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    Twitter claims increased enforcement of hate speech and abuse policies in last half of 2019 – TechCrunch

    Twitter has given its biannual transparency reports a new home with today’s launch of the Twitter Transparency Center, which the company says was...

    Fearing coronavirus, a Michigan college tracks its students with a flawed app – TechCrunch

    Schools and universities across the United States are split on whether to open for the fall semester, thanks to the ongoing pandemic. Albion College, a...

    Just what would an enterprise company like Microsoft or Oracle do with TikTok? – TechCrunch

    By now you’ve probably heard that under pressure from the current administration, TikTok owner ByteDance is putting the viral video service up for...

    QAnon Groups Removed by Facebook

    OAKLAND, Calif. — Facebook said on Wednesday that it had removed 790 QAnon groups from its site and was restricting another 1,950 groups, 440...

    NOAA and World View partner on stratospheric composition research – TechCrunch

    Arizona -based high-altitude balloon startup World View has a new partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to help the latter collect...

    Lucid’s new all-electric sedan will let owners send energy to their homes by mid-2021 – TechCrunch

    Lucid Motors said Wednesday that its upcoming all-electric Air sedan will have fast-charging capability that will let owners add 300 miles of range...

    Max Levchin is looking ahead to fintech’s next big opportunities – TechCrunch

    Max Levchin needs little introduction in the world of tech. As an entrepreneur, he’s been the co-founder of PayPal (now public), Slide (acquired by...

    Tune in today to discuss COVID-19’s impact on the startup world – TechCrunch

    We can’t help but wonder what the future of work will look like in the wake of this pandemic. That’s the timely topic of...

    Target sets sales record in Q2 as same-day services grow 273% – TechCrunch

    Following Walmart’s pandemic-fueled earnings beat posted on Tuesday, Target today also handily beat Wall Street expectations to deliver a record-setting quarter across a number...

    Top Facebook executive in India files criminal complaint against a journalist for sharing news report – TechCrunch

    Ankhi Das, a top Facebook executive in India, has filed a criminal complaint against a journalist who she alleges attempted to defame her...

    BlackBerry’s brand switches hands again, set to return as a 5G Android handset – TechCrunch

    A good brand is hard to kill. Over the past several years, the smartphone space has seen a resurgence of once-mighty mobile brands making...

    Here are four areas the $311 billion CPPIB investment fund thinks will be impacted by COVID-19 – TechCrunch

    The Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board, an asset manager controlling around $311 billion in assets for the Canada’s pensioners and retirees, has identified...

    Join Twilio’s Jeff Lawson for a live Q&A August 25 at 3:30 pm EDT/12:30 pm PDT – TechCrunch

    As we race toward Disrupt 2020, we’re keeping the Extra Crunch Live train rolling with a big entry next week as Twilio CEO and co-founder...

    You Can’t Find a Laptop. Now What?

    Hello! On Tech is going on a summer break. We’ll be back again on Thursday, Aug. 27. You can sign up here to receive...

    Internet and Power Outage? It’s Storm Season

    In late July, Gloria Skigen, 57, returned to Stamford, Conn., after dropping off her daughter at Duke University in North Carolina. To abide by...

    Social Justice Guides Are All Over Instagram

    Though these guides are digital, they borrow from the analog art of zine making.“Zines, you know, it’s a democratic way to share information,” said...