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Brian Heater @ TechCrunch · 08/26/2020 14:58 EDT

Luna Display adds a teleprompter mode

I really like the Luna Display . The dongle still occupies a spot in my travel-cord bag. But like the bag it resides in, the iPad accessory hasn’t gotten much use in the past year. 2020 has no doubt been a tough time for the company, which was already reeling from Apple’s introduction of Sidecar […] Read more

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Darrell Etherington @ TechCrunch · 08/26/2020 14:54 EDT

SpaceX will launch Masten’s first lander to the Moon in 2022

SpaceX has secured a contract to act as the launch partner for Masten Space Systems, one of the companies awarded a NASA launch contract under that agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. Masten’s first lunar mission is set to take pace 2022 if all goes to plan, and will take the company’s XL-1 lunar […] Read more

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Alex Wilhelm @ TechCrunch · 08/26/2020 14:29 EDT

The bullish case for Palantir’s direct listing

The Palantir S-1 finally dropped yesterday after TechCrunch spilled a bunch of its guts last Friday. You can read the filing here, if you are so inclined. Today, however, instead of our usual overview, I have a different goal: We’re going to be a bit more specific. It’s fun and easy to clown on Palantir’s […] Read more

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Darrell Etherington @ TechCrunch · 08/26/2020 14:13 EDT

The Positive Grid Spark is a versatile smart amp perfect for guitarists stuck at home

Powered amps for electric guitars have gotten some neat tricks powered by modern mobile tech over the years, but the new Positive Grid Spark ($299) might be the one that packs the most intelligence and versatility into a single package. From a companion app, to voice commands, to tunable modelling and home recording – on […] Read more

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Sarah Perez @ TechCrunch · 08/26/2020 13:54 EDT

Twitter experiments with adding a ‘Quotes’ count to tweets

Twitter wants to make it easier to see the conversations taking place around a tweet. This May, the company rolled out a change to its user interface that allowed users who clicked on the “Retweets” metric beneath a tweet to view both those Retweets with comments and those without all on one screen. But a […] Read more

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Walter Thompson @ TechCrunch · 08/26/2020 13:49 EDT

The H-1B visa ban is creating nearshore business partnership opportunities

Nearshoring is mutually beneficial because developers don't have to give up their culture for a great employment opportunity and businesses can reap the benefits of diversification. Read more

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Greg Kumparak @ TechCrunch · 08/26/2020 13:31 EDT

Microsoft researcher Dr. Cecily Morrison will discuss keeping AI “personal” at Sight Tech Global

For Dr. Cecily Morrison, research into how AI can help people who are blind or visually disabled is deeply personal. It’s not only that the Microsoft Principal Researcher has a 7-year-old son who is blind, she also believes that the powerful AI-related technologies that will help people must themselves be personal, tailored to the circumstances […] Read more

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Natasha Mascarenhas @ TechCrunch · 08/26/2020 13:15 EDT

Course Hero, a profitable edtech unicorn, raises rare cash

Like any successful founder, Andrew Grauer had bright, long-term ambitions for Course Hero from the moment he launched it in 2006. He started the business to create a place where students could ask questions and get answers similar to Chegg, which launched 15 months before Course Hero . But as he slowly built it, he […] Read more

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Walter Thompson @ TechCrunch · 08/26/2020 13:05 EDT

Dear Sophie: Latest immigration and H-1B updates

Exceptions for new H-1B visas at embassies and consulates around the world will help a lot of tech companies whose employees got stuck outside the U.S. Read more

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Jonathan Shieber @ TechCrunch · 08/26/2020 12:43 EDT

Synthetic biology startups are giving investors an appetite

There’s a growing wave of commercial activity from companies that are creating products using new biological engineering technologies. Perhaps the most public (and tastiest) example of the promise biomanufacturing holds is Impossible Foods . The meat replacement company whose ground plants (and bioengineered additives) taste like ground beef just raised another $200 million earlier this […] Read more

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Connie Loizos @ TechCrunch · 08/26/2020 12:42 EDT

