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    Google launches a slew of Search updates – TechCrunch

    Google today announced a number of improvements to its core search engine, with a strong focus on how the company is using AI...

    Startup founders set up hacker homes to recreate Silicon Valley synergy – TechCrunch

    In Y Combinator’s early days, founders would move to Palo Alto, split a two-bedroom with five others to save money and trade notes...

    Schools Struggle to Secure Computers

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.This period of remote schooling for so...

    In Hubbub Over New York Post Report, YouTube Is Silent

    But videos related to the article have done extremely well.An interview with Stephen K. Bannon, a former White House adviser, got more than 275,000...

    With ‘absurd’ timing, FCC announces intention to revisit Section 230 – TechCrunch

    FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has announced his intention to pursue a reform of Section 230 of the Communications Act, which among other things...

    Duplex, Google’s conversational A.I, has updated 3M+ business listings since pandemic – TechCrunch

    Google today offered an update on the status of Duplex, its A.I. technology that uses natural conversations to get things done — like...

    Google introduces song matching via humming, whistling or singing – TechCrunch

    Google has added a new feature that lets you figure out what song is stuck in your head by humming, whistling or singing...

    Audio learning startup Knowable switches to a $9.99-per-month subscription model – TechCrunch

    Knowable, the Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup focused on audio learning, is switching business models. When the company launched last year, it charged users on a per-class...

    Nanoleaf adds large and small triangles to its revamped Shape product line – TechCrunch

    Nanoleaf launched the next generation of its light panels in July. Called Shape, this new product looks like the company’s original offering, but...

    When was the last time you worked out your soul? – TechCrunch

    Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast (now on Twitter!), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. The whole crew was back...

    Small business payments and marketing startup Fivestars raises $52.5M – TechCrunch

    It’s a difficult time for small businesses — to put it mildly. And Fivestars CEO Victor Ho said that many of the big digital platforms...

    Proterra, which makes big honkin battery systems and electric buses, raises $200 million – TechCrunch

    Proterra, the battery system technology developer for heavy-duty electric vehicles, said it has raised $200 million in a new round of funding. The new...

    Brighteye Ventures’ Alex Latsis talks European edtech funding in 2020 – TechCrunch

    Brighteye Ventures, the European edtech venture capital firm, recently announced the $54 million first close of its second fund, bringing total assets under management...

    Tesla’s decision to scrap its PR department could create a PR nightmare – TechCrunch

    The move effectively makes founder Elon Musk the company's lone voice Ayelet Noff is the founder and CEO of SlicedBrand, a top global PR agency...

    Cruise can now test driverless vehicles on the streets of San Francisco – TechCrunch

    Cruise, the self-driving car subsidiary of GM that also has backing from SoftBank Vision Fund, Honda and T. Rowe Price & Associates, has...

    New Oxford machine learning-based COVID-19 test can provide results in under 5 minutes – TechCrunch

    Oxford scientists working out of the school’s Department of Physics have developed a new type of COVID-19 test that can detect SARS-CoV-2 with a...