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    To Do Politics or Not Do Politics? Tech Start-Ups Are Divided

    The start-up culture wars are also evident on Clubhouse, where people join rooms and chat with one another. The app has been a popular...

    Streetbees raises $39M in a Series B round as brands race to interrogate Pandemic-hit consumers – TechCrunch

    Streetbees started out as an app for consumers to snap pictures of supermarket shelf layouts and get paid. Consumer brands wanted to know if the...

    Sidekick Health scores $20M for its gamified digital care platform – TechCrunch

    Nordic digital therapeutics company, Sidekick Health, has closed a $20 million Series A led by pan-European VC Wellington Partners and healthcare focused VC Asabys...

    Harley-Davidson is getting into the electric bicycle business – TechCrunch

    Harley-Davidson has spun out a new business dedicated to electric bicycles and plans to bring its first line of products to market in spring...

    Watch Facebook, Google, and Twitter’s CEOs defend the law that made social media possible to Congress – TechCrunch

    The CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google will appear before the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday in big tech’s latest showdown with Congress. The...

    Fab founder Jason Goldberg is back with Moxie, a new live-streaming fitness marketplace – TechCrunch

    Amid a pandemic that has closed down fitness centers worldwide, a spate of companies has muscled their way into the booming at-home fitness market....

    Trump’s campaign website hacked by cryptocurrency scammers – TechCrunch

    President Trump’s campaign website was briefly and partially hacked Tuesday afternoon as unknown adversaries took over the “About” page and replaced it with what...

    Via and Hyundai-Aptiv joint venture to offer shared robotaxi rides next year – TechCrunch

    Motional, the Hyundai-Aptiv joint venture, and on-demand shuttle startup Via plan to launch a shared robotaxi service for the public in a U.S. city...

    Zoom adds end-to-end encryption to free calls – TechCrunch

    Zoom adds a much-requested feature (but with a catch), TikTok partners with Shopify and Jack Dorsey lays out his argument for tomorrow’s Senate...

    Trump Allies Amp Up Fight Over Tech’s Legal Shield Before Election

    WASHINGTON — In September, the White House nominated a lawyer to be a commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission. One line on his résumé:...

    The Year in Misinformation, So Far

    This has been, by any measure, a bad year for consensus reality.First, there was President Trump’s impeachment — a divisive and emotionally charged proceeding...

    Mophie introduces a modular wireless charging module – TechCrunch

    Here’s a clever addition for Mophie, one of the longstanding battery case makers, which is now a part of the same smartphone accessory conglomerate...

    Armenian email campaign asks SpaceX not to aid Turkish regime with satellite launch – TechCrunch

    SpaceX staff and members of the media have been inundated this morning with emails ostensibly from concerned Armenians around the world, asking the...

    How to address inequality exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic – TechCrunch

    Darrell M. West Contributor Darrell M. West is Vice President and Director of Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution. John R. Allen Contributor John R. Allen is President of...

    Driverless Cars Go Humble to Get Real

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.The dream of computer-driven cars taking over...

    Jon Stewart to Get Apple TV+ Show

    After five years out of the TV spotlight, Jon Stewart will have his own show again.The former anchor of “The Daily Show” has reached...