Benchmark’s Peter Fenton is joining us at Disrupt

Benchmark used to be the quintessential Silicon Valley venture firm. It was small. It was focused. It was aggressive while also remaining founder friendly. It stuck to its knitting, when it came to its fund size, raising fund after fund in the $450 million range. Over the years, the world changed. Some of the biggest […] Read more

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Walter Thompson @ TechCrunch · 08/26/2020 12:30 EDT

Mobile voting can ease polling place unease in the COVID-19 era

Failing to explore new options to prevent a voting disaster this fall amidst a global pandemic could have grave repercussions on the future of this nation. Read more

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Anthony Ha @ TechCrunch · 08/26/2020 12:15 EDT

Bingie is an app for all your streaming recommendations and debates

If you’re overwhelmed trying to choose the next movie or TV show to watch on Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max or any other streaming service, Bingie could be the app for you. You may recall a previous wave of TV recommendation apps from a decade ago, like Viggle and GetGlue. Those apps have largely disappeared, with […] Read more

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Frederic Lardinois @ TechCrunch · 08/26/2020 12:00 EDT

LaunchNotes raises a $1.8M seed round to help companies communicate their software updates

LaunchNotes, a startup founded by the team behind Statuspage (which Atlassian later acquired) and the former head of marketing for Jira, today announced that it has raised a $1.8 million seed round co-led by Cowboy Ventures and Bull City Ventures. In addition, Tim Chen (general partner, Essence Ventures), Eric Wittman (chief growth officer, JLL Technologies), […] Read more

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Brian Heater @ TechCrunch · 08/26/2020 12:00 EDT

Google is pushing to get the Nest Hub in more hotel rooms

Given the number of rooms I’ve stayed in over the past couple of years that still sported a 30-pin iPod alarm clock, I think it’s a safe bet that refreshing a new technology isn’t high up on the list of priorities for most hotels. For those looking to offer a little tech hospitality beyond the […] Read more

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Darrell Etherington @ TechCrunch · 08/26/2020 12:00 EDT

Many Canon cameras can now automatically back up pictures to Google Photos

Canon and Google today announced a new software integration that enables automatic Google Photos backup of pictures taken with select Canon cameras – a full list is available here, but it’s most of their recent interchangeable lens cameras dating back basically to when they started getting wifi on board. The auto backup feature will work via […] Read more

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Kirsten Korosec @ TechCrunch · 08/26/2020 11:56 EDT

Learn how to scale social impact startups at Disrupt with Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins and Jessica O. Matthews

Hundreds of founders have launched their startups with an aim to change the world. But uttering the words “making the world a better place,” isn’t the same as doing it or doing it well. Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, founder of Promise, and Jessica O. Matthews, founder of Uncharted Power, have not only launched companies that “do good,” […] Read more

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Manish Singh @ TechCrunch · 08/26/2020 11:14 EDT

China’s Alibaba won’t invest in Indian startups for at least six months, report says

Chinese internet giant Alibaba Group has put on hold plans to invest in Indian startups as tension between the two countries escalates, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing two unnamed sources. The Chinese group, which has invested more than $2 billion in Indian startups since 2015, plans to freeze new investments in Indian startups for at least […] Read more

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Sarah Perez @ TechCrunch · 08/26/2020 11:06 EDT

Spotify is developing a ‘virtual events’ feature

The coronavirus pandemic has had a significant impact on the music industry, as artists who relied on live performances and concerts suddenly had the rug pulled out beneath them, impacting their ability to generate income. An upcoming feature in development at Spotify could help turn things around, by again connecting artists with their fans through […] Read more

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Alex Wilhelm @ TechCrunch · 08/26/2020 10:45 EDT

Funding for mental-health focused startups rises in 2020

Turning away from the public markets, IPOs, SPACs and Palantir for a moment, would you like to talk about startups again? I would. This morning, I pored over venture capital funding patterns for wellness-focused startups. Broadly, according to a new report, these startups raised less money in the first half of 2020 than they did […] Read more

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