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    WhatsApp, one of the most popular instant messaging platforms on the planet, has rolled out a new feature in select markets that makes...

    Distilleries Raced to Make Hand Sanitizer for the Pandemic. No Longer.

    As the coronavirus pandemic shuttered bars and restaurants in March, Phil McDaniel’s craft distillery in St. Augustine, Fla., stopped producing bourbon. Then he realized...

    Twitter warns investors of possible fine from FTC consent order probe – TechCrunch

    Twitter has disclosed it’s facing a potential fine of more than a hundred million dollars as a result of a probe by the Federal...

    TaxScouts raises £5M Series A to expand to Europe, first stop Spain – TechCrunch

    TaxScouts, the U.K. tax preparation startup founded by TransferWise and MarketInvoice alumni, has raised £5 million in Series A funding for European expansion. Leading the...

    Grab launches new consumer financial services, including micro-investments and loans – TechCrunch

    Grab announced today that its financial unit, which previously focused mainly on services for entrepreneurs and small businesses, is launching a slew of...

    FCC invites public comment on Trump’s attempt to nerf Section 230 – TechCrunch

    FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has decided to ask the public for its thoughts on an attempt initiated in Trump in May to water down...

    TikTok, Trump and an Impulse to Play C.E.O. to Corporate America

    Mr. Trump’s antipathy toward many news organizations has led him to repeatedly threaten to interfere with media companies’ operations. He twice urged regulators to...

    Boston Dynamics CEO Rob Playter is coming to Disrupt 2020 to talk robotics and automation – TechCrunch

    Back in January, Robert Playter became the CEO of Boston Dynamics. It was a momentous occasion, marking the company’s first new CEO since its...

    Snapchat to take on TikTok with a new music-powered feature rolling out this fall – TechCrunch

    Snapchat is taking aim at TikTok. The company announced today it will begin testing a new feature that lets Snapchat users set their Snaps...

    Microsoft-TikTok acquisition inches closer to reality – TechCrunch

    A possible Microsoft -TikTok acquisition is causing plenty of drama, we review Google’s new budget Pixel and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon returns to Earth....

    Facebook Bets Big on Future of N.Y.C., and Offices, With New Lease

    Facebook on Monday agreed to lease nearly all of the office space in the mammoth 107-year-old James A. Farley Building in Midtown Manhattan, cementing...

    EventGeek relaunches as Circa to help marketers embrace virtual events – TechCrunch

    EventGeek was a Y Combinator-backed startup that offered tools to help large enterprises manage the logistics of their events. So with the COVID-19 pandemic...

    Lordstown Motors becomes latest EV automaker to use a SPAC to go public – TechCrunch

    Lordstown Motors, the one-year-old Ohio electric automaker that revealed a pickup truck prototype in June, has reached a deal to merge with special-purpose...

    Annual Extra Crunch members can save 20% on Disrupt passes – TechCrunch

    Calling all Extra Crunch annual and two-year members! Did you know that as a part of your membership plan, you can get a 20%...

    Google signs up six more partners for its digital banking platform coming to Google Pay – TechCrunch

    Google is expanding its plans to offer digital banking services in the U.S. The company announced today it’s partnering with half a dozen more...

    SaaS securitization will disrupt VC’s biggest returns this coming decade – TechCrunch

    SaaS investing has been on fire the past decade and the returns have been gushing in, with IPOs like Datadog, direct listings like Slack...