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Daily Crunch 4/13/22

13 Apr 2022

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Spotify brings live audio shows to its main app; Tik Tok launching it’s own AR platform; Twitter acquires mobile engagement platform OpenBack; The l...

Daily Crunch 4/12/22

12 Apr 2022

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Over 14,000 Etsy sellers are going on strike; Meta’s Horizon Worlds is testing in-app purchases and creator bonuses; Major space companies pledge to...

Daily Crunch 4/9/22

09 Apr 2022

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Better.com CTO steps down, agrees to voluntary separation in wake of mass layoffs; Just how much has late-stage venture capital slowed?; Didi cancels ...

Daily Crunch 4/8/22

08 Apr 2022

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HBO Max begins rolling out an upgraded Apple TV app; Spotify’s ‘Car Thing’ entertainment system gains new features; TikTok delays opening of fir...

Daily Crunch 4/7/22

07 Apr 2022

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Intel suspends operations in Russia; Fanatics raises $1.5B at a $27B valuation; Google Play will hide and block downloads for outdated apps; The lates...

Daily Crunch 4/6/22

06 Apr 2022

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Instacart is coming after users who tricked shoppers out of tips; The Peloton Guide is now available for $295; Substack wants to join the podcast mone...

Daily Crunch 4/5/22

05 Apr 2022

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Thousands of rentable Polestar EVs to land on Hertz lots; Roku announces multiyear extension with Amazon for Prime Video and IMDb TV; Alphabet’s Win...

Daily Crunch 4/2/22

02 Apr 2022

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Staten Island Amazon workers vote to unionize; Biden’s answer to high gas prices is to boost U.S. battery production; Late-stage software startups m...

Daily Crunch 04/01/22

01 Apr 2022

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Microsoft goes deeper into process mining; The strike that turned into a potential lawsuit; E3 2022 canceled Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p...

Daily Crunch 3/31/22

31 Mar 2022

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Visa launches NFT program as it considers the digital art a new form of e-commerce; Europe lays out expanded ecodesign rules with plan for digital pro...

Daily Crunch 03/30/22

30 Mar 2022

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Sony unveils revamped PlayStation Plus; Amazon Glow connects family members one story at a time; TikTok, GIPHY partner on video creation tool Learn mo...

Daily Crunch 03/29/22

29 Mar 2022

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Pinterest to invest an additional $1.2 million in its Creator Fund for underrepresented groups; Spotify puts its Podz acquisition to use with test of ...

Daily Crunch 3/26/22

26 Mar 2022

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EU, US come to tentative data deal; Europe says yes to messaging interoperability as it agrees on major new regime for Big Tech; Instacart reduces its...

Daily Crunch 03/25/22

25 Mar 2022

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App ecosystem growth continued in Q1; Coinbase pushes further into India; Instacart turns to software; The latest in Startup news Learn more about you...

Daily Crunch 03/24/22

24 Mar 2022

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YouTube announces ad-supported TV shows; Microsoft wants you to build your next game in the cloud; Instagram gets down with chronological feeds Learn ...

Daily Crunch 03/23/22

23 Mar 2022

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Twitter leads call for EU lawmakers to ‘think beyond Big Tech'; New Twitch appeals portal lets users monitor and object to account bans; Microsoft i...

Daily Crunch 03/22/22

22 Mar 2022

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Is the e-commerce business slowing?; ComiXology and the digital revolution in comics; A lawsuit against Grubhub; The latest startup news Learn more ab...

Daily Crunch 03/19/22

19 Mar 2022

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Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Friday, March 18, 2022! Another week is behind us, which means that it’s time to sit back and read the last tr...

Daily Crunch 03/18/22

18 Mar 2022

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Amazon has closed its $8.5 billion acquisition of MGM; Maserati plans to launch a battery-electric version for each model in its portfolio by 2025; sa...

Daily Crunch 03/17/22

17 Mar 2022

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The iPad Air is more powerful than ever; Tesla has idled its Shanghai factory due to COVID-19; Meta is now adding parental supervision tools Learn mor...

Daily Crunch 03/16/22

16 Mar 2022

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Intel is planning a huge European investment; Facebook will be paying a token fine for a General Data Protection Regulation breach; Germany’s Federa...

