banned

    WASHINGTON — President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order prohibiting transactions with eight Chinese software applications, including Alipay, the payment platform owned by...