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    In pandemic era, entrepreneurs turn to SPACs, crowdfunding and direct listings – TechCrunch

    If necessity is the mother of invention, then new business owners are getting very inventive in the ways in which they access cash. Relying...

    In blistering audit, civil rights leaders raise alarms about Facebook’s ongoing policy failures – TechCrunch

    The results of a multiyear investigation into Facebook’s policies and their consequences for the civil liberties of its more than 2.5 billion users...

    PQShield raises $7M for quantum-ready cryptographic security solutions – TechCrunch

    A deep tech startup building cryptographic solutions to secure hardware, software, and communications systems for a future when quantum computers may render many current...

    Amazon U.S. sellers will have to display their name and address starting Sept. 1, 2020 – TechCrunch

    Amazon on Wednesday informed its U.S. sellers they will soon have to display their business name and address on their Amazon.com seller profile...

    Microsoft makes Teams video meetings less tiring with its new Together mode – TechCrunch

    Video meetings. While the move to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic may have made them mainstream, they are not without issues and more...

    Robinhood Has Lured Young Traders, Sometimes With Devastating Results

    Richard Dobatse, a Navy medic in San Diego, dabbled infrequently in stock trading. But his behavior changed in 2017 when he signed up for...

    What India’s TikTok ban means for China – TechCrunch

    For more than a decade, China has limited how foreign tech firms that operate inside its borders do business. The world’s largest internet market...

    GoHealth eyes multibillion-dollar valuation as it sets its initial IPO price range – TechCrunch

    GoHealth, a Chicago-based company that provides consumers with a digital portal to help them select insurance products, set an initial price range for its...

    Ade Ajao, Maryanna Saenko, Charles Hudson, Ulili Onovakpuri, and Melissa Bradley are coming to Disrupt – TechCrunch

    At TechCrunch Disrupt, our Startup Battlefield event is the centerpiece of the event, the true heart of this signature program. There’s good reason we take...

    With Pandemic Keeping Them Apart, Runners Embrace Virtual Races

    On a Friday evening in late June, three women in matching blue-and-white Hoka running shoes leaned over a starting line at Buffalo Park in...

    Swiftmile raises $5 million round led by Thayer Ventures for micromobility charging stations – TechCrunch

    Swiftmile, the startup that makes and deploys charging stations for electric bikes and scooters in cities, has raised a $5 million round led...

    The Tech Giants’ Invisible Helpers

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.My friends, I vow to make you...

    Fintech startup nCino targets ~$2B valuation in impending IPO – TechCrunch

    As IPO season continues, another venture-backed tech company is moving closer toward going public. This week nCino filed an updated S-1 filing, providing an...

    Lucid to open 20 customer locations to help sell and service its electric vehicle – TechCrunch

    The Lucid Air electric sedan will debut on September 9, 2020 and today the company is detailing its plan to sell and service...

    The TourBox adds a touch of tactile control to your editing workflow in a portable package – TechCrunch

    Now is a great time to be dipping back into creative projects you’ve had on hold, including editing archives of photos you promised you’d...

    Hear how to manage your enterprise infrastructure from Sam Pullara at TechCrunch Early Stage – TechCrunch

    In just over a decade, cloud-based platforms have completely reshaped the multi-hundred billion dollar enterprise IT market. Companies have thrown out their boxes and...