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    Omegle Is Where People Meet Online Now

    First there was the Zoom boom, followed quickly by Zoom fatigue. Then everyone became a gamer, inviting visitors to their virtual islands and sending...

    The Star of This $70 Million Sci-Fi Film Is a Robot

    “She’d ask questions like, ‘Why am I saying this line more loudly or more softly?’” Helderman said. “Or, ‘Why am I doing this thing...

    How a Tech-Funded Think Tank Influences Global Antitrust Regulators

    The long era of restraint in antitrust enforcement in the United States can be traced back, in part, to an ideology that tied economic...

    A ‘Smart District’ Takes Shape in the Netherlands

    “Projects that apply to the district are judged based on their innovation level,” Mr. van Berkel said, adding that it is “a process that...

    Slack Accuses Microsoft of Illegally Crushing Competition

    “For Microsoft, Teams is increasingly where online work is done,” said Wayne Kurtzman, an analyst at IDC, a technology research firm. “It is becoming...

    This startup reworked its privacy-friendly sensors to help battle COVID-19 – TechCrunch

    One little-known home and retail automation startup might seem like an unlikely candidate to help combat the ongoing pandemic. But its founder says its...

    The Not Company, a maker of plant-based meat and dairy substitutes in Chile, will soon be worth $250M – TechCrunch

    The Not Company, Latin America’s leading contender in the plant-based meat and dairy substitute market, is about to close on an $85 million round...

    TikTok’s Parent Said to Weigh Selling a Majority Stake in the Video App

    ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is weighing its ownership options for the popular video app after the Trump administration threatened to ban the...

    Augmented reality startup Mira announces $10M more in funding from Sequoia and others – TechCrunch

    The last few years haven’t proven too friendly to hardware companies in the augmented reality world. Enterprise-centric efforts like ODG, Daqri and Meta flared...

    New York legislature votes to halt facial recognition tech in schools for two years – TechCrunch

    The state of New York voted this week to pause any implementation of facial recognition technology in schools for two years. The moratorium, approved...

    Hear how three startups are approaching quantum computing differently at TC Disrupt 2020 – TechCrunch

    Quantum computing is at an interesting point. It’s at the cusp of being mature enough to solve real problems. But like in the early...

    HBO Max reached 4.1M subscribers in first month, despite lack of distribution on Roku and Fire TV – TechCrunch

    HBO Max, the AT&T-owned streaming service that combines HBO with WarnerMedia content, has grown to 4.1 million subscribers, since its launch on May 27....

    AT&T Signed Up 4 Million HBO Max Customers

    AT&T reported second-quarter results Thursday, and the numbers showed customer defections across the board, including in its wireless, broadband and satellite TV businesses. But...

    Tesla takes aim at Rivian in lawsuit alleging trade secret theft, poaching talent – TechCrunch

    Tesla filed a lawsuit against electric vehicle automaker Rivian and four former employers, on allegations of poaching talent and stealing trade secrets. Bloomberg was the...

    When choosing a tech stack, look before you leap – TechCrunch

    When it comes to choosing a tech stack, the decisions you make today could have a cascading impact for years. On one hand you...

    What your company can learn from the Bank of England’s resilience proposal – TechCrunch

    Kolton Andrus Contributor Kolton is co-founder and CEO of Gremlin, the chaos engineering company helping the world build a more reliable internet. The outages at RBS, TSB and...