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    Why Amazon and Panasonic are betting on this battery recycling startup – TechCrunch

    JB Straubel, the Tesla co-founder and former CTO, is often cast as the humble and pioneering engineer, the quiet one who toiled away in...

    How Roblox completely transformed its tech stack – TechCrunch

    And now has full control of its technological destiny Picture yourself in the role of CIO at Roblox in 2017. At that point, the gaming platform...

    Facebook and Instagram will pin vote-by-mail explainers to top of feeds – TechCrunch

    Starting this weekend, everyone of voting age in the U.S. will begin seeing informational videos at the top of Instagram and Facebook offering...

    New Chinese browser offers a glimpse beyond the Great Firewall – with caveats – TechCrunch

    China now has a tool that lets users access YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google, and other internet services that have otherwise long been banned...

    Top mobility VCs on the risks and rewards in partnering with giants like Amazon – TechCrunch

    At our recent TechCrunch Mobility event, we spoke with Amy Gu, the founder and managing partner of Hemi Ventures, Olaf Sakkers, a founding partner...

    Changing how retweets work, Twitter seeks to slow down election misinformation – TechCrunch

    Twitter announced a major set of changes to the way its platform would work Friday as the social network braces for the most...

    False Rumors Often Start at the Top

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.We know that false information spreads online...

    Facebook Widens Ban on Political Ads as Alarm Rises Over Election

    The open-ended ban on political advertising is especially significant, after Facebook resisted calls to remove the ads for months. Last month, the company had...

    With ‘Cure’ Comment, Trump Exaggerates Known Benefits of Another Covid-19 Therapy

    Experts think monoclonal antibodies, like the cocktail taken by Mr. Trump, could fare better than hydroxychloroquine and convalescent plasma.The treatment is “super promising, and...

    Trump’s Covid-19 Scare Propels Him to Record Facebook Engagement

    Contracting Covid-19 may have put President Trump in the hospital, jeopardized his re-election campaign, and drawn attention to his administration’s failures to contain the...

    Twitter Will Turn Off Some Features to Fight Election Misinformation

    OAKLAND, Calif. — Twitter, risking the ire of its best-known user, President Trump, said on Friday that it would turn off several of its...

    Odell Beckham Jr. turned to Mojichat’s advertising features during his inaugural live-stream – TechCrunch

    Mojiit, the Los Angeles-based company behind the popular avatar generation service Mojichat, has landed one of its highest profile users with the launch of...

    Polestar CEO defends the Polestar 2’s recall and 233-mile EPA rating – TechCrunch

    Polestar is a young automaker spun out of Volvo and Geely. Now, just four years old, it has two cars on the market...

    YCharts sells to PE firm in all-cash transaction as it looks to pass $15M ARR this year – TechCrunch

    This morning, YCharts, a financial data and charting service, announced that it has been purchased by LLR Partners, a private equity firm. The companies are...

    Porsche is researching synthetic fuels to make gas-powered cars sustainable – TechCrunch

    The road to sustainable vehicles likely ends at electric cars, yet the route to this goal isn’t clear. There are multiple ways to get...

    Funding for female founders falls to 2017 levels as pandemic shakes up the VC market – TechCrunch

    Cautious investors are reverting to form So much for progress. New data out this week from PitchBook indicates that the number of rounds raised by female-founded...