Tech
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The electric scooter wars of 2019
Throughout 2019, a number of mobility companies launched in additional markets, while many pulled out of areas that no longer served them....
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376At CES, companies slowly start to realize that privacy matters
Every year, Consumer Electronics Show attendees receive a branded backpack, but this year’s edition was special; made out of transparent plastic, the...
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Waymo’s Anca Dragan and Ike Robotics CTO Jur van den Berg are coming to TC Sessions: Robotics+AI
The road to “solving” self-driving cars is riddled with challenges, from perception and decision making to figuring out the interaction between humans...
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In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 followers
David TetenContributor Share on Twitter David Teten is an advisor to emerging investment managers and a Venture Partner with HOF Capital. He...
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460Amazon fires employees for leaking customer email addresses and phone numbers
Amazon has fired a number of employees after they shared customer email address and phone numbers with a third-party “in violation of...
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491A billion medical images are exposed online, as doctors ignore warnings
This story was reported in partnership with health news site The Mighty. Every day, millions of new medical images containing the personal...
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Cookie consent tools are being used to undermine EU privacy rules, study suggests
Most cookie consent pop-ups served to internet users in the European Union — ostensibly seeking permission to track people’s web activity —...
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Layoffs at Lime and Getaround herald rise of profit-hungry unicorns
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. A million...
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432Cherry goes downmarket with its new Viola mechanical keyboard switches
Cherry has long been the de facto standard for mechanical keyboard switches. Since mechanical keyboards are, almost by default, significantly more expensive...
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Lucky coffee, unicorn stumbles, and Sam Altman’s YC wager
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week we had...