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Extra Crunch roundup: Metromile CEO interview, Oscar Health’s IPO plans, our 2-year anniversary, more

I’m very proud of the work we’re doing here at Extra Crunch, so it gives me great pleasure to announce that today is our second anniversary.Thanks to hard work from the entire TechCrunch t

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2021 Spring Festival Gala attracts over 1.1 billion viewers

00:43 The 2021 Spring Festival Gala reached a total of 1.14 billion viewers both on TV and new media platforms during the live broadcast on Thursday as China welcomed t

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TikTok partners with Whisk to pilot a recipe-saving feature on food videos

TikTok is expanding its integrations with third-party services, with the launch of a test that allows creators in the food space to link directly to recipes found on the Whisk app. This is being made

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Top 100 subscription apps grew 34% to $13B in 2020, share of total spend remained the same

Apps saw record downloads and consumer spending in 2020, globally reaching somewhere around $111 billion to $112 billion, according to various estimates. But a growing part of that spend was subscript

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TikTok emerges as a political battleground in Navalny-stirred Russia

TikTok has crafted a number of policies over the years to distance itself from the often-messy political fray, but its users continue to have other agendas in mind.In Russia, a tug-of-war has emerged

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Beacons debuts a ‘link in bio’ mobile website builder that helps creators make money, not just list links

Today, there are a number of website builders aimed at creators who want to point fans to a dedicated landing page from their social media profile. If you’ve spent any time on TikTok or Instagra

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Quilt, an audio social network focused on self care, raises $3.5 million in seed

The era of social audio 1.0 is in full swing, and while podcasts and Clubhouse have led the way, there are many other audio startups joining the fold. Quilt, an audio social network that focuses on we

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Insight launches a customizable iOS browser with support for extensions

A new startup called Insight is bringing web browser extensions to the iPhone, with the goal of delivering a better web browsing experience by blocking ads and trackers, flagging fake reviews on Amazo

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TomoCredit raises $7M to help the cash rich and credit poor

It’s difficult to get credit if you don’t have credit.That’s the problem that startup TomoCredit is trying to solve. Co-founder and CEO Kristy Kim came up with the concept for the company after being

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‘Knowledge hacking’ app Uptime raises $16M

Uptime, the self-described “knowledge hacking” app, has raised $16 million in seed funding, after officially launching on iOS in January.Positioned as a “micro-learning” platfo

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Sentropy launches tool for people to protect themselves from social media abuse, starting with Twitter

Last year, in the midst of a particularly spiky U.S. presidential election campaign, a startup called Sentropy emerged from stealth with an AI-based platform aimed at social media and other companies

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Huawei founder says more confident in the company's survival

Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei attends a panel discussion at the company headquarters in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, June 17, 2019. /Reuters Chinese tech giant Huawei's founder an

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Tech It Out: Huawei's homegrown Android rival explained

05:23 Huawei debuted its latest flagship smartphones, the Mate 40 series, last October. It came only a month after the latest round of U.S. sanctions took effect.Over the course of thr

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Google-backed Dailyhunt and Josh’s parent firm raises over $100 million

VerSe Innovation, the parent firm of popular news and entertainment app Dailyhunt and short video app Josh, said on Monday it raised over $100 million as part of a Series H financing round from Qatar

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Gab's CEO says Trump doesn't use the platform, after reports wrongly suggest he returned to social media

Gab CEO Andrew Torba said Donald Trump does not use the platform, after false reports suggested otherwise.Multiple media outlets, including Insider, incorrectly reporte

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Will vaccines end the pandemic?

04:00 Vaccines play an important role in safeguarding human health. As COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage across the world, these jabs seem to be our best bet to end the global health

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Daily Crunch: Microsoft rethinks corporate intranet

Microsoft tries to improve corporate intranet, Google will offer new smartphone health measurements and 23andMe is going public via SPAC. This is your Daily Crunch for February 4, 2021.The big story: