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    Ramp raises $30M as the battle to own corporate spend heats up – TechCrunch

    Corporate spend management startup Ramp has raised $30 million more in a new round, it announced today. TechCrunch covered Ramp’s launch earlier this year,...

    Watch SpaceX launch a U.S. spy satellite live and bring its booster back for a landing on terra firma – TechCrunch

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D8IT7nKUmc SpaceX is launching a Falcon 9 today from Kennedy Space Center, with a launch window that spans three hours and opens at 9...

    Magdrive secures Seed funding for new propulsion system which could take us to the stars – TechCrunch

    A startup with a new type of spacecraft propulsion system could make the interplanetary travel seen in Star Trek a reality. Magdrive has just...

    Austin’s edtech startup Aceable adds another $50 million for accelerated expansion – TechCrunch

    In the eight years since Aceable’s launch, the company has grown from a driver’s ed test prep service to an online training tool for...

    Brainly raises $80M as its platform for crowdsourced homework help balloons to 350M users – TechCrunch

    The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a major upswing in virtual learning — where some schools have gone (and stayed) remote, and others have...

    In a Big Year for Games, These Players Are Shifting the Culture

    It should come as no surprise that 2020 was a monumental year for the video game industry. While other business sectors saw revenues shrink...

    The Video Games That Got Us Through 2020

    The theme of The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series seems to be that every choice you make is wrong. The plot, based in...

    PhotoRoom launches background-removal app on Android – TechCrunch

    French startup PhotoRoom is launching its app on Android today. The company has been working on a utility photography app that lets you remove...

    Better Dairy picks up £1.6M seed funding to produce animal-free dairy – TechCrunch

    Better Dairy, a U.K. startup developing animal-free dairy that was founded out of Entrepreneur First (EF), has picked up £1.6 million in seed funding....

    GoCardless raises another $95M as it bets on open banking alongside its recurring payments network – TechCrunch

    GoCardless, the London fintech that aims to become the one-stop shop globally for businesses that want to let customers pay via recurring bank payments,...

    Google expands languages push in India to serve non-English speakers – TechCrunch

    There are over 600 million internet users in India, but only a fraction of this population is fluent in English. Most online services and...

    Waresix acquires Trukita to connect more of Indonesia’s fragmented logistics chain – TechCrunch

    Andree Susanto, CEO and co-founder of Waresix, left, with Ady Bangun, CEO and co-founder of Trukita Waresix, one of Indonesia’s largest logistics startups, has...

    AutoLeap thinks it will turn chaotic repair shop experiences into seamless ones – TechCrunch

    No one likes having to go the automotive repair shop. There’s little transparency into what happens after a car is dropped off. Invoices are...

    China’s Luckin Coffee will pay $180 million to settle accounting fraud charges – TechCrunch

    China’s embattled coffee delivery startup Luckin has reached a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, agreeing to pay a $180 million penalty...

    Facebook reverses postelection algorithm changes that boosted news from authoritative sources.

    Facebook confirmed that it has in the past few days rolled back a change that lifted news from authoritative outlets over hyperpartisan sources after...

    The election is over, but Ron Johnson keeps promoting false claims of fraud.

    Two days after the Electoral College confirmed President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory, a Senate committee provided a platform on Wednesday for another round...