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    Tech CEOs face Congress – TechCrunch

    U.S. tech giants face antitrust scrutiny, Spotify has a mixed quarter and at-home fitness startup Tempo raises funding. This is your Daily Crunch for...

    Titans of Tech Testify in Their Trust-Me Suits

    Not for them, even, the flourishes of a pocket hankie or a lapel pin. The reference was, if anything, the men in the gray...

    Connected audio was a bad choice – TechCrunch

    The past week, I’ve spent ample time looking to revamp my home audio setup. I think my only qualification is that my next setup...

    LA’s consumer goods rental service, Joymode, sells to the NYC retail investment firm, XRC Labs – TechCrunch

    After raising $15 million in financing from one of technology’s most successful global investment firms, the Los Angeles-based consumer goods rental company Joymode is...

    Bezos ‘can’t guarantee’ no anti-competitive activity as Congress catches him flat-footed – TechCrunch

    At today’s House Judiciary Committee hearing, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos bungled attempts to assuage concerns that the company poaches ideas from its competitors,...

    Memers Have a New Campaign Aimed at Getting Trump Out of Office

    Meme 2020, the collective of social media influencers and content creators that posted sponsored content in support of Michael Bloomberg’s Democratic presidential primary run,...

    Before buying Instagram, Zuckerberg warned employees of ‘battle’ to ‘dislodge’ its competitor – TechCrunch

    In one of the first substantive moments at Wednesday’s major tech hearing, Facebook’s 2012 acquisition of Instagram came under fire, unearthing a few...

    Join our Q&A tomorrow at noon PDT with Y Combinator’s Geoff Ralston – TechCrunch

    From Airbnb to Zapier, and Coinbase to Instacart, many of the tech world’s most valuable companies spent their earliest days in Y Combinator’s accelerator...

    The Hummer EV is shaping up to be GM’s electric answer to the Ford Bronco and Tesla Cybertruck – TechCrunch

    The video below contains the first glimpse at the upcoming electric GMC Hummer. The preview video is short, full of nonsense buzzwords, but still...

    Leverage AI to optimize customer service outcomes – TechCrunch

    The interplay between tech and human insight is a virtuous cycle Nitesh Dudhia Contributor Nitesh Dudhia is co-founder and CBO of Aikon Labs Pvt Ltd. Nitesh has...

    Taiwan-based TNL Media Group raises $8 million to build its publishing and data analytics businesses – TechCrunch

    Since launching in 2013, Taipei-based TNL Media Group has grown from an independent news site to a media company with several online publishing verticals...

    Lawmakers argue that big tech stands to benefit from the pandemic and must be regulated – TechCrunch

    In his opening statements, the chairman of Wednesday’s historic tech hearing argued that regulating tech’s most dominant players is vital in the midst of...

    Amazon Is Jeff Bezos – The New York Times

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.A quarter-century ago, Jeff Bezos was a...

    Commerce Department Asks F.C.C. to Narrow Protections for Web Platforms

    WASHINGTON — The Trump administration asked the Federal Communications Commission this week to narrow its interpretation of a law that shields internet platforms like...

    Investment in AI startups slips to three-year low – TechCrunch

    Q2 2020 saw 458 deals worth $7.2 billion The fortunes of startups that leverage artificial intelligence have soared dramatically in recent years. These AI-powered startups have...

    How can I speed up getting a green card? – TechCrunch

    Sophie Alcorn Contributor Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year...