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    Despite slowdowns, pandemic accelerates shifts in hardware manufacturing – TechCrunch

    The COVID-19 pandemic didn’t hit every factory in China at once. The initial impact to China’s electronics industry arrived around the time the nation was...

    In its 5th filing with the SEC, Palantir finally admits it is not a democracy – TechCrunch

    Palantir is not a democracy, and it really, really, really wants you to know that. Palantir’s governance has been under an exacting lens from regulators...

    Illumina buying cancer-screening spinout Grail in blockbuster $8B biotech deal – TechCrunch

    Biotech has become one of the hottest areas of venture investment in recent years, as progress in machine learning, genetics, medical devices and...

    How Facebook Can Slow QAnon for Real

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.Like other dangerous ideas, the QAnon conspiracy...

    Pandemic accelerated cord cutting, making 2020 the worst-ever year for pay TV – TechCrunch

    The pandemic has accelerated adoption of a number of technologies, from online grocery to multi-platform gaming to streaming services and more. But one industry...

    Miami-based Marco Financial is launching a revenue-based lending service for Latin American SMEs – TechCrunch

    Marco Financial, a new Miami-based startup, is looking to take a piece of the roughly $350 billion trade finance market for Latin American exporters...

    Microsoft commits to putting more water than it consumes back into the ecosystems where it operates by 2030 – TechCrunch

    One good trend in 2020 has been large technology companies almost falling over one another to make ever-bolder commitments regarding their ecological impact. A...

    Group discounts let you bring the team to TC Sessions: Mobility 2020 – TechCrunch

    There’s a lot of virtual ground for one person to cover — and real opportunities to uncover — during the two days of TC...

    The Peloton effect – TechCrunch

    How much more connected fitness VC activity are we seeing in 2020? During the most recent quarter, only a few earnings reports stood out from...

    three VCs discuss breaking out of big firms to start their own gigs – TechCrunch

    One of the more salient trends in the tech world — arguably the engine that propels it — has been the recurring theme of...

    NBCUniversal’s Peacock is now live on Roku – TechCrunch

    NBCUniversal and Roku announced late last week that they’d resolved the dispute that was keeping NBCU’s streaming Peacock app off Roku’s smart TV...

    Trump Approves Deal Between Oracle and TikTok

    Under the agreement, ByteDance and its investors, which include the U.S.-based General Atlantic, Coatue Management and Sequoia Capital, would transfer some of their equity...

    Facebook’s new Rights Manager tool lets creators protect their photos, including those embedded elsewhere – TechCrunch

    Facebook today is introducing a new tool that will allow rights holders to protect and manage their photos across both Facebook and Instagram. With...

    ByteDance says it will own a majority of TikTok. Oracle says ByteDance will own 0%. WTF is this deal? – TechCrunch

    You know a deal is signed and going to close when the parties keep fact checking each other and no one can agree on...

    Microsoft set to acquire Bethesda parent ZeniMax for $7.5B – TechCrunch

    Microsoft this morning announced plans to acquire ZeniMax Media Inc. for $7.5 billion in cash. The gaming holding company is the parent to...

    The TikTok mess, and a grip of neat European VC activity – TechCrunch

    Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that...