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U.S. health officials warn of tough days ahead as COVID-19 outbreak

U.S. health officials will decide within the next two weeks whether to offer COVID-19 booster shots to more Americans.The Delta variant is filling hospitals across the country, even in states with

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Takeovers and Twitter headaches

Hello friends!Lucas is still out for a few more days, so I’m filling in for him again on this week’s Week In Review. To recap: I’m Greg. I started at TC back when deciding who to put

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Canadian PM Trudeau triggers federal election

FILE PHOTO: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses party members at the Liberal Party campaign headquarters in Montreal, Canada. /Xinhua Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offici

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Japanese imperialism needs to learn the lesson from history

Editor's note: CGTN's First Voice provides instant commentary on breaking stories. The daily column clarifies emerging issues and better defines the news agenda, offeri

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Beijing's courtyard adds zing to rental market

04:58 With modern lives getting ever faster, the longing for peace and quiet often prompts many a trip to the countryside. Brewing your own tea, transcribing Buddhist s

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Resurrecting the humble business card, why going public is good, BNPL is everywhere at once

Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by what the weekday Exchange column digs into, but free, and made for your weekend reading. Want it in

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How the law got it wrong with Apple Card

Advocates of algorithmic justice have begun to see their proverbial “days in court” with legal investigations of enterprises like UHG and Apple Card. The Apple Card case is a strong example of how cur

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Crypto’s coming of age moment

This week Danny and Alex and Chris took to Twitter Spaces to chat about the current state of the crypto economy, and hang out with friends in a live Twitter Space. We’re doing more of these, so

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Chinese heroes: Gong Lijiao wins because she never gives up

Gong Lijiao of China celebrates after winning women's shot put final in the Tokyo Olympics at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, August 1, 2021. /CFP 32-year-old Gong Lijiao had been working

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What does Leonard's $176-million contract mean to Clippers?

Kawhi Leonard (#2) of the Los Angeles Clippers dribbles in Game 3 of the NBA Western Conference semifinals against the Utah Jazz at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 12, 2021.

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Extra Crunch roundup: 3 lies VCs tell, betting big on Kubernetes, NYC’s enterprise boom

Although older adults are one of the fastest-growing demographics, they’re quite underserved when it comes to consumer tech.The global population of people older than 65 will reach 1.5 billion b

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Daily Crunch: 3 US Senators ask Amazon how biometric payment system will handle customers’ palm prints

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here.Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch fo

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Growth roundup: Storytelling for startups, early-stage influencers, retail media spend

“I like to think of successful brand-building as creating a company that customers would be upset to separate from their identity,” growth marketing expert Julian Shapiro told us earlier this week. “F

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Building a growth community in India with Ayush Srivastava of Growth Folks

Indian startups of all sizes are raising record amounts of investment funding this year and getting public exits, as we’ve been covering in recent months. To hear more about the growth behind th

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Twitter’s web redesign isn’t as accessible as it should be, experts say

After teasing its new font in January, Twitter made some major changes to its website and app design this week. But while Twitter framed these updates as making the platform “more accessible,” some ac

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Growth tactics that will jump-start your customer base

Five years ago, the playbook for launching a new company involved a tried-and-true list of to-dos. Once you built an awesome product with a catchy name, you’d try to get a feature article on TechCrunc

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More companies should shift to a work-from-home model

Nearly three in 10 employees (29%) would quit their job if they were told they were no longer allowed to work remotely, according to a recent survey. In addition, a recent Harvard Business Study found