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    Unity Software has strong opening, gaining 31% after pricing above its raised range – TechCrunch

    Whoever said you can’t make money playing video games clearly hasn’t taken a look at Unity Software’s stock price. On its first official day of...

    Outschool, newly profitable, raises a $45M Series B for virtual small group classes – TechCrunch

    Outschool, which started in 2015 as a platform for homeschooled students to bolster their extracurricular activities, has dramatically widened its customer base since the...

    It’s game on as Unity begins trading – TechCrunch

    Unity Software, which sells a game development toolkit primarily for mobile phone app developers, raised $1.3 billion in its initial public offering. The company, which...

    Chamath launches SPAC, SPAC and SPAC as he SPACs the world with SPACs – TechCrunch

    SPACs are going to rule the world, or at least, Chamath’s future portfolio. Chamath Palihapitiya, the founder of Social Capital, has already tripled down...

    Conan O’Brien on how to embrace an ever-changing media landscape – TechCrunch

    “Like most of the best things in my life,” Conan O’Brien explains, with a wry smile, “the success of the podcast was a complete...

    Partial US TikTok ban is imminent – TechCrunch

    The Trump administration moves forwards with plans to ban TikTok and WeChat (although TikTok gets a partial extension), Unity goes public and we...

    MIT engineers develop a totally flat fisheye lens that could make wide-angle cameras easier to produce – TechCrunch

    Engineers at MIT, in partnership with the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, have devised a way to build a camera lens that avoids the...

    Check out this never-before-seen clip from HBO’s The Perfect Weapon – TechCrunch

    At Disrupt 2020, we got a chance to see some never-before-seen footage from HBO’s upcoming documentary The Perfect Weapon. The documentary, which was executive...

    Gaming companies are reportedly the next targets in the US government’s potentially broader Tencent purge – TechCrunch

    Some of the biggest names in online gaming in the United States have received letters from the U.S. government requesting information about their relationship...

    SaaS Ventures takes the investment road less traveled – TechCrunch

    Open since 2017, the firm just launched its second $20 million fund Most venture capital firms are based in hubs like Silicon Valley, New York...

    Facebook Tried to Limit QAnon. It Failed.

    “The groups, including QAnon, feel incredibly passionate about their cause and will do whatever they can do attract new people to their conspiracy movement....

    Fox News Is Accused of Hiding George Soros’s Influence

    Perhaps no figure gets more attention in conspiracy circles than George Soros, the billionaire investor and Democratic donor. For years, he has been cast...

    Salesforce announces 12,000 new jobs in the next year just weeks after laying off 1000 – TechCrunch

    In a case of bizarre timing, Salesforce announced it was laying off 1000 employees at the end of last month just a day after...

    And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2020 is… Canix – TechCrunch

    We started this competition with 20 impressive startups. After five days of fierce pitching in a wholly new virtual Startup Battlefield arena, we have...

    Are high churn rates depressing earnings for app developers? – TechCrunch

    Improve your retention rates, but don’t do it for the 85/15 split Jacob Eiting is CEO of RevenueCat, a platform for managing cross-platform in-app purchases,...

    No, a Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Didn’t Partner With a Pro-Communist Chinese Group

    On Thursday, an article from The Daily Signal, the blog of the conservative Heritage Foundation, claimed to show a damning link between an organization...