Five-year-old âslow datingâ app Once has been acquired by the Dating Group, one of the largest companies in the dating world, for $18 million in cash and stock. Dating Group has 73 million registered users across a range of portfolio fatting apps including Dating.com. ClĂ©mentine Lalande, co-founder and CEO of Once, will continue leading the company [âŠ] Read more âș
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Web infrastructure company Cloudflare is releasing a new tool today that aims to provide a way for health agencies and organizations globally tasked with rolling out COVID-19 vaccines to maintain a fair, equitable and transparent digital queue â completely free of charge. The companyâs âProject Fair Shotâ initiative will make its new Cloudflare Waiting Room [âŠ] Read more âș
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The UKâs data watchdog has restarted an investigation of adtech practices that, since 2018, have been subject to scores of complaints across Europe under the blocâs General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The high velocity trading of Internet usersâ personal data canât possibly be compliant with GDPRâs requirement that such information is adequately secured, the complaints [âŠ] Read more âș
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Apple is said to be working on a new version of the MacBook Air with a brand new physical case design thatâs both thinner and lighter than its current offering, which was updated with Appleâs M1 chip late last year, per a new Bloomberg report. The plan is to release it as early as late [âŠ] Read more âș
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The European Parliament is being investigated by the EUâs lead data regulator over a complaint that a website it set up for MEPs to book coronavirus tests may have violated data protection laws. The complaint, which has been filed by six MEPs and is being supported by the privacy campaign group noyb, alleges third party [âŠ] Read more âș
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As countries around the world prepare to vaccinate people against the coronavirus, tech companies are rushing to demonstrate their willingness to help fight the deadly virus. Chinaâs ride-hailing leader Didi Chuxing is pledging a $10 million fund to support COVID-19 vaccination efforts in 13 markets outside its home country China, the company said on Friday. [âŠ] Read more âș
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A string of recent events in Chinaâs payments industry suggests the duopoly comprising Ant Group and Tencent may be getting a shakeup. Following the abrupt call-off of Antâs public sale and a government directive to reform the firmâs business, the Chinese authorities sent another message this week signaling its plan to curb concentration in the [âŠ] Read more âș
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JustKitchen operates cloud kitchens, but the company goes beyond providing cooking facilities for delivery meals. Instead, it sees food as a content play, with recipes and branding instead of music or shows as the content, and wants to create the next iteration of food franchises. JustKitchen currently operates its âhub and spokeâ model in Taiwan, [âŠ] Read more âș
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Elon Musk said Thursday via a tweet that he will donate $100 million towards a prize for the best carbon capture technology. Musk, who recently surpassed Amazonâs Jeff Bezos to become the worldâs richest person, didnât provide any more details except to add in an accompanying tweet the âdetails will come next week.â Itâs unclear [âŠ] Read more âș
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Esports âtotal solutions providerâ VSPN (Versus Programming Network) has closed a $60 million Series B+ funding round, joined by Prospect Avenue Capital (PAC), Guotai Junan International and Nan Fung Group. VSPN facilitates esports competitions in China, which is a massive industry and has expanded into related areas such as esports venues. It is the principal [âŠ] Read more âș
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Googleâs parent firm Alphabet is done exploring with the idea of using giant balloons to beam high-speed internet in remote parts of the world. The firm said on Thursday evening that it was winding down Loon after it could not find a sustainable business model and willing partners. This is the second major connectivity effort [âŠ] Read more âș
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Hims & Hers, a San Francisco-based telehealth startup that sells sexual wellness and other health products and services to millennials, began trading publicly today on the NYSE after completing a reverse merger with the blank-check company Oaktree Acquisition Corp. Its shares slipped a bit, ending the day down 5% from where they started, but the [âŠ] Read more âș
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Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunchâs venture-capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week we â Natasha and Danny and Alex and Grace â had more than a little to noodle over, but not so much that we blocked out a second episode. We try to stick to our current format, but, may do more shows in the [âŠ] Read more âș
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A new report suggests thereâs a pricey Apple VR headset in the works, Facebookâs Oversight Board will examine one of the social networkâs most consequential decisions and we review the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra. This is your Daily Crunch for January 21, 2021. The big story: Apple might be working on a VR headset Apple [âŠ] Read more âș
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A couple of months ago at CNBCâs Transform conference, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna painted a picture of a company in the midst of a transformation. He said that he wanted to take advantage of IBMâs $34 billion 2018 Red Hat acquisition to help customers manage a growing hybrid cloud world, while using artificial intelligence to [âŠ] Read more âș
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A federal judge has denied an attempt by conservative social network Parler to force Amazon to host it on AWS. As expected by most who read Parlerâs ramshackle legal arguments, the court found nothing in the lawsuit that could justify intervention, only âfaint and factually inaccurate speculation.â In the order, filed in the Western Washington [âŠ] Read more âș
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Decades ago, a software program called Trillian introduced a way for internet users to interact with multiple IM networks, like ICQ, AIM and MSN Messenger, in a single window. Now, Pebble founder and Y Combinator Partner Eric Migicovsky is revisiting this concept, but this time with a focus on centralizing access to modern-day chat applications. [âŠ] Read more âș
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Late last year, Solugen, a startup using synthetic biology to take hydrocarbons out of the chemicals industry, decided against pursuing a new round of funding that would have valued the company at over $1 billion, TechCrunch has learned. Instead, the Houston-based bio-manufacturing company raised an internal round of roughly $30 million from existing investors and [âŠ] Read more âș
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The Biden administration has officially appointed Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel acting FCC Chairwoman, making her the first woman to hold the position, and she will likely be nominated to fill the position formally later in the year. With her record of standing for equal access, industry accountability, and net neutrality, Rosenworcelâs FCC will be very different [âŠ] Read more âș
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Regulators may still want to imply Bitcoin is merely a tool for criminals, but for many middle-class users, itâs proving to be a lifeline. Read more âș
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