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    NASA and Boeing set do-over Starliner orbital test flight for March 2021 – TechCrunch

    NASA and Boeing are looking to March 29, 2021 as the earliest possible date for their Orbital Flight Test 2 (OFT-2), a key...

    Fairmarkit lands $30M Series B to modernize procurement – TechCrunch

    As the pandemic has raged on, it has shined a spotlight on the importance of procurement, especially in certain sectors. Fairmarkit, a Boston startup,...

    JetBrains presses go on its Space project management platform for developers – TechCrunch

    With Slack being acquired by Salesforce for $28bn, the world of collaborative tools for teams is on fire right now. Notion is super...

    UserLeap raises $16 million to bring better qualitative data to PMs – TechCrunch

    Product managers can only be successful if they can make effective use of both quantitative and qualitative data. But mapping the former to the...

    Pinterest adds favorites, notes and a new toolbar after increased use of boards during pandemic – TechCrunch

    Pinterest today is adding a few new features — notes, favorites and a board toolbar — aimed at helping those who use their boards...

    Hunters raises additional growth funding from Snowflake Ventures – TechCrunch

    Only a few months after announcing its $15 million Series A round, Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity firm Hunters today announced that it has received additional...

    LeafLink raises $40m from Founders Fund, others to cultivate its cannabis wholesale market – TechCrunch

    LeafLink is today announcing it raised a $40 million Series C financing round, led by Founders Fund with participation from Thrive Capital, Nosara Capital,...

    Boast.ai raises $23M to help businesses get their R&D tax credits – TechCrunch

    Nobody likes dealing with taxes — until the system works in your favor. In many countries, startups can receive tax credits for their R&D...

    This is not a review of Apple’s new AirPod Max headphones – TechCrunch

    I’ve had Apple’s AirPod Max headphones for less than 24 hours, so there is no way I would attempt to write a review of...

    Americans think Big Tech isn’t so bad after all – TechCrunch

    Will Johnson is CEO of The Harris Poll, one of the world’s leading public opinion research firms. In government, there’s rare bipartisan consensus on taking...

    With another $2.5 million in funding, Julia Collins’ Planet FWD launches climate-friendly snack brand – TechCrunch

    Planet FWD, the climate-friendly food startup founded by Zume co-founder Julia Collins, is today launching its first product, Moonshot Snacks. The climate-friendly snack is...

    Cleo, the AI-powered ‘financial assistant’, raises $44M Series B led by EQT Ventures – TechCrunch

    Cleo, the London founded “financial assistant” that takes the form of an app and chatbot and now counts the U.S. as its largest market,...

    Facebook hit with antitrust probe for tying Oculus use to Facebook accounts – TechCrunch

    Facebook’s bad week just got worse: It’s being investigated in Germany for linking usage of its VR product, Oculus, to having a Facebook...

    India cabinet approves setting up a ‘massive network’ of public Wi-Fi hotspots – TechCrunch

    More than one billion people in India today have a mobile connection, thanks in part to the proliferation of low-cost Android smartphones and the...

    Instagram launches shopping in Reels, its TikTok rival – TechCrunch

    Instagram today is launching Shopping in Reels, its TikTok competitor. The new feature was announced in October as something the company had in...

    Solactive, a German fintech, takes a $60.4M growth investment from Summit Partners – TechCrunch

    German fintech Solactive, a technology-enabled provider of indices and index solutions to the global financial services industry, has taken a $60.4m / €50 million...