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    Could Congress overturn Biden’s Electoral College win? Possibly. Will it? No.

    Even after the Electoral College certified President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. as the winner of the election on Monday, some of President Trump’s staunchest...

    No, there aren’t ‘alternate electors’ who can vote for President Trump.

    Once the Electoral College has met and every state’s election has been certified, there is no constitutional provision for an “alternate slate” of electors....

    Periscope will shut down by March, Twitter confirms – TechCrunch

    Following recent reports, Periscope announced today that it will end operations as a standalone app by March 2021. The Twitter -owned company referred to...

    Removing space debris requires action and caution – TechCrunch

    Tess Hatch hopes to travel to space. In the meantime, she is a venture investor at Bessemer Venture Partners who invests in frontier tech. More...

    Vista’s $3.5B purchase of Pluralsight signals a maturing edtech market – TechCrunch

    On Monday, Pluralsight, a Utah-based startup that sells software development courses to enterprises, announced that it has been acquired by Vista for $3.5 billion. The...

    Facebook lifts ban on political ads for Georgia runoff elections.

    Facebook said on Tuesday that it would allow some advertisers to run political issue and candidacy ads in Georgia, a change from its recent...

    Livestreaming platform BoxCast raises $22M – TechCrunch

    BoxCast, a Cleveland-based company aiming to make it easy to livestream any event, has raised $20 million in Series A funding. Co-founder and CEO Gordon...

    Get 90% off an annual DocSend plan with Extra Crunch – TechCrunch

    Extra Crunch is excited to announce we’re renewing our Partner Perk with DocSend. Annual and two-year members of Extra Crunch that are new to...

    Bandcamp Fridays will continue through next May – TechCrunch

    The past eight or so months have been profoundly difficult for musicians. With touring ground to a halt and streaming services offering fractions of...

    Airbnb sets new diversity goals – TechCrunch

    Airbnb, which recently went public and became a $100 billion company, has set two goals to try to improve diversity at the home-sharing...

    Inside Zoox’s six-year ride from prototype to product – TechCrunch

    Zoox, the autonomous vehicle company that was acquired this year by Amazon, revealed this week the product of six years of work: A purpose-built...

    Financial aid-focused Frank expands into helping students take online classes – TechCrunch

    Frank, a startup best known for helping college students secure and manage financial aid, is expanding into a new part of the edtech world....

    2020 was a disaster, but the pandemic put security in the spotlight – TechCrunch

    Let’s preface this year’s predictions by acknowledging and admitting how hilariously wrong we were when this time last year we said that 2020 “showed...

    Among Us launches on the Nintendo Switch – TechCrunch

    Surprise! Among Us is now available on the Nintendo Switch for $5.00. The Switch version features cross-platform play allowing PC, mobile, and Switch...

    Online Shopping Is Amazing. Or Is It?

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.In our pandemic-altered 2020, it’s felt essential...

    AWS introduces new Chaos Engineering as a Service offering – TechCrunch

    When large companies like Netflix or Amazon want to test the resilience of their systems, they use chaos engineering tools designed to help...