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By TechCrunch - Jun 6, 2020
THESE FREE TOOLS BLUR PROTESTERS' FACES AND REMOVE PHOTO METADATA

Millions have taken to the streets across the world to protest the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed black man killed by a white police...
Tech, Phone, Security
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By TechCrunch - Jun 6, 2020
STARTUPS WEEKLY: THE GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS COME HOME TO THE TECH INDUSTRY

The tech industry has generally wished that structural discrimination would go away, while pretending that it already has. But technology...
Tech, Startups, TC, Startups Weekly
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By TechCrunch - Jun 6, 2020
INDIAN ONLINE TRAVEL BOOKING FIRM YATRA TERMINATES MERGER DEAL WITH EBIX

Indian online travel booking company Yatra has terminated a pending merger agreement with Atlanta-based software firm Ebix and filed...
Asia, Lawsuit, ebix, india, yatra
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By TechCrunch - Jun 6, 2020
THIS WEEK IN APPS: PROTESTS IMPACT APP STORES, FTC FINES APP DEVELOPER, KIDS' APP TRENDS

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money...
Google, Mobile, Android, Apps, Extra Crunch, Gaming, Market Analysis, Social, TC, app stores, developers, this week in apps, trends
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By TechCrunch - Jun 6, 2020
FAST-GROWING MADISON REED IS EYEING MEN'S HAIR NEXT; “WE'RE GOING TO BLOW THE DOORS OFF THAT MARKET”

Amy Errett's company, Madison Reed , sells in-home care color. It may not sound like a glamorous business but, as it turns out, it's...
TC
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By TechCrunch - Jun 5, 2020
AUKEY INTRODUCES AN EXTREMELY COMPACT 100W CHARGER

Let's talk about chargers. They are, quite possibly, the least exciting thing about a computer. Don't get me wrong. They're necessary,...
Tech, iPhone, Gadgets, Hardware, TC, aukey, Charger
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By TechCrunch - Jun 5, 2020
LIDAR HELPS UNCOVER AN ANCIENT, KILOMETER-LONG MAYAN STRUCTURE

Lidar is fast becoming one of the most influential tools in archaeology, revealing things in a few hours what might have taken months...
Gadgets, Science, archaeology, Lidar
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By TechCrunch - Jun 5, 2020
DEMONSTRATING 15 CONTACT TRACING AND OTHER TOOLS BUILT TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF COVID-19

Andy Moss Contributor Share on Twitter Andy Moss is currently a Visiting Professor at NYU Tandon teaching entrepreneurship and innovation...
Twitter, Tech, Column, Health, TC, Apple, contact tracing, coronavirus, COVID-19, exposure notification, Google, pandemic
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By TechCrunch - Jun 5, 2020
TAXPROPER RAISES $2M TO AUTOMATE GETTING YOUR PROPERTY TAXES LOWERED

If you own your home, how much do you pay for property taxes? Too much? Sounds about right. If you disagree with how much you're paying...
TC, taxproper, Y Combinator, YCS19
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By TechCrunch - Jun 5, 2020
THE ACCELERATING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION, REDUX

Earlier this week, TechCrunch covered a grip of earnings reports showing that some companies helping other businesses move to modern...
Cloud, Extra Crunch, Fundings & Exits, Market Analysis, SaaS, Startups, digital transformation, earnings, slack, yext, zoom
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By TechCrunch - Jun 5, 2020
UBER COULD LOSE ITS GRUBHUB DEAL TO JUST EAT OR DELIVERY HERO

According to CNBC there are two suitors rivaling Uber for purchase of U.S. food delivery company Grubhub: Just Eat Takeaway and Delivery...
Logistics, TC, Delivery Hero, grubhub, Postmates, Uber
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By TechCrunch - Jun 5, 2020
INSTACART MAKES CHANGES TO TIP POLICY FOLLOWING SHOPPER COMPLAINTS

Instacart announced today that it is changing its tip policy to protect its growing shopper network from tip-baiting. Tip-baiting,...
Windows, TC, Instacart
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By TechCrunch - Jun 5, 2020
AND THAT'S REALLY IT FOR GOOGLE+

Last year, Google launched the beta of Currents , which was essentially a rebrand of Google+ for G Suite users, since Google+ for consumers...
Google, Mobile, Facebook, Enterprise, TC, G Suite, Google Currents, Yammer
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By TechCrunch - Jun 5, 2020
PORTOBEL TURNS FOOD PRODUCERS INTO DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER BUSINESSES

