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    The Zebra reaches $100M run rate, turns profitable as insurtech booms – TechCrunch

    From a cluster of insurance marketplace startups raising capital earlier this year, to neoinsurance provider Lemonade going public this summer at a strong valuation,...

    Greycroft, Lerer Hippeau and Audible back audio measurement startup Veritonic – TechCrunch

    Veritonic is announcing that it has raised $3.2 million in Series A funding led by Greycroft, with participation from Lerer Hippeau and Amazon-owned audiobook...

    Microsoft is building a price comparison engine into its Edge browser – TechCrunch

    With its Edge browser now stable, Microsoft’s current focus for its Chromium-based browser is to build features that differentiate it from the competition. With the...

    Harbor, the app that gamifies emergency preparedness, launches – TechCrunch

    Harbor, an emergency-preparedness company that just raised $5 million in seed, has today publicly launched its app. The app gamifies the process of preparing your...

    Headroom, which uses AI to supercharge videoconferencing, raises $5M – TechCrunch

    Videoconferencing has become a cornerstone of how many of us work these days — so much so that one leading service, Zoom, has graduated...

    Density’s Open Area radar tracks people in a space, precisely but anonymously – TechCrunch

    Everyone in the world is rethinking shared spaces right about now, and part of that rethink is understanding how they’re used, minute by minute...

    Delivery startup goPuff raises $380M at a $3.9B valuation – TechCrunch

    GoPuff is a Philadelphia-headquartered startup that delivers products like over-the-counter medicine, baby food and alcohol (basically, the stuff you’d buy at a convenience store)...

    Understanding Airbnb’s summer recovery – TechCrunch

    New financial reporting shows how rough the unicorn's downturn was New numbers concerning Airbnb’s summer performance were reported this week, with The Information adding to...

    Congress Agrees: Big Tech Is Broken.

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.It is stunning that members of Congress...

    Why Conspiracy Theories Are So Addictive Right Now

    Some of what’s happening is related to the dynamics of social media platforms, which favor bold, engaging claims over dry and careful ones. But...

    As IBM spins out legacy infrastructure management biz, CEO goes all in on the cloud – TechCrunch

    When IBM announced this morning that it was spinning out its legacy infrastructure services business, it was a clear signal that new CEO...

    Microsoft Says App Stores Should Be More Competitive

    SEATTLE — Microsoft on Thursday said it would give developers more control in its app store, providing a sharp contrast to Apple, which is...

    Betaworks and Betalab unveil their first four startups working to ‘fix the internet’ – TechCrunch

    Back in March, startup studio Betaworks announced that was partnering with James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems to create a new program called Betalab, which...

    Zero’s SR/S doubles as an EV sport motorcycle and sport-tourer – TechCrunch

    Zero’s 2020 SR/S could be your EV sport bike or sport-tourer. Unveiled earlier this year, the all electric motorcycle brings performance attributes of both...

    Neocis, the maker of dental surgery robots, roots out another $72 million – TechCrunch

    Since the robotic dental surgery assistant Yomi first came on the market in 2019 more than 2,700 patients have stared up at its plastic...

    Investors, founders report hot market for API startups – TechCrunch

    Startups that deliver their service via an API are having a moment. Or perhaps a year. Speaking with founders and investors this year, it has...