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    Menlo Security announces $100M Series E on $800M valuation – TechCrunch

    Menlo Security, a malware and phishing prevention startup, announced a $100 million Series E today on an $800 million valuation. The round was led...

    Mirantis brings extensions to its Lens Kubernetes IDE, launches a new Kubernetes distro – TechCrunch

    Earlier this year, Mirantis, the company that now owns Docker’s enterprise business, acquired Lens, a desktop application that provides developers with something akin to...

    Livestorm raises $30M for its browser-based meeting and webinar platform – TechCrunch

    Video communication startup Livestorm announced today that it has raised $30 million in Series B funding. Co-founder and CEO Gilles Bertaux told me that the...

    Come hear about the opportunities in space observation at TC Sessions: Space – TechCrunch

    The market for space observation is one of the few commercialized segments of the nascent industry and could be worth upwards of $8 billion...

    Databricks launches SQL Analytics – TechCrunch

    AI and data analytics company Databricks today announced the launch of SQL Analytics, a new service that makes it easier for data analysts to...

    Instagram redesign puts Reels and Shop tabs on the home screen – TechCrunch

    Instagram is putting its TikTok competitor Reels front-and-center in a redesigned version of its app by giving it the center position on its...

    Sales CRM Pipedrive takes majority investment from Vista Equity Partners to reach unicorn status – TechCrunch

    Pipedrive, the sales CRM tool for small and medium-sized businesses, is the latest European company to reach unicorn status. Founded in Estonia and now headquartered...

    Remarkably big sound – TechCrunch

    It’s hard to shake the sense that the smart speaker market would look considerably different had the HomePod Mini arrived several years back. It’s...

    Amazon sues online influencers engaged in a counterfeit scheme – TechCrunch

    Amazon on Thursday announced a lawsuit against over a dozen bad actors, including online influencers and other businesses, who attempted to evade Amazon’s...

    How SoftBank’s Vision Fund turned losses into gold this summer – TechCrunch

    It’s hard to think back to the Vision Fund era today, given the oddities that 2020 has brought. But SoftBank’s gravity-bending investment vehicle only...

    A Case for Facial Recognition

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.Hi, everyone! It’s nice to be back...

    Republican distrust of news may be helping election misinformation spread.

    In looking for reasons behind the misinformation that is casting doubt about last week’s election Joseph R. Biden Jr., some researchers are drawing a...

    Gaming startup Statespace raises $29 million, tops 1.5 million MAUs – TechCrunch

    Statespace, the training platform for gamers, has today announced the close of a $29 million Series B financing led by Khosla Ventures. This...

    Mobile security startup Oversecured launches after self-funding $1 million, thanks to bug bounty payouts – TechCrunch

    You might not have heard of Sergei Toshin, but you should know his work. Toshin is a 23-year-old security researcher in Moscow who focuses largely...

    Ford unveils E-Transit, its $45,000 electric workhorse – TechCrunch

    Ford revealed Thursday the E-Transit, a configurable all-electric cargo van that it’s betting will be the new go-to workhorse for commercial customers. The E-Transit is...

    Solo.io announces service mesh platform aimed at enterprise customers – TechCrunch

    Solo.io, a Cambridge, MA service mesh startup, announced some big changes to its approach today with a full-stack platform of services aimed squarely at...