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    Boom Time for Death Planning

    “I just lost it,” she recalled. “It was confusing to me, because I loved my job. I was happy in the most obvious ways,...

    ‘I don’t think this has been a mustache-twisting moment for investors’ – TechCrunch

    Josh Stein has been an investor for the past 16 years, joining the firm DFJ as a young operator, rising through its ranks, and...

    UK’s Drover raises $26M for to take its car subscription marketplace to Europe – TechCrunch

    The future of transportation is in a moment of flux, and that continues to provide opportunities for startups to build solutions provide new ways...

    Europe’s top court strikes down flagship EU-US data transfer mechanism – TechCrunch

    A highly anticipated ruling by Europe’s top court has just landed — striking down a flagship EU-US data flows arrangement called Privacy Shield. The case...

    Uber picks new India and South Asia president – TechCrunch

    Uber has named Prabhjeet Singh as the new president of its India and South Asia business, filling a role vacated weeks ago after...

    VPN providers rethink Hong Kong servers after China’s security law – TechCrunch

    In recent decades, Hong Kong has been considered a haven for data centers given its strategic location in Asia, a legal system trusted by...

    Monzo launches new Monzo Plus with software features it hopes users will want to pay for – TechCrunch

    Can a bank charge for software? That’s the existential question Monzo appears to be asking itself with its second — or, possibly, third —...

    A hacker used Twitter’s own ‘admin’ tool to spread cryptocurrency scam – TechCrunch

    A hacker allegedly behind a spate of Twitter account hacks on Wednesday gained access to a Twitter “admin” tool on the company’s network...

    Airbnb Says Its I.P.O. Plans Are Back on Track

    SAN FRANCISCO — Airbnb has resumed its efforts to go public, despite significant damage to the home rental business caused by the coronavirus pandemic,...

    Leaving the $3.2 billion portfolio he helped build at IndieBio, Arvind Gupta joins Mayfield to create the Genesis Consortium – TechCrunch

    Arvind Gupta, the founder and head of IndieBio, is leaving the accelerator whose portfolio he helped build into a $3.2 billion life sciences...

    Gmail for G Suite gets deep integrations with Chat, Meet, Rooms and more – TechCrunch

    Google is launching a major update to its G Suite productivity tools today that will see a deep integration of Gmail, Chat, Meet...

    Virgin Galactic brings on Disney Parks leader Michael Colglazier as new CEO – TechCrunch

    Virgin Galactic is shuffling its uppermost leadership ahead of the private space tourism company’s commercial service launch: It just announced Michael Colglazier, who...

    Apple, Biden, Musk and other high-profile Twitter accounts hacked in crypto scam – TechCrunch

    A number of high-profile Twitter accounts were simultaneously hacked on Wednesday by attackers who used the accounts — some with millions of followers...

    StackHawk, the Denver-based bug-detecting service, hires developer of open-source project Zed Attack Proxy – TechCrunch

    StackHawk, the Denver-based software startup offering service to detect and fix security bugs, is doubling down on its support for the popular open-source OWASP...

    Twitter stock slides after-hours amid scramble to contain high-profile account hacks – TechCrunch

    Twitter’s stock slid as much as 4% in after-hours trading as the company tried to swat down hackers that had taken over the...

    VC Brad Feld has a new book — and some advice — for startups trying to deal with the unknowable – TechCrunch

    Brad Feld, the longtime investor and founder of both Foundry Group in Boulder, Co., and Techstars, the now-global accelerator program, has a new book...