Facebook this morning announced a significant change in how it approaches Holocaust denial content on its social network. For years, the company has been criticized for not taking down this extremely offensive form of content in favor of allowing free speech and distancing itself from taking on the responsibilities of a traditional publisher. Today, itâs [âŠ] Read more âș
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Another twist in a multi-year complaint saga related to the legality of Facebookâs data transfers: European privacy campaigner, Max Schrems, has today been granted a judicial review of the Irish regulatorâs handling of his complaint. Heâs expecting the hearing to take place before the end of the year â and is hoping the action will, [âŠ] Read more âș
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The retail landscape is shifting rapidly. While D2C brands have changed the way we shop, Quince is looking to change retail even more dramatically. The brand, which raised $8.5 million in seed funding last year (and only revealed as much today), is looking to rethink the supply chain with its own line of 700 items [âŠ] Read more âș
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Googleâs Nest unit today launched its newest thermostat. At $129, the new thermostat is the companyâs most affordable one yet, but itâs also the first to feature a new swipe and tap interface on its side, as well as Googleâs Soli radar technology to sense room occupancy and when you are near the device. Soli, [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 is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest big news, chats about the coming week, digs into some recent funding rounds and mulls over a larger theme or narrative from the private markets. You can [âŠ] Read more âș
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Twilio today announced its biggest acquisition to date, spearheading a strong move into customer data management alongside its existing API-based tools for building and running customer communications services. Twilio is paying $3.2 billion âin Twilio Class A common stock, on a fully diluted and cash free, debt free basisâ to acquire Segment, a marketing technology [âŠ] Read more âș
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Shenzhen, known for its maker community and manufacturing resources, is taking the lead in trialing Chinaâs digital yuan. Last week, the city issued 10 million yuan worth of digital currency to 50,000 randomly selected residents. The government doled out the money through mobile âred envelopes,â a tool designed to digitize the custom of gifting money [âŠ] Read more âș
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Flash Express, a two-year-old logistics startup that works with e-commerce firms in Thailand, said on Monday it has raised $200 million in a new financing round as it looks to double down on a rapidly growing market spurred by demand due to the coronavirus pandemic. The funding, a Series D, was led by PTT Oil [âŠ] Read more âș
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Like many folks this year, I have been cooking a lot. Though Iâve always loved food and have had a deep and abiding interest for the art of cooking, Iâve definitely pushed myself to learn how to do a lot of things from scratch in the kitchen this year. From cooking a decent CTM to [âŠ] Read more âș
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As one of the worldâs most populated countries, with a fast-growing internet economy, Indonesia offers plenty of opportunity for startups. AC Ventures wants to tap into that with its $80 million ACV Capital III L.P. fund. The firm announced the first close of the fund today, with $56 million already committed. The capital will be [âŠ] Read more âș
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Bangalore-headquartered Razorpay, one of the handful of Indian fintech startups that has demonstrated accelerated growth in recent years, has joined the coveted unicorn club after raising $100 million in a new financing round, the payments processing startup said on Monday. The new financing round, a Series D, was co-led by Singaporeâs sovereign wealth fund GIC, [âŠ] Read more âș
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Sources have told TechCrunch that Twilio intends to acquire customer data startup Segment for between $3 and $4 billion. Forbes broke the story on Friday night, reporting a price tag of $3.2 billion. We have heard from a couple of industry sources that the deal is in the works and could be announced as early [âŠ] Read more âș
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Thereâs no doubt that modern social networks have let us down. Filled with hate speech and abuse, moderation and anti-abuse tools were an afterthought theyâre now trying to cram in. Meanwhile, personalization engines deliver us only what will keep us engaged, even if itâs not the truth. Today, a number of new social networks are [âŠ] Read more âș
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Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. Itâs broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch, but free, and made for your weekend reading. Read more âș
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Why there are so many tech IPOs right now. Read more âș
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Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the TechCrunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 204 billion downloads and $120 billion in consumer spending in 2019. People are now spending three hours and 40 minutes per day [âŠ] Read more âș
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Thereâs nothing excessively bad about âEnola Holmes,â a new film about Sherlock Holmesâ younger sister Enola. But thereâs nothing particularly good, either. The film was originally planned for a theatrical release from Warner Bros., but Netflix picked it up earlier this year, after the pandemic shuttered theaters around the world. âEnola Holmesâ stars Millie Bobby [âŠ] Read more âș
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Exclusive: Calls supposed to be protected by attorney-client privilege were recorded and transcribed. Read more âș
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A lot has been made of the open memo that CEO Brian Armstrong published nearly two weekends ago, essentially barring political activism at work because he sees it as a distraction. He also made it clear that employees who disagreed with the decision â and he foresaw that some would not be happy â were [âŠ] Read more âș
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The California judge in the legal skirmish between Epic Games and Apple has denied Epicâs request that Apple be forced to reinstate Fortnite in the App Store, but did affirm that Apple can not take action against the Epic Games developer accounts used to bring Unreal Engine developers access to Apple devices. The courtâs decision [âŠ] Read more âș
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