More

    Technology

    ‘Be There. Will Be Wild!’: Trump All but Circled the Date

    For weeks, President Trump and his supporters had been proclaiming Jan. 6, 2021, as a day of reckoning. A day to gather in Washington...

    California vegan egg startup Eat Just yokes itself to China’s fast food chain – TechCrunch

    Eat Just, a food startup from San Francisco making chicken-less eggs, has ambitions to crack the Chinese market where consumer appetite for plant-based food...

    Facebook and Instagram block #StormTheCapitol, apply rules used for terrorists and hate groups – TechCrunch

    After removing a video in which President Trump praised a violent group of his supporters who broke into the U.S. Capitol building, Facebook is...

    Social media allowed a shocked nation to watch a coup attempt in real time – TechCrunch

    Today’s historic and terrifying coup attempt by pro-Trump extremists in Washington, D.C. played out live the same way it was fomented — on social...

    Tech leaders speak out about platforms’ roles in US Capitol riots – TechCrunch

    After pro-Trump extremists violently stormed the U.S. Capitol, a number of tech executives and industry leaders are calling on Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and...

    Color of Change, activist groups step up pressure to kick Trump off Twitter, Facebook – TechCrunch

    Color of Change, the nonprofit civil rights advocacy group, along with a growing number of other organizations called for social media companies such as...

    Twitter locks Trump out of his account for at least 12 hours – TechCrunch

    In a reversal of its long standing policy, Twitter has locked the President of the United States’ Twitter account and forced the removal...

    Facebook and YouTube remove Trump video calling extremists ‘special’ – TechCrunch

    Facebook and YouTube have removed a video posted by President Trump telling rioters who stormed Congress “we love you.” The same video was...

    Trump tweets approvingly as rioters storm US Capitol – TechCrunch

    A pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol while the president encouraged them on Twitter and … well, it feels extremely hard to care...

    Violence on Capitol Hill Is a Day of Reckoning for Social Media

    SAN FRANCISCO — On Twitter, users called on Wednesday for the company’s chief executive, Jack Dorsey, to take down President Trump’s account.Civil rights groups...

    Reddit ‘taking action’ on site violations as rioters storm US Capitol – TechCrunch

    As chaos and violence have erupted in Washington D.C., social media platforms are grappling with the fallout. A spokesperson for Reddit tells TechCrunch, Reddit’s...

    Twitter puts huge warning label on Trump video telling Capitol Hill rioters ‘we love you’ – TechCrunch

    Twitter took a new action against President Trump’s account Wednesday, adding a large, pop-up warning message to his latest tweet addressing the ongoing...

    Pro-Trump mob storms the US Capitol, touting ‘Stop the Steal’ conspiracy – TechCrunch

    A chaotic scene unfolded in Washington D.C. on Wednesday as a large crowd of pro-Trump protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol Building. The Trump supporters flooded...

    The next step for private equity and early-stage investment – TechCrunch

    Thomas Rush is founder of Bootstrapp and Head of Investment Platform at ConsenSys Mesh. Revenue-based investing (RBI), also known as revenue-based financing, or revenue-share...

    TikTok rolls out its first LiDAR-powered AR effect – TechCrunch

    Snapchat was among the first apps to leverage the iPhone 12 Pro’s LiDAR Scanner for AR, but now TikTok has followed suit. The social...

    FAA issues rules for supersonic jet flight testing in the U.S. – TechCrunch

    The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued new final rules to help pave the way for the re-introduction of supersonic commercial flight....