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Privacy assistant Jumbo raises $8 million and releases major update

A year after its initial release, Jumbo has two important pieces of news to announce. First, the company has released a major update of its app that protects your privacy on online services. Second, t

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Apple, Google, Amazon take aim at Trump visa ban

U.S. President Donald Trump stops to talk to reporters as he walks to the Marine One helicopter while heading out on a day trip to Arizona and a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border, departing from th

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Coronavirus lockdown drives record internet use

A new report by communications regulator Ofcom reveals people are spending record times online during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Instagram expands Shopping to more businesses, including creators selling their merch

Instagram announced today it’s expanding access to Instagram Shopping to more businesses, including creators who want to sell their own merchandise. To enable this expansion, the company introdu

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On illegal hate speech, EU lawmakers eye binding transparency for platforms

It’s more than four years since major tech platforms signed up to a voluntary pan-EU Code of Conduct on illegal hate speech removals. Yesterday the European Commission’s latest assessment

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Apple chases Android features with new iOS updates

Tim Cook said he wanted his company to be a 'force for change' as he expressed support for anti-racism campaigners in the US.

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Microsoft kills Mixer, will push users to Facebook Gaming

Microsoft is killing its Twitch competitor Mixer next month and is partnering with Facebook to push its users towards the Facebook Gaming service.The app is winding down on July 22. The sudden move co

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Google adds contextual fact-checking for some image search results

Acknowledging the role that misleadingly edited or out-of-context images play in seeding the internet with misinformation, Google is introducing fact-checking labels for some Google image searches. T

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Virtual concert celebrates Sino-French solidarity in fighting COVID-19

Chinese and French musicians joined hands to present a virtual folk music concert on June 21 to celebrate solidarity in fighting the novel coronavirus as France's annua

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Startup Battlefield bonus: Application deadline extended one week

This one goes out to all the early-stage startup founders. Whether you’re overwhelmed by the state of the world, overworked — or procrastination is simply an intrinsic part of your DNA — it matters no

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TikTok explains how the recommendation system behind its ‘For You’ feed works

Open up short-form video app TikTok and you’re met with a stream of popular videos, tailored to your own interests. But when your friend launches TikTok on their own phone, they’ll see so

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YouTube announces a new shoppable ad format

YouTube today announced a new direct response ad format that will make YouTube video ads more “shoppable” by adding browsable product images underneath the ad to drive traffic directly to

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Google’s latest experiment is Keen, an automated, machine-learning based version of Pinterest

A new project called Keen is launching today from Google’s in-house incubator for new ideas, Area 120, to help users track their interests. The app is like a modern rethinking of the Google Aler

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Join us for a live Q&A with Plaid CEO Zach Perret today at 10 a.m. PDT/1 p.m. EDT

Later today, TechCrunch’s Extra Crunch Live series is sitting down with Plaid CEO Zach Perret. Extra Crunch members can tune in at 10 am PT/1 pm ET/5 pm GMT. The livestream links and scheduling

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FCC Commissioner disparages Trump’s social media order: ‘The decision is ours alone’

FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks has examined the President’s Executive Order that attempts to spur the FCC into action against social media companies and found it wanting. “There are good

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Apple doubles down on its right to profit from other businesses

Apple this week is getting publicly dragged for digging in its heels over its right to take a cut of subscription-based transactions that flow through its App Store. Almost unbelievably, it’s do

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Google lays out a spate of changes designed to diversify its management, its products, and startups

As the world awakens to the ubiquity of longstanding police violence against Black people and the many other ways that people of color are systematically discriminated against, companies whose future