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    ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ will air on PBS, in spite of Apple TV+ rights exclusive – TechCrunch

    Call it a holiday miracle. Apple today announced that animated holiday classics “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” and “A Charlie Brown Christmas” will, indeed,...

    This $99 gadget helps you make music, no skill required – TechCrunch

    At CES back in January, I met with a handful of founders who were/are crowdfunding musical instruments. It’s a fascinating category and one to...

    Virtual HQs race to win over a remote-work-fatigued market – TechCrunch

    In retrospect, 2019 feels like the working world’s last dance with spontaneity. The pre-pandemic past is rife with conferences, running into co-workers and post-work...

    Apple will pay $113M to settle 34-state ‘batterygate’ lawsuit – TechCrunch

    Apple has agreed to pay $113 million to 34 states and the District of Columbia to settle allegations that it broke consumer protection...

    Apple embraces iOS 14 home screen customization by fixing how app shortcuts work – TechCrunch

    Apple is making a change to how app shortcuts work in the next release of the iOS 14 operating system. In iOS 14.3,...

    What China’s fintech market can teach the world – TechCrunch

    Finance researcher Martin Chorzempa discusses Ant Group, payments networks and more If you want to know what the future of finance looks like, head east,...

    Interlocking AIs let robots pick and place faster than ever – TechCrunch

    One of the jobs for which robots are best suited is the tedious, repetitive “pick and place” task common in warehouses — but humans...

    Weather forecasts get an AI update with Atmo as businesses grapple with climate-related catastrophes – TechCrunch

    “Almost every business on earth is affected by weather,” says Alexander Levy, an investor serial entrepreneur whose latest company is the new weather...

    Facebook content moderators demand safer working conditions – TechCrunch

    A group of more than 200 Facebook content moderators, as well as some full-time employees,* are demanding the tech company “stop needlessly risking...

    Just three days to save on passes to TC Sessions: Space 2020 – TechCrunch

    It takes a bold vision and nerves of steel to venture into outer space. The same holds true for the pioneering startups forging the...

    Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney likens fight against Apple to fight for civil rights – TechCrunch

    Earlier today, Apple announced it will reduce the App Store commissions for smaller businesses so that developers earning less than $1 million per...

    Trump will lose protected Twitter status after his presidency – TechCrunch

    Twitter has at various times acknowledged that Donald Trump isn’t bound by the same rules that govern the rest of us. This executive...

    Will Zoom Apps be the next hot startup platform? – TechCrunch

    When Zoom announced Zapps last month — the name has since been wisely changed to Zoom Apps — VC Twitter immediately began speculating that...

    IBM is acquiring APM startup Instana as it continues to expand hybrid cloud vision – TechCrunch

    As IBM transitions from software and services to a company fully focussed on hybrid cloud management, it announced  its intention to buy Instana, an...

    Google Pay gets a major redesign – TechCrunch

    Google is launching a major redesign of its Google Pay app on both Android and iOS today. Like similar phone-based contactless payment services,...

    Jinx launches a text-to-buy dog food platform, with help from Initialized Capital – TechCrunch

    Jinx is launching a simple way to buy dog food and manage orders via text message. The startup says it has developed “the first text-to-buy...