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    Uber and Lyft face new lawsuit from CA Labor Commissioner – TechCrunch

    Uber and Lyft are both facing another lawsuit from the office of the California Labor Commissioner alleging wage theft. Filed today, the suits argue...

    Unagi, the iPhone of scooters, now has a subscription service – TechCrunch

    Unagi, the portable and design-forward electric scooter company that made a splash with celebs and pop stars, has launched a subscription service. The service, called...

    YouTube bans thousands of Chinese accounts to combat ‘coordinated influence operations’ – TechCrunch

    YouTube has banned a large number of Chinese accounts it said were engaging in “coordinated influence operations” on political issues, the company announced...

    Black Founders Matter, a fund focused on Black entrepreneurs, makes first investment – TechCrunch

    Too often, Black founders are locked out of Silicon Valley before they even have a chance to get started, Marceau Michel, founder of venture...

    Match confirms plans for Tinder Platinum, a new top-level subscription for power users, arriving Q4 – TechCrunch

    Tinder is testing a new top-level subscription plan, Tinder Platinum, which it expects to roll out before year-end. The news of the coming service...

    Krisp snags $5M A round as demand grows for its voice-isolating algorithm – TechCrunch

    Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech, which silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls, arrived just in time. The company got out...

    DoorDash launches a convenience store – TechCrunch

    On-demand delivery startup DoorDash has launched a digital storefront to sell household items, as well as the types of things you’d find at...

    Instagram’s hashtag searches gave Trump better treatment than Biden – TechCrunch

    Instagram apparently handled searches for popular hashtags related to the two presidential candidates differently, pointing Joe Biden search queries toward often negative related...

    The story behind Rent the Runway’s first check – TechCrunch

    When Rent the Runway co-founders Jennifer Fleiss and Jennifer Hyman got their first term sheet, it had an exploding clause in it: If they...

    Jump bikes are now on the Lime app and heading to more cities – TechCrunch

    Three months ago, Jump’s bright red bikes and scooters had disappeared from city streets after Uber unloaded the micromobility company to Lime as...

    Datafold is solving the chaos of data engineering – TechCrunch

    It seemed so simple. A small schema issue in a database was wrecking a feature in the app, increasing latency and degrading the user...

    Google updates G Suite for mobile with dark mode support, Smart Compose for Docs and more – TechCrunch

    Google today announced a major update to its mobile G Suite productivity apps. Among these updates are the addition of a dark theme for...

    Gumroad founder Sahil Lavingia launches new seed fund in collaboration with AngelList – TechCrunch

    Gumroad founder Sahil Lavingia has teamed up with AngelList to launch his debut $5 million rolling fund to invest in early-stage entrepreneurs. He is cutting...

    Microsoft launches Open Service Mesh – TechCrunch

    Microsoft today announced the launch of a new open-source service mesh based on the Envoy proxy. The Open Service Mesh is meant to...

    A new technique can detect newer 4G ‘stingray’ cell phone snooping – TechCrunch

    Security researchers say they have developed a new technique to detect modern cell-site simulators. Cell site simulators, known as “stingrays,” impersonate cell towers and can...

    Star Technologist Who Crossed Google Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison

    OAKLAND, Calif. — Anthony Levandowski, a pioneer of self-driving car technology in Silicon Valley, had once been feted by companies such as Google and...