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    Freelancer banking startup Lili raises $15M – TechCrunch

    It’s only been a few months since Lili announced its $10 million seed round, and it’s already raised more funding — namely, a $15...

    WoHo wants to make constructing buildings fast, flexible and green with reusable “components” – TechCrunch

    Buildings are the bedrocks of civilization — places to live, places to work (well, normally, in a non-COVID-19 world) and places to play. Yet...

    E-bike subscription service Dance closes $17.7M Series A, led by HV Holtzbrinck Ventures – TechCrunch

    Three months on since the former founders of SoundCloud launched their e-bike subscription service, Dance they are today announcing the close of a...

    Smartphone shipments rebound to an all-time high in India – TechCrunch

    Smartphone shipments reached an all-time high in India in the quarter that ended in September this year as the world’s second largest handset market...

    An Electric Car With Swedish Roots, and a Rebellious Streak

    More than 60 years ago, Volvo introduced the world to the three-point seatbelt, a safety feature so standard now that it’s almost an afterthought....

    Here integrates what3words’ super simple address system into its in-car API – TechCrunch

    Geocoding startup what3words — which chunks the world into 3mx3m squares, giving each a unique three-word label to simplify location sharing — has nabbed...

    Misinformation in America Thrives in Two Languages

    QAnon conspiracy theory videos on YouTube. Homespun “remedies” for the coronavirus sent via text messages on WhatsApp. Socialist and communist memes on Twitter. Anti-Black...

    Art Auctions Embrace a Future of Socially Distant Bidding

    This article is part of our latest Fine Arts & Exhibits special report, which focuses on how art endures and inspires, even in the...

    Top Investigator in Google Case Says There ‘Was Not a Rush’ to Sue

    Jeffrey A. Rosen, the deputy attorney general, wouldn’t normally oversee an antitrust investigation into Google. It would usually fall to the head of the...

    Forget Antitrust Laws. To Limit Tech, Some Say a New Regulator Is Needed.

    For decades, America’s antitrust laws — originally designed to curb the power of 19th-century corporate giants in railroads, oil and steel — have been...

    Adyen alumni raise €2.6M seed to launch Silverflow, a ‘cloud-native’ card payments processor – TechCrunch

    Silverflow, a Dutch startup founded by Adyen alumni, is breaking cover and announcing seed funding. The pre-launch company has spent the last two years building...

    Hearings begin in Samsung vice chairman Jay Y. Lee’s accounting fraud trial – TechCrunch

    The trial of Samsung leader Jay Y. Lee, who is accused of accounting fraud and stock price manipulating, held its first hearing today at...

    Facebook Dating launches in Europe after 9-month+ delay over privacy concerns – TechCrunch

    Facebook’s dating bolt-on to its eponymous social networking service has finally launched in Europe, more than nine months after an earlier launch plan was...

    Health insurance startup Alan lets you chat with a doctor – TechCrunch

    French startup Alan is building health insurance products. And 100,000 people are now covered through Alan . I caught up with the company’s co-founder...

    Acapela, from the founder of Dubsmash, hopes ‘asynchronous meetings’ can end Zoom fatigue – TechCrunch

    Acapela, a new startup co-founded by Dubsmash founder Roland Grenke, is breaking cover today in a bid to re-imagine online meetings for remote teams. Hoping...

    10 Zurich-area investors on Switzerland’s 2020 startup outlook – TechCrunch

    European entrepreneurs who want to launch startups could do worse than Switzerland. In a report analyzing Europe’s general economic health, cost of doing business, business...