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    Arrive Outdoors, the gear rental platform for outdoor adventures, raises $4.75 million – TechCrunch

    Camping has been on the rise, especially among younger people, for the past couple years. Even during a pandemic, camping represents a relatively safe...

    Understanding Hippo’s valuation in a post-Lemonade IPO world – TechCrunch

    Are public markets frothier than today's private markets? Startups that fit under the broad umbrella of insurance technology are having quite a year. In early 2020,...

    Google Takes Aim at Amazon. Again.

    Google is getting serious about competing with Amazon in online shopping — just like it did in 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2019.But in 2020,...

    The New York Times is buying the production studio behind ‘Serial’ for $25M – TechCrunch

    In a bid to further expand into the world of audio production, the paper of record has acquired the one podcast (other than your...

    Gorilla Glass Victus can survive a two-meter drop and is set to arrive on a Samsung device soon – TechCrunch

    You might not know Gorilla Glass by name, but odds are pretty good you own at least one device sporting Corning’s chemically strengthened glass...

    Taking on the perfect storm in cybersecurity – TechCrunch

    The cybersecurity industry is at a turning point. Traditional security approaches were already struggling to deal with rising cyberattacks, a shift to cloud and explosive...

    StuffThatWorks nabs $9M for crowdsourced insights on health conditions – TechCrunch

    Waze upended the world of navigation when it took the approach of blending basic mapping data with crowdsourced feedback on the best routes, annoying...

    Levitate raises $6M for its ‘keep-in-touch’ email marketing solution aimed at smaller businesses – TechCrunch

    Levitate, a Raleigh-based marketing platform and customer relationship solution provider, has raised an additional $6 million for its A.I.-powered software offering small businesses and...

    Typewise taps $1M to build an offline next word prediction engine – TechCrunch

    Swiss keyboard startup Typewise has bagged a $1 million seed round to build out a typo-busting, ‘privacy-safe’ next word prediction engine designed to run...

    China’s first Mars rover is en route to the Red Planet after successful launch of Tianwen-1 – TechCrunch

    China successfully launched a combination Mars orbiter and rover early this morning, using a Long March 5 rocket that took off from Wenchang...

    Twitter Q2 misses on sales of $683M, loss per share of $0.16 as Covid-19 takes its toll – TechCrunch

    On the back of a major security breach last week that saw a bitcoin scam ripple through some of the highest profile accounts on...

    Amazon reportedly in talks to buy a 9.9% stake in India’s Reliance Retail – TechCrunch

    Amazon may join its global rivals Google and Facebook in backing one of Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s ventures. The American e-commerce giant is...

    Digital design platform Ceros raises $100M – TechCrunch

    Ceros is taking a big step up in fundraising today, with the announcement that it has raised a $100 million investment led by Sumeru...

    Quantexa raises $64.7M to bring big data intelligence to risk analysis and investigations – TechCrunch

    The wider field of cyber security — not just defending networks, but identifying fraudulent activity — has seen a big boost in activity in...

    Amazon now sells auto insurance in India – TechCrunch

    Amazon’s India business said on Thursday it has begun offering auto insurance to cover two and four-wheeler in the country, marking American giant’s first...

    How Equity Is Lost When Companies Hire Only Workers With Disabilities

    But many advocates said programs like these could potentially box workers with specific disabilities into certain industries, when they should instead be evaluated holistically....