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    Apple announces its next big event – TechCrunch

    Apple is closing out the year with another big event, Twitter details its plans to fight election-related misinformation and WeWork employees used an...

    AWS launches its next-gen GPU instances – TechCrunch

    AWS today announced the launch of its newest GPU-equipped instances. Dubbed P4, these new instances are launching a decade after AWS launched its first...

    PayPal’s earnings don’t excite Wall Street, but bring good news for consumer fintech – TechCrunch

    PayPal’s stock is down in after-hours trading after reporting third-quarter earnings that beat expectations. It’s not immediately clear why PayPal is losing ground,...

    TikTok strikes new licensing agreement with Sony Music – TechCrunch

    TikTok announced this morning it has signed new licensing agreement with Sony Music Entertainment (SME) that will allow the short-form video app to...

    Amazon and Google’s True Advantage

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.My colleagues wrote about the eye-popping sales...

    What social networks have learned since the 2016 election – TechCrunch

    On the eve on the 2020 U.S. election, tensions are running high. The good news? 2020 isn’t 2016. Social networks are way better prepared to...

    Alphabet’s X details Project Amber, a quest for a single biomarker for depression that fell short of its goal – TechCrunch

    Alphabet’s X (the Google-owner’s so-called ‘Moonshot Factory’) published a new blog post today about Project Amber, a project it’s been working on over the...

    NerdWallet acquires small business loan marketplace Fundera – TechCrunch

    Financial guidance company NerdWallet announced at the end of last week that it has acquired Fundera. New York City-based Fundera was co-founded in 2013...

    MIT develops a battery-free method for navigating underwater that could transform ocean exploration – TechCrunch

    MIT has developed a new navigation system designed for use underwater that could do for underwater wayfinding what GPS has done for travel on...

    Twilio wraps $3.2B purchase of Segment after warp-speed courtship – TechCrunch

    It was barely a month ago we began hearing rumors that Twilio was interested in acquiring Segment. The $3.2 billion deal was officially announced...

    Pandemic’s impact disproportionately reduced VC funding for female founders – TechCrunch

    The last few quarters did not play out as as expected for venture capitalists or entrepreneurs; instead of a pandemic-fueled recession that cauterized the...

    Rocket Lab’s next launch will deliver 30 satellites to orbit – and a 3D-printed gnome from Gabe Newell – TechCrunch

    Rocket Lab’s next mission will put dozens of satellites into orbit using the launch company’s Kick Stage “space tug,” as well as a...

    YC-backed nonprofit VotingWorks wants to rebuild trust in election systems through open source – TechCrunch

    I know it will come as a shock to you as a reader of the news, but there is an election this week. Well,...

    Scaleway launches cloud instances that cost $2.10 per month – TechCrunch

    French cloud hosting company Scaleway originally started with very cheap cloud instances. Over the years, the company has expanded its offering and added more...

    Maze, a notorious ransomware group, says it’s shutting down – TechCrunch

    One of the most active and notorious data-stealing ransomware groups, Maze, says it is “officially closed.” The announcement came as a waffling statement, riddled with...

    Spotify will now allow artists and labels promote tracks in your recommendations – TechCrunch

    Spotify announced today it will begin to test a new service that gives artists more of a say in how their music is...