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    PadSplit uses the Airbnb model to tackle the country’s affordable housing crisis – TechCrunch

    One third of American families failed to make rent in June, and by September more than 20 million renters could be evicted by landlords.Can...

    UK class action style claim filed over Marriott data breach – TechCrunch

    A class action style suit has been filed in the UK against hotel group Marriott International over a massive data breach that exposed...

    iKala, an AI-based customer engagement platform, raises $17 million to expand in Southeast Asia – TechCrunch

    iKala, a Taiwanese startup that offers an artificial intelligence-based customer acquisition and engagement platform, will expand into new Southeast Asian markets after raising a...

    Tristan Thomas, Monzo’s long-standing VP of Marketing, is departing the challenger bank – TechCrunch

    Tristan Thomas, Monzo’s long-standing VP of Marketing — who joined the challenger bank almost five years ago when it had less than 15...

    With Virtual Reality, Caregivers Can Become Patients

    “What I try to do with Embodied Labs is to provide that understanding gap, so people can get to that point faster than I...

    Big Tech’s Domination of Business Reaches New Heights

    As the economy contracts and many companies struggle to survive, the biggest tech companies are amassing wealth and influence in ways unseen in decades. Source...

    India’s first Earth-imaging satellite startup raises $5 million, first launch planned for later this year – TechCrunch

    Bengaluru-based Pixxel is getting ready to launch its first Earth imaging satellite later this year, with a scheduled mission aboard a Soyuz rocket. The...

    Google launches Kormo app in India to help people find entry-level jobs – TechCrunch

    Google said on Wednesday it has expanded its jobs app, called Kormo Jobs, to India as the Search giant looks to offer a...

    Omio takes $100M to shuttle through the coronavirus crisis – TechCrunch

    Multimodal travel platform Omio (formerly GoEuro) has raised $100M in late stage funding to help see its business through the coronavirus crisis. It also...

    How Your Phone Is Used to Track You, and What You Can Do About It

    As researchers and journalists try to understand how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting people’s behavior, they have repeatedly relied on location information from smartphones....

    InfraDigital helps Indonesian schools digitize tuition and enrollment – TechCrunch

    In Indonesia, about half of adults are “underbanked,” meaning they don’t have access to bank accounts, credit cards and other traditional financial services. A...

    JD.com’s 1-year-old health unicorn to get $830M from Hillhouse – TechCrunch

    In recent years, China’s online shopping titans have been muscling into the prescription drug market. When JD.com, Alibaba’s archrival, realized the health market spans...

    Cannabis dispensaries’ online sales are way up, and Dutchie, which connects them to their customers, is a major beneficiary – TechCrunch

    Dutchie, a nearly three-year-old, Bend, Ore.-based software company focused on connecting consumers with cannabis dispensaries that pay it a monthly subscription fee to...

    Hong Kong’s food e-commerce startup DayDayCook raises $20 million – TechCrunch

    The food blogging community in China is booming, and many creators have been cashing in big time by touting food products to loyal followers,...

    The block clock tick-tocks on TikTok – TechCrunch

    In less than three months and notwithstanding intervention, TikTok will be effectively banned in the U.S. unless an American company steps in to save...

    InVision refreshes its Design System Manager, brings on Eleanor Morgan as CPO – TechCrunch

    InVision, the design firm that’s raised more than $350 million from investors FirstMark, Spark, Battery and Tiger Global Management, has today announced the appointment...