A startup called Portobel is working to help food producers shift their businesses so that they can support direct-to-consumer deliveries. Portobel...
eCommerce, Startups, TC, Portobel
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By TechCrunch - Jun 5, 2020
ALEXIS OHANIAN STEPS DOWN FROM REDDIT BOARD, ASKS FOR HIS SEAT TO GO TO A BLACK BOARD MEMBER

Alexis Ohanian, the founder and former CEO of Reddit, stepped down from his position on the company's board Friday as the U.S. roils...
Tech, Social, TC, Reddit
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By TechCrunch - Jun 5, 2020
THE SQUARE OFF ROBOTIC CHESS BOARD GETS A VIDEO CALLING COMPONENT FOR REMOTE GAMES

The Square Off robotic chess board was already a great device for these times. The system makes it possible to play a solo game using...
Hardware, chess, coronavirus, COVID-19, square off
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By TechCrunch - Jun 5, 2020
SILICON VALLEY CAN FIGHT SYSTEMIC RACISM BY SUPPORTING BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES

Will Walker Contributor Will Walker is a JD candidate at Harvard Law School, and a contributing author to "Incomprehensible!: A Study...
Column, Diversity, eCommerce, Food, Opinion, algorithmic bias, Amazon, coronavirus, COVID-19, discrimination, e-commerce, Facebook, Google, grubhub, Twitter, Yelp
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By TechCrunch - Jun 5, 2020
RELIANCE JIO PLATFORMS TO SELL ADDITIONAL $600 MILLION STAKE TO SILVER LAKE

Silver Lake is doubling down on its bet on India's Reliance Jio Platforms. The U.S. private equity firm said Friday it is buying stake...
Telecom, Asia, Funding
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By TechCrunch - Jun 5, 2020
UK'S COVID-19 HEALTH DATA CONTRACTS WITH GOOGLE AND PALANTIR FINALLY EMERGE

Contracts for a number of coronavirus data deals that the UK government inked in haste with US tech giants, including Google and Palantir,...
Tech, Google, Artificial Intelligence, Europe, Health, TC, Amazon Web Services, artificial intelligence, coronavirus, COVID-19, data protection law, DeepMind, healthcare, Microsoft, Mustafa Suleyman, National Health Service, NHS, NHSX, Palantir, UK government, United Kingdom
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By TechCrunch - Jun 5, 2020
DAILY CRUNCH: TWITTER HAS A RECORD WEEK

Twitter sees record downloads, Signal adds a new face-blurring feature and Facebook rethinks its approach to government-backed media. Here's...
Twitter, Facebook, Social, Daily Crunch
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THESE FREE TOOLS BLUR PROTESTERS' FACES AND REMOVE PHOTO METADATA

Millions have taken to the streets across the world to protest the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed black man killed by a white police...

STARTUPS WEEKLY: THE GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS COME HOME TO THE TECH INDUSTRY

The tech industry has generally wished that structural discrimination would go away, while pretending that it already has. But technology...

INDIAN ONLINE TRAVEL BOOKING FIRM YATRA TERMINATES MERGER DEAL WITH EBIX

Indian online travel booking company Yatra has terminated a pending merger agreement with Atlanta-based software firm Ebix and filed...

THIS WEEK IN APPS: PROTESTS IMPACT APP STORES, FTC FINES APP DEVELOPER, KIDS' APP TRENDS

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money...

FAST-GROWING MADISON REED IS EYEING MEN'S HAIR NEXT; “WE'RE GOING TO BLOW THE DOORS OFF THAT MARKET”

Amy Errett's company, Madison Reed , sells in-home care color. It may not sound like a glamorous business but, as it turns out, it's...

AUKEY INTRODUCES AN EXTREMELY COMPACT 100W CHARGER

Let's talk about chargers. They are, quite possibly, the least exciting thing about a computer. Don't get me wrong. They're necessary,...

LIDAR HELPS UNCOVER AN ANCIENT, KILOMETER-LONG MAYAN STRUCTURE

Lidar is fast becoming one of the most influential tools in archaeology, revealing things in a few hours what might have taken months...

DEMONSTRATING 15 CONTACT TRACING AND OTHER TOOLS BUILT TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF COVID-19

Andy Moss Contributor Share on Twitter Andy Moss is currently a Visiting Professor at NYU Tandon teaching entrepreneurship and innovation...

