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    Edtech and insurtech stay red-hot – TechCrunch

    Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff...

    Twitter explains how it will handle misleading tweets about the US election results – TechCrunch

    Twitter recently updated its policies in advance of the U.S. elections to include specific rules that detailed how it would handle tweets making...

    UK report spotlights the huge investment gap facing diverse founders – TechCrunch

    New research looking into how UK VC has been invested over the past decade according to race, gender and educational background makes for grim...

    What to Expect From Facebook, Twitter and YouTube on Election Day

    Facebook’s app will also look different on Tuesday. To prevent candidates from prematurely and inaccurately declaring victory, the company plans to add a notification...

    Looking for Job Advice? Try TikTok

    J.T. O’Donnell has been helping people navigate their job searches and career paths for nearly 20 years. But only recently did she start doling...

    Election Day Game Plan on Social Media: Share Carefully

    Our general strategy is to take the best of what will be on-platform for The Times and share it off-platform. That means we’ll have...

    UK’s Marshmallow raises $30M on a $310M valuation for more ‘inclusive’ car insurance – TechCrunch

    When it comes to using algorithms and other formulae to determine what kinds of services you might offer to specific customers and at what...

    Starling Bank founder Anne Boden says new book ‘isn’t a memoir’ – TechCrunch

    Penguin Business describes Starling Bank founder Anne Boden’s “Banking On It” as the “first-hand account of one woman’s quest to rebuild Britain’s broken banking...

    Walmart’s PhonePe zips past Google Pay in India as UPI tops 2B monthly transactions – TechCrunch

    UPI, a payments infrastructure built by India’s largest banks, surpassed 2 billion transactions last month, exactly a year after hitting the 1 billion monthly...

    Raspberry Pi Foundation announces the cute little Raspberry Pi 400 – TechCrunch

    This is the Atari 400 Raspberry Pi 400. The Raspberry Pi Foundation is launching a new product today — and it’s a brand new...

    Warren gets $1.4 million to help local cloud infrastructure providers compete against Amazon and other giants – TechCrunch

    Started as a side project by its founders, Warren is now helping regional cloud infrastructure service providers compete against Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Google and...

    Tencent claims record 100M daily users on mobile game Honor of Kings – TechCrunch

    At its five-year anniversary gala graced by celebrities, esports stars and orchestras, Tencent’s mobile game Honor of Kings said it has crossed 100 million...

    Startup brands like the shoe company Thousand Fell are bringing circular economics to the fashion industry – TechCrunch

    Thousand Fell, the environmentally conscious, direct-to-consumer shoe retailer which launched last November, has revealed the details of the recycling program that’s a core component...

    GAIA Design has raised more capital to become the West Elm of Mexico – TechCrunch

    Designing higher end furniture for Mexico’s rising middle and upper-middle class consumers has netted the Mexico City-based GAIA $15 million in a new round...

    WeWork employees used an alarmingly insecure printer password – TechCrunch

    A shared user account used by WeWork employees to access printer settings and some print jobs had an incredibly simple password — so...

    Is fintech’s Series A market hot, or just overhyped? – TechCrunch

    More posts by this contributor Fintech’s $138 billion opportunity Theo Katsoulis Contributor According to industry reports, venture capital deal-making has notably rebounded since dropping off briefly in March...