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'Empire of Hacking': No one is exempt from NSA surveillance

The GCHQ plaque unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II as she marks the centenary of GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) at Watergate House in London, England, February 14, 2019. /Getty Edit

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Who funded the Oxford scientists who developed the AstraZeneca jab?

Analysis of the research funding behind the Oxford University-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine shows the U.S and the EU pumped in tens of millions of dollars before the pandemic struck –and the UK gov

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Introducing Found, a new podcast from TechCrunch

Here at TechCrunch, we spend most of our time talking to founders. Investors probably come a close second, but it’s definitely founders at the top of the list. That comes through in our articles

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How to get into a startup accelerator

Should you try to get your company into an accelerator? How far along should your idea and your team be before applying? When it is time to apply, how do you make your application stand out from hundr

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Where will China and U.S. go from frosty Alaska meeting?

04:52 Editor's note: The Alaska meeting is the first high-level meeting between China and the U.S. under the Biden administration. The unusual public spat between the two sides is a ho

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Where will China and U.S. go from frosty Alaska meeting?

04:52 Editor's note: The Alaska meeting is the first high-level meeting between China and the U.S. under the Biden administration. The unusual public spat between the two sides is a ho

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Asian Americans have been attacked and scapegoated: U.S. VP Harris

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris (R) deliver remarks after a meeting with Asian-American leaders to discuss "the ongoing attacks and threats against the community", durin

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Boeing aircraft orders outpace cancellations for first time since 2019

Boeing sold 82 aircraft in February and logged 51 cancellations, marking the first time since November 2019 that monthly sales outpaced scrapped orders. /Getty Images Boeing sold 82 aircraft i

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Attend TechCrunch’s free virtual Miami meetup on March 11

Silicon Valley is novel, but not unique. Throughout the United States and abroad, there are communities of technology entrepreneurs leveraging local assets to build great companies. TechCrunch has lon

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Attend TechCrunch’s free virtual Miami meetup on March 11

Silicon Valley is novel, but not unique. Throughout the United States and abroad, there are communities of technology entrepreneurs leveraging local assets to build great companies. TechCrunch has lon

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NASA will use Fitbits to help prevent spread of COVID-19 to astronauts and employees

NASA will provide 1,000 of its employees, including 150 astronauts, with Fitbit devices in a pilot program designed to see if they can help supplement efforts to keep these mission-critical personnel

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Biden threatens new sanctions on Myanmar

U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday threatened to reimposesanctions on Myanmar after the military detained government leaders."The reversal of that progress will necessitate an immediate review of our

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Inflatable labs: The secret behind China's mass COVID-19 testing

02:01 You might have seen news of China's mass COVID-19 testing in the last domestic outbreaks and wondered how they managed to test millions of people in a matter of d

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Gett raises $115M more for its on-demand ride-hailing platform for business users

As ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft continue to find their feet in a new landscape for transportation services — where unessential travel is being actively discouraged in many markets,

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WhatsApp is updating its privacy rules - here's what you need to know

Users need to sign the agreement to keep using WhatsApp, but Facebook says it won't delete their accounts if they don't.

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Quantum Metric raises $200M, now valued at over $1B, for its digital product design platform

Digital product design — the process of building services like websites and apps that work without bugs and as you intend them to — has come into focus as an especially important thing to

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How Segment redesigned its core systems to solve an existential scaling crisis

Segment, the startup Twilio bought last fall for $3.2 billion, was just beginning to take off in 2015 when it ran into a scaling problem: It was growing so quickly, the tools it had built to process m