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    OneTrust nabs $300M Series C on $5.1B valuation to expand privacy platform – TechCrunch

    OneTrust, the 4-year old privacy platform startup from the folks who brought you AirWatch (which was acquired by VMWare for $1.5B in 2014), announced...

    Lockheed Martin acquires rocket engine maker Aerojet Rocketdyne for $4.4Bn as Space heats up – TechCrunch

    Lockheed Martin (LM), the US’s largest defence contractor will acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne (AR), a rocket engine and missile manufacturer, for $4.4 billion...

    OnePlus’ latest concept phone changes color to ‘breathe’ with the user – TechCrunch

    Back in January, OnePlus showed off its first concept phone. The aptly (if plainly) named Concept One sported color-shifting glass, giving the effect of...

    Indian court rejects retail giant Future Group’s plea against Amazon – TechCrunch

    An Indian court rejected Future Group’s plea that sought to prevent its partner Amazon from raising objections and interfering in the Indian...

    SoftBank will reportedly file for a SPAC on Monday – TechCrunch

    SoftBank Investment Advisers may file as early as Monday to raise between $500 million and $600 million through an initial public offering of...

    Entrepreneurs say regulatory constraints are hampering commercial applications of space tech – TechCrunch

    When Payam Banazadeh and his team started Capella Space in 2016, they had visions of providing private industry with a wealth of new data...

    Dozens of journalists’ iPhones hacked with NSO ‘zero-click’ spyware, says Citizen Lab – TechCrunch

    Citizen Lab researchers say they have found evidence that dozens of journalists had their iPhones silently compromised with spyware known to be used by...

    The Antitrust Case Against Big Tech, Shaped by Tech Industry Exiles

    “Who the heck consents to having a company track them across the internet,” she remembered thinking. “They could only do it because they had...

    Giving Billions Fast, MacKenzie Scott Upends Philanthropy

    A spokeswoman for Bridgespan said that the group was “not in a position to share details about our client’s processes,” adding, “What we can...

    The pandemic thriller ‘Songbird’ could have been a lot worse – TechCrunch

    Let’s be clear: “Songbird” is not a good movie. It’s hard to see how it could have been any good, since “Songbird” was written...

    Artificial intelligence and disability – TechCrunch

     Welcome back to Mixtape, the TechCrunch podcast that looks at the human element that powers technology. For this episode we spoke with Meredith Whittaker, ...

    Full Stream Ahead – TechCrunch

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJXwMX5HApc Twitter is shutting down Periscope, the video app it acquired several years ago when Facebook Live threatened to lap the field. When we stream...

    Ex-Pinterest employees who alleged discrimination say ‘no progress has been made’ – TechCrunch

    This was quite the week for Pinterest and not in a good way. While the company settled the gender discrimination lawsuit brought forth by...

    Can you IPO sneakers? Also, this is the last Exchange roundup of the year – TechCrunch

    Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch, but free, and made for...

    Cyberpunk 2077 Was Supposed to Be the Biggest Video Game of the Year. What Happened?

    The hype around Cyberpunk 2077 had been building for nearly a decade.When CD Projekt Red, the Polish studio behind the video game, announced the...

    How Zoox turned a failed Series C into the future – TechCrunch

    I often begin calls with founders by asking why they’re willing to bet their livelihoods on an idea that will most likely fail. It’s...