Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunchâs venture-capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Happy 2021, or as our own Danny Crichton aptly names it, December 38, 2020. Equity crew is back to start the new year in full force, with Alex, Natasha, and Danny on the mics and Chris behind the scenes. [âŠ] Read more âș
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Following a slate of temporary and permanent bans from a number of the top online platforms, popular video streaming service Twitch today confirmed that it has disabled the President of the United Statesâ account. A spokesperson for the site told TechCrunch, In light of yesterdayâs shocking attack on the Capitol, we have disabled President Trumpâs [âŠ] Read more âș
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The breach will likely present a major task for Congress' IT departments, which must now determine what's been stolen and which security risks could still pose a threat to the Capitol's network. Read more âș
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Some consolidation is underway in the world of challenger banking apps. BBVA today told users of Simple â the pioneering mobile and online banking app that it acquired for $117 million in 2014 â that it is planning to shut down the service, moving accounts to BBVA in the process. In a note it sent [âŠ] Read more âș
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We are only beginning to understand the long-lasting effects the pandemic will have on mental health. Read more âș
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Mobile advertising company Tapjoy has settled with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over allegations that it was misleading consumers about the in-app rewards they could earn in mobile games. According to the FTC, Tapjoy deceived consumers who participated in various activities â like purchasing a product, signing up for a free trial, providing their personal [âŠ] Read more âș
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YouTube just announced that channels publishing âfalse claimsâ about the U.S. presidential election will be penalized with a strike, which would temporarily suspend them from posting videos. If youâre wondering why it took this long, YouTube announced last month (a full month after the presidential election, but right after the âsafe harborâ deadline for audits [âŠ] Read more âș
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Some of the biggest decision-makers in edtech are taking a scalpel to the way tutoring used to work. Read more âș
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Facebook isnât the only big tech company taking action against Donald Trumpâs web presence in the wake of yesterdayâs riots in Washington DC. Shopify, which hosted shops related to Trumpâs campaign paraphernalia and the outgoing Presidentâs personal brand, TrumpStore, has apparently taken down both of those properties. News of the move was first reported by [âŠ] Read more âș
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Consumer financial services startup SoFi is closing in on a deal to go public via a merger with special purpose acquisition company, Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp V, the latest blank check company formed by venture capital investor Chamath Palihapitiya. An agreement to take SoFi public via a SPAC has been rumored for weeks. This latest [âŠ] Read more âș
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What a week. Democracy is still standing and the nation is getting back to work, so letâs press forward, even if it does feel surreal to cover business news after witnessing a live-streamed coup attempt. Setting aside the tectonic political moment, thereâs plenty of activity inside the world of startups we need to discuss. The [âŠ] Read more âș
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A new startup has officially emerged for stealth with the raise of its $62 million Series A funding round. Endeavor BioMedicines is led by co-founder and CEO John Hood, who previously led Impact Biomedicines, and its new funding comes from Omega Funds and Longitude Capital, as well as the companyâs own management team. Endeavor is [âŠ] Read more âș
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Former Disney and Discovery execs are teaming up to launch a new streaming service called Struum, arriving in the spring, that aims to take the Classpass model and apply it to the streaming landscape. That is, Struumâs plan is to aggregate content from smaller video on demand services, then provide that under its own subscription. [âŠ] Read more âș
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A Twitter spokesperson has confirmed with TechCrunch this morning that Trump has deleted three tweets that led to the temporarily suspension of this account last night. Twitter locked the account pending deletion of the offending tweets on Wednesday following the riot and siege of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., and said that the suspension [âŠ] Read more âș
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced via his platform that Donald Trump will be blocked from using both Facebook and Instagram âfor at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete.â The company blocked his accounts temporarily on Wednesday following Trumpâs posting on content that incited his followers to violence. [âŠ] Read more âș
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Elon Musk, the controversial and enigmatic entrepreneur who heads up SpaceX and Tesla, has reached a status that only three others have held in the past two decades: worldâs richest person. On his way to the top spot, Musk has surpassed a bevy of billionaires this year, including Warren Buffet and Bill Gates. He reached [âŠ] Read more âș
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Roblox is now one of the worldâs most valuable private companies in the world after a monster Series H raise brings the social gaming platform a stratospheric $29.5 billion valuation. The company wonât be private for long, though. The $520 million raise led by Altimeter Capital and Dragoneer Investment Group is a significant cash influx [âŠ] Read more âș
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Lisbon â and Portugal generally â is becoming a magnet for digital nomads with talent. Read more âș
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Cable or fiber. For the vast majority of American homes, thereâs no choice of how customers get their internet access. If youâre lucky to live in some dense urban areas with amenable landlords, that âorâ might become an âand.â Yet, as more and more people rely on the internet for more than just cat photos [âŠ] Read more âș
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Mandy Price was already a highly successful lawyer in private practice before she took the jump into entrepreneurship alongside two co-founders to launch Kanarys a little over one year ago. The Harvard Law School graduated didnât have to start her company, which helps businesses measure the efficacy of their diversity and inclusion efforts using hard [âŠ] Read more âș
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