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    Arrikto raises $10M for its MLOps platform – TechCrunch

    Arrikto, a startup that wants to speed up the machine learning development lifecycle by allowing engineers and data scientists to treat data like code,...

    Fox News’s ‘partisan right’ audience on YouTube is dropping, researchers say.

    Disinformation about election fraud is thriving on YouTube, and right-wing outlets that most aggressively push false information are gaining new, conservative viewers on the...

    You can now embed Apple Podcasts on the web – TechCrunch

    Apple is making it easier to discover and listen to podcasts via the web. The company announced today an Apple Podcasts embed web player...

    Strava raises $110 million, touts growth rate of 2 million new users per month in 2020 – TechCrunch

    Activity and fitness tracking platform Strava has raised $110 million in new funding, in a Series F round led by TCV and Sequoia,...

    5 key innovations taking e-scooters to a half-billion rides in 2021 – TechCrunch

    Travis VanderZanden Contributor Travis VanderZanden is the founder and CEO of Bird. Four years ago, shared e-scooters didn’t exist. Today, they’re on track to surpass half a...

    Squarespace adds support for memberships and paywalled content – TechCrunch

    Squarespace is adding a new monetization option for websites built on the platform: Member Areas, where businesses can charge for access to exclusive content. Chief...

    The DOJ has approved Mastercard’s acquisition of Finicity – TechCrunch

    Federal regulators have approved Mastercard’s acquisition of Salt Lake City-based startup Finicity, which provides open-banking APIs. The deal is expected to go for...

    A former right-wing media creator on how a ‘different reality’ became so prominent.

    Matthew Sheffield started his first conservative website in 2000, dedicating it to criticizing the former CBS News anchor Dan Rather, who Mr. Sheffield believed...

    America’s Internet Has China Envy

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.One of the big questions about the...

    Gretel announces $12M Series A to make it easier to anonymize data – TechCrunch

    As companies work with data, one of the big obstacles they face is making sure they are not exposing personally identifiable information (PII) or...

    Animal Jam was hacked, and data stolen. Here’s what parents need to know – TechCrunch

    WildWorks, the gaming company that makes the popular kids game Animal Jam, has confirmed a data breach. Animal Jam is one of the most popular...

    Amazon’s Kuiper Systems chief David Limp is coming to Sessions: Space – TechCrunch

    TechCrunch Sessions: Space (December 16 & 17) is just a few short weeks away and there is perhaps no better time than the end...

    CVS becomes first national retailer to offer support for PayPal and Venmo QR codes at checkout – TechCrunch

    PayPal announced this morning that its customers can now use either PayPal or Venmo QR codes when checking out at over 8,200...

    Will edtech empower or erase the need for higher education? – TechCrunch

    The coronavirus has erased a large chunk of college’s value proposition: the on-campus experience. Campuses are closed, sports have been paused and, understandably, students don’t...

    Spotify adds a built-in podcast playlist creation tool, ‘Your Episodes’ – TechCrunch

    Spotify today launched a new feature designed to give podcast listeners a new way to organize and save content they want to listen...

    Unpacking the C3.ai IPO filing – TechCrunch

    The last thing I recall thinking about C3.ai (C3) was seeing its billboards outside San Francisco and asking myself what the hell the company...