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    Apple bans party app, China loses 39K iOS games, TikTok births a ‘Ratatousical’ – TechCrunch

    Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The...

    Tesla delivers nearly 500,000 vehicles in 2020 – TechCrunch

    Tesla delivered 499,550 vehicles in 2020, a 36% increase over the previous year and just a few dozen short of hitting an an historic...

    ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ might be a beautiful mess, or maybe just a mess – TechCrunch

    “Wonder Woman 1984” was released on HBO Max on Christmas Day, where it quickly divided the hosts of the Original Content podcast. Perhaps it...

    A Canadian ‘Buy Local’ Effort Fights Amazon on Its Own Turf

    “While I’m thrilled the movement is there, it’s competing against a pretty significant crosswind, and that is the business restrictions pushing newer customers into...

    Astronaut Anne McClain on designing and piloting the next generation of spacecraft – TechCrunch

    NASA recently announced the astronauts who will be taking part in the Artemis missions, and among them is Anne McClain, who has spent...

    Confessions of a Virtual Reality Gym Rat

    Unlike Peloton and its imitators, Supernatural has no live element. Classes are recorded, and though you can compare your stats with your friends on...

    Sony to launch PlayStation 5 in India on February 2 – TechCrunch

    Sony said on Friday that it will launch PlayStation 5 in India on February 2, suggesting that the gaming giant has been able...

    Union Square Ventures and Learn Capital file paperwork indicating new funds – TechCrunch

    As 2020 comes to a long-awaited end, a series of filings indicate that venture capitalists are ending the year with fresh money. According to...

    Daniel M. Tellep, Engineer Who Steered Lockheed’s Growth, Dies at 89

    Daniel M. Tellep, an aerospace engineer who initiated a merger between Lockheed and Martin Marietta to form the world’s largest military contractor, then became...

    Bose’s latest sleep-centric earbuds mostly do the trick – TechCrunch

    It’s been a strange year for sleep. For me, levels have fluctuated between too little and too much, but have – more often than...

    The Biggest Trends of TikTok 2020

    It’s been well over two years since TikTok arrived in the United States in August 2018, offering a rejoinder to anyone who thought social...

    BadVR is using government grants to build a business that’s independent of venture capital – TechCrunch

    When the Los Angeles-based extended reality data visualization company, BadVR, first heard that one of its earliest benefactors, Magic Leap, was about to shed...

    Goodbye Flash, goodbye FarmVille – TechCrunch

    While much of what made 2020 such an absolute nightmare will still be with us on January 1 (sorry!), we will really, truly be...

    NYC MTA’s contactless fare system completes rollout, will phase out MetroCard in 2023 – TechCrunch

    On the last day of 2020, New York City’s Metro Transit Authority announced that it has finished its roll out of contactless payment systems....

    Extra Crunch’s Top 10 stories of 2020 – TechCrunch

    I edited hundreds of stories in 2020, so choosing my favorites would be an exercise in futility. Instead, I’ve tried to gather a sample of...

    After burning through $2 billion, Katerra gets a $200 million SoftBank lifeline to escape bankruptcy – TechCrunch

    SoftBank Group is reportedly investing $200 million to bail out Katerra, a startup that had hoped to remake the construction industry with a...