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    From Voter Fraud to Vaccine Lies: Misinformation Peddlers Shift Gears

    The change has been particularly evident over the last six weeks. Election misinformation peaked on Nov. 4 at 375,000 mentions across cable television, social...

    Australia sues Facebook over its use of Onavo to snoop – TechCrunch

    Yet more trouble brewing for Facebook: Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is suing the tech giant over its use, in 2016 and...

    Extra Crunch membership now available in Switzerland – TechCrunch

    TechCrunch readers in Switzerland can now purchase Extra Crunch membership. Join our growing community of founders, startup teams, and investors here.  Use the code SWISSCRUNCH...

    Facebook launches revamped Instagram Lite app in India – TechCrunch

    Facebook is working to bring back the Instagram Lite app, months after it shut down the light version offering worldwide. The social conglomerate said...

    Hong Kong-based Pickupp makes logistics more affordable for e-commerce sellers – TechCrunch

    Logistics startup co-founder and chief executive officer Crystal Pang Logistics is one of the biggest challenges in e-commerce, especially for smaller merchants. Pickupp helps them...

    Bolt raises $182M to expand its on-demand transportation network in Europe and Africa – TechCrunch

    In the midst of a major second wave of coronavirus infections across Europe, an Estonian startup that’s building an on-demand network to move food...

    MessageBird acquires real-time notifications and in-app messaging platform Pusher for $35M – TechCrunch

    MessageBird, the omnichannel cloud communications platform recently valued at $3 billion following a Series C round in October, has acquired London-based real-time web technologies...

    This VC introduced Palantir’s first business hire to its earliest engineer, then his business took off – TechCrunch

    You might not know yet of XYZ Venture Capital, a four-year-old, Bay Area-based seed-stage venture firm, but many veterans of Palantir are surely aware...

    ClickUp hits $1 billion valuation in $100M Series B raise – TechCrunch

    Just six month after raising its first bit of outside funding, ClickUp has closed $100 million in new funding and has reached a...

    Revolut launches mid-tier subscription plan – TechCrunch

    Fintech startup Revolut is tweaking its subscription plans with a new mid-tier offering called Revolut — it costs £2.99 per month. Like N26...

    Daily Crunch: Goodbye, Periscope – TechCrunch

    Periscope is shutting down, Samsung has plans for more foldable devices and Airbnb sets new diversity goals. This is your Daily Crunch for December...

    Pinterest’s $22.5M settlement highlights tech’s inequities, say former employees who alleged discrimination – TechCrunch

    When Ifeoma Ozoma and Aerica Shimizu Banks, formerly of Pinterest’s policy team, alleged racial and gender discrimination at Pinterest in June, the hope...

    No, There Aren’t ‘Alternate Electors’ to Vote for Trump

    No, There Aren’t ‘Alternate Electors’ to Vote for TrumpNick Corasaniti and Jim RutenbergTracking viral misinformationSince President Trump lost Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Nevada and Michigan,...

    Launch startup Astra’s rocket reaches space – TechCrunch

    Rocket launch startup Astra has joined an elite group of companies who can say their vehicle has actually made it to orbital space –...

    Robomart launches its mobile convenience store in beta for West Hollywood residents – TechCrunch

    Nine months into the pandemic, one of the first states to institute a shut down is back at square one. Following a major spike...

    Gmail is pretty broken right now, one day after a massive outage – TechCrunch

    While it doesn’t appear to be completely down like it was yesterday morning, we’re hearing many reports from Gmail users that the email service...