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    Tune in tomorrow and watch five startups compete at Pitchers & Pitches – TechCrunch

    Ever hear the expression, “every master was once a disaster?” Now apply that to developing a well-crafted pitch. It takes practice and honest feedback...

    Moka, the HR tool for Arm and Shopee in China, closes $43M Series B – TechCrunch

    Investors are betting on the automation of human resources management in China. We reported last year that Moka, one of the key players...

    Stream, whose APIs help product teams build chat and activity feeds fast, just raised a $15 million Series A round – TechCrunch

    Earlier this year, the founders of Stream,  a five-year-old, 60-person startup with offices in Boulder and Amsterdam, weren’t feeling so great about their prospects....

    How China’s ACRCloud detects copyrighted music in short videos – TechCrunch

    Music is front and center in the rise of TikTok and other short-video apps. It’s not just the video platforms that are harvesting the...

    North Korean Hacking Group Attacks Israeli Defense Industry

    TEL AVIV — Israel claimed Wednesday that it had thwarted a cyberattack by a North Korea-linked hacking group on its classified defense industry.The Defense...

    Minted.com CEO Mariam Naficy shares ‘the biggest surprise about entrepreneurship’ – TechCrunch

    At TechCrunch Early Stage, Minted CEO and serial founder Mariam Naficy got into the weeds with us on some of the topics founders don’t...

    ByteDance in talks with India’s Reliance for investment in TikTok – TechCrunch

    Chinese giant ByteDance is engaging with India’s Reliance Industries Limited, the parent firm of telecom giant Jio Platforms, for investment in TikTok’s...

    Google makes building Android apps on Chrome OS easier – TechCrunch

    Google today launched ChromeOS.dev, a new site that aims to help developers get started with building Android apps for the company’s Linux-based operating...

    Uber CEO says CA shutdown may be necessary – TechCrunch

    Uber’s CEO pushes back against a potential reclassification of drivers, a former COO sues Pinterest and Microsoft reveals details about the Surface Duo....

    India’s first private space launch startup Skyroot succeeds with upper-stage engine fire test – TechCrunch

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgEWn2N4uNk The private space launch industry has expanded significantly since the debut of SpaceX, but some markets, like India, are just now getting the...

    Digitizing Burning Man – TechCrunch

    For decades, Burning Man has represented an escape from the current reality. An event for free-er spirits to rethink new age ideals inside a...

    Labster lands new cash to bring its virtual reality science lab software to Asia – TechCrunch

    You could Zoom call into your science class, or you could conduct a lab experiment in virtual reality. During the coronavirus pandemic, the latter...

    Google, Facebook and Others Form Tech Coalition to Secure U.S. Election

    SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook, Google and other major tech companies said on Wednesday that they were forming a coalition to promote discussions with government...

    Sarah Cooper — known for her impressions of Donald Trump on TikTok — just landed a Netflix deal – TechCrunch

    For writer-comedian Sarah Cooper, the pandemic hasn’t been so terrible. In fact, by making the best of a terrible situation — in this case,...

    Lyft shares get small bump after reporting 61% Q2 revenue decline – TechCrunch

    Today after the bell, Lyft reported its second-quarter financial performance. The American ride-hailing company’s results helped illustrate just how much the economy has changed...

    Merico raises $4.1M for its developer analytics platform – TechCrunch

    Merico, a startup that gives companies deeper insights into their developers’ productivity and code quality, today announced that it has raised a $4.1 million...