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    Ann Syrdal, Who Helped Give Computers a Female Voice, Dies at 74

    Ann Syrdal, a psychologist and computer science researcher who helped develop synthetic voices that sounded like women, laying the groundwork for such modern digital...

    Mark Zuckerberg Questioned Under Oath in F.T.C. Antitrust Inquiry

    WASHINGTON — Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, answered questions under oath on multiple days this week as part of the Federal Trade Commission’s inquiry...

    Airbnb declares all parties over indefinitely at its listings – TechCrunch

    Airbnb has been implementing measures to help limit hosting of unauthorized parties at listings booked through its platform, and today it implemented the...

    Yalochat, a fast-growing conversational commerce startup, lands $15 million led by B Capital – TechCrunch

    Yalochat, a five-year-old, Mexico City-based conversational commerce platform that enables customers like Coca-Cola and Walmart to upsell, collect payments and provide better service to...

    Overlooked teams up with college newspapers to build a news-focused social network – TechCrunch

    George Sehremelis is building what he calls a “social news network,” with the aim of combating the spread of misinformation and fake news online. “My...

    Lyft plans to suspend rideshare operations in California tonight – TechCrunch

    Lyft is planning to suspend its ridesharing operations in California beginning tonight at 11:59 pm PT, unless it receives a stay from the...

    Palantir moves its HQ from Palo Alto to Denver as plans to go public percolate – TechCrunch

    Between the IPO buzz and a raft of new federal contracts for COVID-19 work, it’s been a year of big moves for Palantir. Now,...

    Energy offset and renewable power developer Arcadia pitches clean power as an employee benefit – TechCrunch

    Arcadia, the company that gives homeowners and renters a way to offset their carbon footprints through renewable energy credits and clean power developments, is...

    Investors Reilly Brennan, Amy Gu and Olaf Sakkers coming to TC Sessions: Mobility 2020 – TechCrunch

    The mobility sector has been abuzz with activity in the past decade from the rise of ride-hailing and the sudden explosion of shared electric...

    Border wall crowdfunding scheme leads to Trump ally Steve Bannon’s arrest – TechCrunch

    One of President Trump’s former top political advisors was arrested in connection with a crowdfunding scheme to build a U.S. border wall, according to...

    Former Uber Security Chief Charged With Concealing Hack

    Mr. Sullivan was “visibly shaken” when he learned of the hack and told others that he “could not believe they had let another breach...

    Judge grants Uber and Lyft temporary stay in driver reclassification case – TechCrunch

    A California appeals court judge has granted Uber and Lyft’s emergency stay. This means the preliminary injunction that sought to force companies to reclassify...

    Eric Hippeau discusses D2C growth, brand value and advice for early-stage founders – TechCrunch

    Eric Hippeau is the founding partner at Lerer Hippeau Ventures, whose portfolio companies include the likes of Axios, BuzzFeed, Casper, Warby Parker, Allbirds, DocSend,...

    There’s no frontrunner to be found among the TikTok alternatives – TechCrunch

    The U.S. market has no real frontrunner poised to claim TikTok’s throne if the app is banned in the country. According to Trump’s executive...

    Microsoft’s Seeing AI founder Saqib Shaikh is speaking at Sight Tech Global – TechCrunch

    When Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella introduced Saqib Shaikh on stage at BUILD in 2016, he was obviously moved by the engineer’s “passion and empathy,”...

    The founders of Blavity and The Shade Room are coming to Disrupt 2020 – TechCrunch

    Although the media industry is currently in the midst of a long-overdue reckoning over diversity, representation and racism, Morgan DeBaun and Angie Nwandu...