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    SpaceX flies its Starship rocket to 40,000 feet, just misses the landing in explosive finale – TechCrunch

    SpaceX is one step closer to replacing its Falcon line of active duty spacecraft: Its Starship prototype ‘SN8’ achieved a major milestone in...

    UK electric vehicle startup Arrival picks Charlotte for its North American headquarters – TechCrunch

    Arrival, the UK electric vehicle startup that plans to become a publicly traded company through a merger with  special purpose acquisition company CIIG...

    FTC and 48 state AGs sue Facebook – TechCrunch

    Facebook faces big antitrust lawsuits, DoorDash and C3.ai go public and YouTube announces new election misinformation policies. This is your Daily Crunch for...

    Disney to Reveal Plans to Turbocharge Streaming Offerings

    LOS ANGELES — A significant expansion of the “Star Wars” universe. Tom Hanks as Geppetto in a live-action “Pinocchio,” and Yara Shahidi as Tinker...

    Tiny water-based robot is powered by light and can walk, move cargo, and even dance – TechCrunch

    A new robot created by researchers at Northwestern University looks and behave like a tiny aquatic animal, and could serve a variety of functions...

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    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.Our online delivery system is stretched to...

    Google Chief Apologizes for A.I. Researcher’s Dismissal

    Sundar Pichai, chief executive of Google’s parent company Alphabet, apologized for the departure of a prominent artificial intelligence researcher, whose exit has roiled the...

    Google CEO says company will review events leading up to Dr. Timnit Gebru’s departure – TechCrunch

    In light of artificial intelligence researcher Dr. Timnit Gebru’s exit from Google last week, Google CEO Sundar Pichai sent a memo to staffers,...

    Chrome adds new capabilities for developers, introduces new privacy rules for extension developers – TechCrunch

    At the Chrome Dev Summit, Google’s Chrome team today announced a number of new capabilities for developers, updated rules for extension developers, as...

    Watch live as SpaceX tries again to fly its Starship to great heights for the first time – TechCrunch

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap-BkkrRg-o SpaceX’s Starship prototype is set to take it’s first high-altitude flight – to around 40,000 feet or so – sometime this afternoon. This...

    FTC seeks to break up Facebook, alleging illegal monopoly – TechCrunch

    The Federal Trade Commission today announced a new antitrust lawsuit against Facebook, alleging that the social network has used monopoly power “with the...

    DoorDash, C3.ai skyrocket in public market debuts – TechCrunch

    Haters gonna hate, IPOs gonna pop. That’s the story today as richly valued DoorDash and C3.ai, two American technology unicorns, saw their values skyrocket after...

    Squire, a barbershop tech startup, triples its valuation to $250M in latest round – TechCrunch

    Squire, a startup that sells software to barbershops, has raised $59 million in a round led by Iconiq Capital. The raise is $45 million...

    As several marketplace unicorns prepare IPOs, a VC digs into the data – TechCrunch

    'Growth trumps all,' says Menlo Ventures partner Venky Ganesan Venky Ganesan Contributor More posts by this contributor 10 Laws of Successful Marketplaces The end of 2020 will be marked...

    The best books for 2020 as recommended by VCs and TechCrunch writers (Part 2) – TechCrunch

    Welcome to TechCrunch’s 2020 Holiday Gift Guide! Need help with gift ideas? We’re here to help! We’ll be rolling out gift guides from now...

    TiVo will offer personalized Match Scores to help you find your next streaming service – TechCrunch

    If you’re gazing longingly at new streaming services but can’t actually afford all of them, TiVo says it can help you choose. In recent years,...