Sony to launch PlayStation 5 in India on February 2
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Sony said on Friday that it will launch PlayStation 5 in India on February 2, suggesting that the gaming giant has been able to improve its...
Thursday, 31 December 2020
Union Square Ventures and Learn Capital file paperwork indicating new funds
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As 2020 comes to a long-awaited end, a series of filings indicate that venture capitalists are ending the year with fresh money. According...
Bose’s latest sleep-centric earbuds mostly do the trick
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It’s been a strange year for sleep. For me, levels have fluctuated between too little and too much, but have – more often than not – tended...
BadVR is using government grants to build a business that’s independent of venture capital
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When the Los Angeles-based extended reality data visualization company, BadVR, first heard that one of its earliest benefactors, Magic Leap,...
Goodbye Flash, goodbye FarmVille
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While much of what made 2020 such an absolute nightmare will still be with us on January 1 (sorry!), we will really, truly be leaving Adobe...
NYC MTA’s contactless fare system completes rollout, will phase out MetroCard in 2023
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On the last day of 2020, New York City’s Metro Transit Authority announced that it has finished its roll out of contactless payment systems....
Extra Crunch’s Top 10 stories of 2020
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I edited hundreds of stories in 2020, so choosing my favorites would be an exercise in futility.
Instead, I’ve tried to gather a sample of...
After burning through $2 billion, Katerra gets a $200 million SoftBank lifeline to escape bankruptcy
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SoftBank Group is reportedly investing $200 million to bail out Katerra, a startup that had hoped to remake the construction industry with...
How artificial intelligence will be used in 2021
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Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang doesn’t need a crystal ball to see where artificial intelligence will be used in the future. He just looks at his...
Salesforce has built a deep bench of executive talent via acquisition
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When Salesforce acquired Quip in 2016 for $750 million, it gained CEO and co-founder Bret Taylor as part of the deal. Taylor has since risen...
The Equity crew predicts what’s to come in 2021
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What could go wrong?
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture-capital-focused podcast (now on Twitter!), where we unpack...
Wednesday, 30 December 2020
Samsung vice chairman Jay Y. Lee faces nine-year sentence in bribery case
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Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y. Lee faces a nine-year prison term in the bribery case that contributed to the downfall of former president...
Daily Crunch: Amazon acquires Wondery
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Amazon makes a big podcast acquisition, a Chinese robot maker raises $100 million and we review a robotic cat pillow. This is your Daily Crunch...
An earnest review of a robotic cat pillow
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You don’t need Qoobo in your life. Nobody needs Qoobo, exactly. In fact, first reactions tend to range from befuddlement to bemusement. The...
2020 will change the way we look at robotics
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Earlier this month, Hyundai acquired a controlling stake in Boston Dynamics that valued the company at $1.1 billion. What’s most interesting...
Elon Musk says SpaceX will attempt to recover Super Heavy rocket by catching it with launch tower
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SpaceX will try a significantly different approach to landing its future reusable rocket boosters, according to CEO and founder Elon Musk....
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After a handful of eclectic recent chapters, Fortnite’s latest is taking a theme and running with it. Chapter Four, Season Two of Fortnite ...
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French startup Lydia is better known as the dominant app for peer-to-peer payments. But the company has been adding more features, such as ...
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In the US today, The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. continued the auction process for the beleaguered Silicon Valley Bank, with final bids ...
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Deeploi , a Germany-based startup that is building an IT-as-a-Service platform, today announced that it has raised a €3 million seed funding...
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The body of the Indian stuntman who vanished after being lowered into a river while tied up with chains and ropes in a Houdini-inspired st...
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The crypto industry as a whole has seen a momentous year of growth, heavily spurred on by the entrance of institutional investors adopting...
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An Igbo woman stirred up a hornet's nest by accusing all Igbo men of being misogynists who try to control and undermine women (read here...
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