TechCrunch launches a major new initiative, Amazon tests a smart shopping cart and ICE backs down from its controversial student visa rule change. Here’s your Daily Crunch for July 14, 2020.The
Nothing is more important for founders than finding their first check or the investor who will lead their round, and yet, finding the right VCs to invest in their startups is an arduous and agonizing
Mickey waved from a distance and visitors wore colorful face masks with mouse ears on Saturday as Florida's Walt Disney World opened to the public for the first time in four months amid a surge of
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press briefing in Washington D.C., U.S., April 22, 2019. /Xinhua Editor's note:Tom Fowdy is a British political and international relations
If you’re an iPhone user, odds are fairly good you spent a frustrating portion of the morning attempting to reopen apps. I know my morning walk was dampened by the inability to fire up Spotify. Plenty
LA-based bio science startup Kernel has raised $53 million from investors including General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures, Eldridge, Manta Ray Ventures, Tiny Blue Dot and more. The funding is the first ou
A day after acquiring Postmates for $2.65 billion, Uber has officially launched grocery delivery in select Latin American and Canadian cities. The initiative is the product of the also recently announ
Hundreds of tech-oriented startups worth a billion or more dollars had envisioned successful public offerings before the pandemic hit. But new tech listings slowed to nearly nothing this spring as com
Screenshot of the article "Trump Administration Freezes Funds Intended to Benefit Hong Kong Protesters" on the website of Time magazine, published and updated on June 26, 2020. Editor's note:
Passengers wearing face masks at Heathrow Airport in London, Britain, May 1, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note:Tom Fowdy is a British political and international relations analyst and a graduate of
You could be excused for thinking that German robotics company Festo does nothing but put together fabulous prototype robots built to resemble kangaroos, jellyfish, and other living things. They do in
When it comes to venture capital, Los Angeles is a city on the rise.In the past year, it’s seen one of the most profitable venture-backed exits of any tech ecosystem (with the $4 billion sale of
The PPE that has currently been generating concerns was issued to UK care homes, GPs and other providers at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the health service
European startup studio eFounders has looked back at the first half of 2020 to share some metrics about its portfolio companies. The startup studio that is focused on building software-as-a-service en
Two years after closing their debut fund of $150 million, Base10 co-founders Adeyemi Ajao and TJ Nahigian, are back with a $250 million investment fund and a sense of vindication for their thesis of i
As other retailers begin the slow, cautious move to reopen, Microsoft has announced that will be permanently shutting down the vast majority of its retail stores. There are some exceptions, including
Another brick in the wall for vacation rental platforms: Amsterdam is booting Airbnb and other such platforms from three districts in the city’s old center from July 1, further tightening its r
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