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    SoftBank’s $100 million diversity and inclusion fund makes its first bet … in health Vitable Health – TechCrunch

    SoftBank’s Opportunity Growth Fund has made the health insurance startup Vitable Health the first commitment from its $100 million fund dedicated to investing in...

    How Yext reinvented itself on its way to going public – TechCrunch

    Last week, Yext CEO Howard Lerman dropped by Extra Crunch Live for a chat about his former startup, pivoting and becoming the CEO of...

    TikTok details how it’s taking further action against hateful ideologies – TechCrunch

    TikTok said on Wednesday it’s strengthening its enforcement actions against hate speech and hateful ideologies to include “neighboring ideologies,” like white nationalism and others,...

    Activists Turn Facial Recognition Tools Against the Police

    In early September, the City Council in Portland, Ore., met virtually to consider sweeping legislation outlawing the use of facial recognition technology. The bills...

    Adobe’s Project Sharp Shots uses AI to deblur your videos with one click – TechCrunch

    Every year at its MAX user conference, Adobe shows off a number of research projects that may or may not end up in its...

    iPad Air, smooth criminal – TechCrunch

    The 2020 iPad Air comes at an interesting time in Apple’s release cycle. The iPad Pro is still strong from a specs perspective but...

    PayPal to let you buy and sell cryptocurrencies in the US – TechCrunch

    PayPal has partnered with cryptocurrency company Paxos to launch a new service. PayPal users in the U.S. will soon be able to buy,...

    Anyscale adds $40M to bring its Ray-based distributed computing tech to the enterprise masses – TechCrunch

    The world of distributed computing took on a new profile this year when Folding@home, a 20-year-old distributed computing project, found itself picking up thousands...

    Ford outs 4th-gen self-driving platform with better sensors, cleaning tech, and improved batteries – TechCrunch

    Ford and Argo AI today released details about its fourth-generation self-driving test vehicle. Built on the 2020 Ford Escape Hybrid, the vehicle has everything...

    Does Palantir See Too Much?

    Does Palantir See Too Much? The tech giant helps governments and law enforcement decipher vast amounts of...

    Study finds most big open-source startups outside Bay Area, many European, and avoiding VC – TechCrunch

    Over 90% of the fastest-growing open-source companies in 2020 were founded outside the San Francisco Bay Area, and 12 out of the top 20...

    MindLabs raises £1.4 million for its new platform, a “Peloton for mental health” – TechCrunch

    Ideally, mental wellness should be considered part of a healthy daily routine, like exercise. But even exercise is difficult to turn into a regular...

    Road trippers can rejoice as RVShare raises over $100 million to grow its RV rental business – TechCrunch

    As continentally confined Americans look for domestic vacation options that won’t expose them to too much risk of infection from the pandemic that’s still...

    EU parliament backs tighter rules on behavioural ads – TechCrunch

    The EU parliament has backed a call for tighter regulations on behavioral ads (aka microtargeting) in favor of less intrusive, contextual forms of advertising...

    Facebook is working on Neighborhoods, a Nextdoor clone based on local groups – TechCrunch

    Using social networks to connect with neighbors and local services has surged during the Covid-19 pandemic, and Facebook — with 2.7 billion users...

    The Police Can Probably Break Into Your iPhone

    The companies frequently turn over data to the police that customers store on the companies’ servers. But all iPhones and many newer Android phones...