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    China watches and learns from the US in AR/VR competition – TechCrunch

    When Chi Xu left Magic Leap and returned to China, he had big ambitions. He believed China would have its own augmented and virtual...

    He Pretended to Be Trump’s Family. Then Trump Fell for It.

    Josiah Bruns, an engineer from Goffstown, N.H., donated $100. With his donation, he left a comment: “Uncle Rob Trump asked me too.”Mr. Bruns said...

    Xayn is privacy-safe, personalized mobile web search powered by on-device AIs – TechCrunch

    As TC readers know, the tricky trade-off of the modern web is privacy for convenience. Online tracking is how this ‘great intimacy robbery’ is...

    Watch SpaceX fly its Starship spacecraft during its first high-altitude test live – TechCrunch

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf83yzzme2I SpaceX is all set to conduct a high-altitude test of its Starship rocket – a first for the spacecraft prototype design. The test...

    Apple announces $549 over-hear headphones, the AirPods Max – TechCrunch

    The AirPods Max are joining the AirPods and AirPods Pro in Apple’s audio accessory lineup. As you can see on the photo, Apple ...

    Mark Zuckerberg threatened to end Facebook’s UK investment in private 2018 meeting with digital chief, warning over “anti-tech” tone

    Round of applause for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism — which fought for two years to obtain details of a closed door meeting between...

    New York-based indoor ag company Gotham Greens raises $87 million – TechCrunch

    Lettuce celebrate the rise of indoor agriculture. In the past few months AppHarvest, a developer of greenhouse tomato farms went public through a special purpose...

    Unit raises $18.6M to offer banking features as a service – TechCrunch

    Companies like Stripe and Twilio have changed the game for online businesses by making it easier to integrate payments and communications services into their...

    Used car marketplace Carsome gets $30 million Series D for its Southeast Asia growth plans – TechCrunch

    Carsome, which bills itself as Southeast Asia’s largest e-commerce platform for used cars, announced it has closed a $30 million Series D. The funding...

    Mexican challenger bank, albo raises $45 million to expand – TechCrunch

    With nearly half a million customers across Mexico already and a network of 30,000 retail locations where representatives can take deposits, the challenger bank...

    Sundae snags $36M to build out its distressed property marketplace – TechCrunch

    Opendoor has opened the door, so to speak, for startups to apply their technical expertise in search, marketplaces and audience segmentation to rethink the...

    Facebook adds carts to WhatsApp to make shopping easier – TechCrunch

    WhatsApp said on Tuesday it is adding a new shopping feature to its app as the Facebook -owned instant messaging service looks to...

    Cloudflare and Apple design a new privacy-friendly internet protocol – TechCrunch

    Engineers at Cloudflare and Apple say they’ve developed a new internet protocol that will shore up one of the biggest holes in internet...

    Angling to be the Carfax for EV batteries, Recurrent raises $3.5 million – TechCrunch

    The Seattle-based startup Recurrent said today it has closed on $3.5 million in financing as it looks to become the Carfax for electric vehicle...

    Reliance’s Jio Platforms says it will roll out 5G in second half of 2021 – TechCrunch

    Reliance’s Jio Platforms, the largest telecom operator in India, plans to roll out a 5G network in the country in the second half of...

    German secure email provider Tutanota forced to monitor an account, after regional court ruling – TechCrunch

    German e2e encrypted email provider Tutanota has been ordered by a regional court to develop a function that allows it to monitor an individual...