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Facebook’s Libra could launch in January
According to a report from the Financial Times, Facebook-backed cryptocurrency Libra could launch in January. More interestingly, the Libra Association, the consortium created by Facebook, could scale... 
Tags Novi Distributed Ledger Calibra
India sets rules for commissions, surge pricing for Uber and Ola
Ride-hailing firms such as Ola and Uber can only draw a fee of up to 20% on ride fares in India, New Delhi said in guidelines on Friday, a new setback for the SoftBank-backed firms already struggling... 
Tickers APPS ASIA OLA UBER
Tags india Ola Uber
There’s no ‘hacker house’ geared toward undergraduate women, so they created one of their own
Hacker houses are making a comeback for entrepreneurs as remote work drags on. While founders are adapting to quarantine in style, a group of college women in their 20s aren’t waiting until they are... 
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No Google-Fitbit merger without human rights remedies, says Amnesty to EU
Human rights NGO, Amnesty International, has written to the EU’s competition regulator calling for Google’s acquisition of wearable maker Fitbit to be blocked — unless meaningful safeguards can be... 
Tags Amnesty International competition law fitbit
Is Slack overpriced now that the market knows Salesforce might buy it?
The Exchange is technically off today, but we’re here anyway because there’s neat stuff in the world of startups and money to talk about. So, let’s yammer this morning about Slack’s new valuation and... 
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Tags Microsoft TC Salesforce
Wall Street needs to relax, as startups show remote work is here to stay
We are hearing that a COVID-19 vaccine could be on the way sooner than later, and that means we could be returning to normal life some time in 2021. That’s the good news. The perplexing news, however,... 
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Tags Karen Mangia COVID/19 Aaron Levie
UK to set up ‘pro-competition’ regulator to put limits on big tech
The UK is moving ahead with a plan to regulate big tech, responding to competition concerns over a ‘winner takes all’ dynamic in digital markets. It will set up a new Digital Market Unit (DMU) to... 
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Tags digital regulation Digital Markets Unit platform power
Alibaba vies for a piece of China’s booming EV market
There’s no lack of news these days on China’s tech giants teaming up with traditional carmakers. Companies from Alibaba to Huawei are striving to become relevant in the trillion-dollar auto industry,... 
Tickers ASIA EV TC
Tags Transportation saic motor alibaba
Gift Guide: Black Friday tech deals that are actually worth checking out
Black Friday approaches! In a year where asking Alexa what day today is feels totally normal, this Black Friday seems like it came out of nowhere. As we say pretty much every year, a lot of Black... 
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Tags TC Gift Guide 2020
Facebook’s latest ad tool fail puts another dent in its reputation
Reset yer counters: Facebook has had to ‘fess up to yet another major ad reporting fail. This one looks like it could be costly for the tech giant to put right — not least because it’s another dent in... 
Tags Advertising Tech digital regulation Facebook
Thanksgiving on track for a record $6B in US online sales, says Adobe
As people prepare and eat their Thanksgiving meals, or just “work” on relaxing for the day, some consumers are going online to get a jump on holiday shopping deals. Adobe, which is following online... 
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AstraZeneca says it will likely do another study of COVID-19 vaccine after accidental lower dose shows higher efficacy
AstraZeneca’s CEO told Bloomberg that the pharmaceutical company will likely conduct another global trial of the effectiveness of its COVID-19 vaccine trial, following the disclosure that the more... 
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Tags ceo Biotech vaccine
Bigblue wants to automate e-commerce fulfillment in Europe
Meet Bigblue, a French startup that just raised a $3.6 million seed round (€3 million) to build an end-to-end fulfillment solution in Europe. If you sell products on your own website and across... 
Tags Samaipata fulfillment Startups
Foxconn could move some iPad and MacBook production to Vietnam
Following a request from Apple, Foxconn could be shifting production out of China for some iPad and MacBook models according to a report from Reuters. The new assembly lines would be based in Vietnam.... 
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Tags TC Foxconn Apple
US Fertility says patient data was stolen in a ransomware attack
U.S. Fertility, one of the largest networks of fertility clinics in the United States, has confirmed it was hit by a ransomware attack and that data was taken. The company was formed in May as a... 