TAXPROPER RAISES $2M TO AUTOMATE GETTING YOUR PROPERTY TAXES LOWERED

If you own your home, how much do you pay for property taxes? Too much? Sounds about right. If you disagree with how much you're paying...

THE ACCELERATING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION, REDUX

Earlier this week, TechCrunch covered a grip of earnings reports showing that some companies helping other businesses move to modern...

UBER COULD LOSE ITS GRUBHUB DEAL TO JUST EAT OR DELIVERY HERO

According to CNBC there are two suitors rivaling Uber for purchase of U.S. food delivery company Grubhub: Just Eat Takeaway and Delivery...

INSTACART MAKES CHANGES TO TIP POLICY FOLLOWING SHOPPER COMPLAINTS

Instacart announced today that it is changing its tip policy to protect its growing shopper network from tip-baiting. Tip-baiting,...

AND THAT'S REALLY IT FOR GOOGLE+

Last year, Google launched the beta of Currents , which was essentially a rebrand of Google+ for G Suite users, since Google+ for consumers...

PORTOBEL TURNS FOOD PRODUCERS INTO DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER BUSINESSES

A startup called Portobel is working to help food producers shift their businesses so that they can support direct-to-consumer deliveries. Portobel...

ALEXIS OHANIAN STEPS DOWN FROM REDDIT BOARD, ASKS FOR HIS SEAT TO GO TO A BLACK BOARD MEMBER

Alexis Ohanian, the founder and former CEO of Reddit, stepped down from his position on the company's board Friday as the U.S. roils...

THE SQUARE OFF ROBOTIC CHESS BOARD GETS A VIDEO CALLING COMPONENT FOR REMOTE GAMES

The Square Off robotic chess board was already a great device for these times. The system makes it possible to play a solo game using...

SILICON VALLEY CAN FIGHT SYSTEMIC RACISM BY SUPPORTING BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES

Will Walker Contributor Will Walker is a JD candidate at Harvard Law School, and a contributing author to "Incomprehensible!: A Study...

RELIANCE JIO PLATFORMS TO SELL ADDITIONAL $600 MILLION STAKE TO SILVER LAKE

Silver Lake is doubling down on its bet on India's Reliance Jio Platforms. The U.S. private equity firm said Friday it is buying stake...

UK'S COVID-19 HEALTH DATA CONTRACTS WITH GOOGLE AND PALANTIR FINALLY EMERGE

Contracts for a number of coronavirus data deals that the UK government inked in haste with US tech giants, including Google and Palantir,...

DAILY CRUNCH: TWITTER HAS A RECORD WEEK

Twitter sees record downloads, Signal adds a new face-blurring feature and Facebook rethinks its approach to government-backed media. Here's...

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Samsung Galaxy Note 20, Foldables and Tablets to Launch on August 5th

South Korean tech giant - Samsung - is reportedly thinking about launching the new Samsung Galaxy Note 20 line up in an online without the...

Apple Card will reportedly offer interest-free installments for iPads, Macs

Some purchases may be stretched over 12 months

Donate $5 for $3,400 worth of games to support Black Lives Matter

Support a good cause. For the past few days, there have been a lot of protests in the United States against police brutality and the murder of black individuals. If you want to...

Itch.io games bundle raises $1 million in less than 24 hours for racial justice

The Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality includes 742 games

You Can Now Export Apple Card Statements to Quicken and QuickBooks

Many TidBITS readers have requested the option to export Apple Card data to Quicken and QuickBooks, in addition to PDF, CSV, and OFX. Apple has finally added support for those...

Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max has something in common with the Samsung Galaxy S20...

Over the last year, the color green seems to be in for malfunctioning smartphones. Last year, the Pixel 4 XL had a green tint with the brightness set at 40% or lower. , and...

Scientists funded by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative urge Facebook CEO to curb...

Ian Tuttle/Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize More than 140 scientists who receive funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative sent a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on...

A timeline of the ‘Destiny 2' Almighty live event

Destiny 2 hosted its first live event in-game on Saturday, blowing up the Almighty superweapon. The destruction of the Almighty had been a season in the making, and after a...

Destiny 2's Latest Live Event Saves The Last City Once More

The current season of Destiny 2 wraps up this week, and the focus throughout this season has been preparing for a very specific attack. The Almighty, a ship used by the Cabal...

Nokia smartphones eligible to get Android 11 update starting later this year

Many of our readers have been asking us about which Nokia smartphones are eligible to get the Android 11 update. As it happened with Android 10, Android 11 roll-out to Nokia...