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    Stripe Climate is a new tool to let Stripe customers purchase credits towards carbon removal efforts – TechCrunch

    Last year, payments giant Stripe announced that it would donate $1 million of its own funds annually into companies that are building technology to...

    Tech stocks sell off sharply as market looks at COVID-19 numbers, whispers ‘oh f***’ – TechCrunch

    The American stock market is struggling today, with tech stocks in particular taking extra stick. After European stocks tanked on the back of COVID-19 concerns,...

    The DOJ investigating Visa’s $5.3 billion bid for Plaid on antitrust grounds – TechCrunch

    It’s not just big tech that’s getting the antitrust treatment from the Department of Justice. Late Monday afternoon, the Department of Justice tipped its hand...

    Don’t Even Try Paying Cash in China

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.It’s hard for those of us who...

    Priori raises $6.3M to help large companies hire outside legal help – TechCrunch

    Priori Legal, a startup rethinking the way that large corporations hire outside counsel, has raised $6.3 million in Series A funding. Founded by CEO Basha...

    Shotcall picks up $2.2 million to let fans game with their favorite streamers – TechCrunch

    The pandemic has resulted in a growth spurt for gaming, an industry that was already growing on the backs of esports and Twitch streaming....

    DoubleVerify, a specialist in brand safety, ad fraud and ad quality, raises $350M – TechCrunch

    Ad-based platforms can face a lot of heat from advertisers when they can’t control how and where their ads run: just look back to...

    That dreadful VPN might finally be dead thanks to Twingate, a new startup built by Dropbox alums – TechCrunch

    VPNs, or virtual private networks, are a mainstay of corporate network security (and also consumers trying to stream Netflix while pretending to be from...

    The Flume 2 Smart Home Water Monitor is a smart, easy-to-use, and essential smart home device – TechCrunch

    Many smart home gadgets focus on convenience or automation of typically manual tasks, but Flume’s smart water sensor provides a potentially much more vital...

    Lunchbox raises $20M to help restaurants build their own ordering experiences – TechCrunch

    With many restaurants forced to rely entirely on the delivery and takeout business during the pandemic, there’s been a lot of discussion about the...

    Investors back Pacific Consolidated Holdings to merge leading LA-based liquor and weed delivery companies – TechCrunch

    There’s a new company that’s sitting on top of some of the fastest growing consumer-facing businesses in the world — liquor and marijuana delivery...

    Google’s display advertising business is under antitrust probe in Italy – TechCrunch

    Italy’s competition authority has opened an antitrust investigation into Google’s display ad business — adding another allegation of abuse of a dominant position...

    Scopely raises $340 million at a $3.3 billion valuation as gaming grabs investors’ interest – TechCrunch

    In a move to shore up institutional support in what’s likely to be it’s last fundraising as a private company, the Los Angeles-based mobile...

    Microsoft says Iranian hackers targeted ‘high profile’ conference attendees – TechCrunch

    Microsoft says hackers backed by the Iranian government targeted over 100 high-profile potential attendees of two international security and policy conferences. The group, known as...

    MachEye raises $4.6M for its business intelligence platform – TechCrunch

    We’ve seen our fair share of business intelligence (BI) platforms that aim to make data analysis accessible to everybody in a company. Most of...

    Hej! Amazon opens Amazon.se in Sweden to expand in Europe – TechCrunch

    Amazon is the biggest online retailer in Europe, and today it took the next step in making that effort more localized. The company...