Tags security crimes Health
GDPR enforcement must level up to catch big tech, report warns
A new report by European consumer protection umbrella group Beuc, reflecting on the barriers to effective cross-border enforcement of the EU’s flagship data protection framework, makes awkward reading... 
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Tags BEUC Europe eu
Equity Dive: Edtech’s 2020 wakeup call
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast (now on Twitter!), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week, we’re doing a first-ever for the show and... 
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Tags Equity podcast edtech equity
TikTok’s epic rise and stumble
TikTok’s rise in the West is unprecedented for any Chinese tech company, and so is the amount of attention it has attracted from politicians worldwide. Below is a timeline of how TikTok grew from what... 
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Tags Entertainment China tiktok
Rock-star programmer: Rivers Cuomo finds meaning in coding
“Hi, I’m Rivers from the band, Weezer,” Rivers Cuomo says with a slight smile and a wave. He turns away from the camera for a bit, before launching into his best infomercial pitch. “Imagine you’re on... 
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Tags Entertainment Apps Rivers Cuomo
Daily Crunch: Amazon Web Services stumble
An Amazon Web Services outage has a wide effect, Salesforce might be buying Slack and Pinterest tests new support for virtual events. This is your Daily Crunch for November 25, 2020. And for those of... 
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Tags Daily Crunch TC Amazon
Gift Guide: 5 solid tech gifts to help decrease stress and increase sleep
Even in a normal year, the holidays can be an anxiety-inducing hellscape. In 2020, though — honestly, it’s hard to say what manner of climactic finale this historically rough year might have on tap. In... 
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Tags stress bose Hardware
Enterprise investor Jason Green on SPAC hopefuls versus startups bound for traditional IPOs
Jason Green has a pretty solid reputation as venture capitalists go. The enterprise-focused firm the cofounded 17 years ago, Emergence Capital, has backed Saleforce, Box, and Zoom, among many other... 
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Tags Startups TC Venture Capital
Flexible expressions could lift 3D-generated faces out of the uncanny valley
3D-rendered faces are a big part of any major movie or game now, but the task of capturing and animated them in a natural way can be a tough one. Disney Research is working on ways to smooth out this... 
Tags Disney Science disney research
Gift Guide: 7 Smart Home gift ideas that go beyond the usual Google/Amazon smart speakers
It's never been easier to build a smart home. Beyond the same Google/Amazon/Apple/etc. voice-powered assistant speakers you've probably seen on every gift guide for years, there's a world of wonderful... 
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Remote-controlled delivery carts are now working for the local Los Angeles grocer
Robots are no longer the high-tech tools reserved for university labs, e-commerce giants and buzzy Silicon Valley startups. The local grocer now has access too. Tortoise, the one-year-old Silicon... 
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Tags TC Startups Transportation
France starts collecting tax on tech giants
France is going forward with its plan to tax big tech companies. The government has sent out notices to tech giants, as reported by the Financial Times, Reuters and AFP. There could be retaliation... 
Tags digital tax Policy tax on tech giants
As IBM shifts to hybrid cloud, reports have them laying off 10,000 in EU
As IBM makes a broad shift in strategy, Bloomberg reported this morning that the company would be cutting around 10,000 jobs in Europe. This comes on the heels of last month’s announcement that the... 
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Tags Cloud TC Enterprise
What will tomorrow’s tech look like? Ask someone who can’t see
Will Butler Contributor Share on Twitter Will Butler is a writer, producer and podcast host from California. Legally blind since age of 19, Will has written and produced numerous stories about... 
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Tags accessibility TC Column
Insurtech’s big year gets bigger as Metromile looks to go public
In the wake of insurtech unicorn Root’s IPO, it felt safe to say that the big transactions for the insurance technology startup space were done for the year. After all, 2020 had been a big one for the... 
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Tags Hippo The Exchange Startups
Amazon Web Services outage takes a portion of the internet down with it
Amazon Web Services is currently having an outage, taking a chunk of the internet down with it. Several AWS services were experiencing problems as of early Wednesday, according to its status page. That... 
Tags computing web services Amazon Web Services
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