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    Meet Cocoa Press, the Philly startup making a 3D printer for chocolate – TechCrunch

    Evan Weinstein, the founder of the Philadelphia-based startup, Cocoa Press, which makes a 3D printer for chocolate, doesn’t have much of a sweet tooth....

    Clinical Trials Hit by Ransomware Attack on Health Tech Firm

    The incidents also follow more than a thousand ransomware attacks on American cities, counties and hospitals over the past 18 months. The attacks, once...

    Airbnb nears IPO as Asana and Palantir land their direct listings – TechCrunch

    Editor’s note: Get this free weekly recap of TechCrunch news that any startup can use by email every Saturday morning (7 a.m. PT). Subscribe here. The going...

    Google Play gets new rules, Apple launches app marketing tools, EU looks to reign in tech giants – TechCrunch

    Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the TechCrunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through...

    Following Falsehoods: A Reporter’s Approach on QAnon

    We’ve tracked the rise of QAnon-affiliated political candidates, including Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican who is currently on track to be elected to...

    Controversial former Uber exec Emil Michael has registered plans for a $250 million SPAC – TechCrunch

    SPACs, or special purpose acquisition companies, are all the rage right now, and people are emerging from all corners to raise them. Among the latest...

    Google research lets sign language switch ‘active speaker’ in video calls – TechCrunch

    An aspect of video calls that many of us take for granted is the way they can switch between feeds to highlight whoever’s speaking....

    The next big tech hearing is scheduled for October 28 – TechCrunch

    A day after the Senate Commerce Committee moved forward with plans to subpoena the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google, it looks like some...

    Twitter will make users remove tweets hoping Trump dies of COVID-19 – TechCrunch

    President Donald Trump’s positive COVID-19 result has made Twitter a busy place in the past 24 hours, including some tweets that have publicly wished...

    ‘There’s basically an infinite bid’ for growth-stage startups – TechCrunch

    The venture world is swimming in capital these days, and the flood doesn’t appear to be abating. That’s changing the game for venture capitalists and...

    Twitter confronts image-cropping concerns – TechCrunch

    Twitter addresses questions of bias in its image-cropping algorithms, we take a look at Mario Kart Live and the stock market takes a...

    2 Kindred Capital partners discuss the firm’s focus and equitable venture model – TechCrunch

    'Many investors talk about product-market fit, but we are also great believers in founder-market fit' Steve O'Hear @sohear / 7 hours Kindred Capital, the London-based VC that...

    Tesla Third-Quarter Auto Sales Surge

    When the coronavirus pandemic forced businesses to close this spring, the auto industry was hit particularly hard. North American auto plants that typically churn...

    Twitter is building ‘Birdwatch,’ a system to fight misinformation by adding more context to tweets – TechCrunch

    Twitter is developing a new product called “Birdwatch,” which the company confirms is an attempt at addressing misinformation across its platform by providing...

    Owners of BitMEX, a Leading Bitcoin Exchange, Face Criminal Charges

    American authorities brought criminal charges on Thursday against the owners of one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency trading exchanges, BitMEX, accusing them of allowing...

    Uber sells $500M stake in its freight business as the ride-hailing giant works to conserve cash – TechCrunch

    One year ago, Uber’s business model could be categorized as an “all of the above approach,” a strategy to generate revenue from all...