Daily Crunch 03/15/22

15 Mar 2022

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Mask unlock is finally live on iPhone; Ford is accelerating plans to sell more electric vehicles in Europe; Instagram is now blocked in Russia Learn m...

Daily Crunch 3/12/22

12 Mar 2022

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EU to investigate state use of spyware; YouTube is now blocking Russia state-affiliated media globally; Russia says it will block Instagram Learn more...

Daily Crunch 3/11/22

11 Mar 2022

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Google adds Air Raid Alerts to Android phones in Ukraine; Google suspends Play store billing, YouTube payments in Russia; Chris Dixon, Marc Andreessen...

Daily Crunch 3/10/22

10 Mar 2022

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Amazon suspends Prime Video in Russia; Developer tools are not worth infinite money; Swiggy preps for huge IPO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Daily Crunch 3/9/22

09 Mar 2022

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Google is acquiring security intelligence firm Mandiant for $5.4B; Instagram warns users who share Russian state media, hides following lists in Russi...

Daily Crunch 3/8/22

08 Mar 2022

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Google says Chrome on macOS is now faster than Safari; Apple suspends Search Ads on the Russian App Store ‘until further notice;’ Uber boosts Q1 p...

Daily Crunch 3/5/22

05 Mar 2022

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Microsoft halts all new sales in Russia; Disney+ is getting an ad-supported subscription tier later this year; Apple Maps now displays Crimea as part ...

Daily Crunch 3/4/22

04 Mar 2022

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Spotify shutters Russia office indefinitely in response to Ukraine invasion; Rivian CEO walks back price hike for any customers who preordered before ...

Daily Crunch 3/3/22

03 Mar 2022

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Amazon to close 68 physical retail locations, including Amazon Books and 4-star stores; Apple’s next event is March 8 Learn more about your ad choic...

Daily Crunch 3/2/22

02 Mar 2022

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Alphabet’s Wing drones hit 200,000 deliveries as it announces supermarket partnership; Disney+ gains the Marvel series from Netflix and new parental...

Daily Crunch 3/1/22

01 Mar 2022

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Ukrainians turn to encrypted messengers, offline maps and Twitter amid Russian invasion; Panasonic will start making Tesla’s higher-capacity EV batt...

Daily Crunch 2/26/22

26 Feb 2022

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Amazon Music to overtake Pandora as No. 2 US music streamer this year; UK wants to squeeze freedom of reach to take on internet trolls; Carvana acquir...

Daily Crunch 2/25/22

25 Feb 2022

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SEC opens investigation into Elon Musk over possible insider trading; Siri gains a new gender-neutral voice option in latest iOS update; If you give T...

Daily Crunch 2/24/22

24 Feb 2022

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Mark Zuckerberg demos a tool for building virtual worlds using voice commands; USPS snubs EVs, Biden with next-gen delivery fleet deal; LinkedIn debut...

Daily Crunch 2/23/22

23 Feb 2022

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To combat chip shortage, Bosch to invest $296M to produce semiconductors; Tesla gets wrist slap from EPA for violating Clean Air Act Learn more about ...

Daily Crunch 2/22/22

22 Feb 2022

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Trump’s TRUTH Social launches at the top of the App Store, but no one can get in; Instagram quietly limits ‘daily time limit’ option Learn more ...

Daily Crunch 2/19/22

19 Feb 2022

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Meta axes a head of global community development after he appears on video in underage sex sting; Walmart is expanding autonomous delivery pilot with ...

Daily Crunch 2/18/22

18 Feb 2022

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Super Bowl ads boosted crypto app downloads by 279%, led by Coinbase; Elon Musk accuses SEC of conducting a ‘harassment campaign’; Amazon reaches ...

Daily Crunch 2/17/22

17 Feb 2022

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Spotify snaps up podcast measurement and analytics firms Podsights and Chartable; Spyware dealer who sold WhatsApp-hacking tech pleads guilty; New Way...

Daily Crunch 2/16/22

16 Feb 2022

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Grubhub expands its ‘Grubhub Goods’ convenience offering nationwide; Twitter launches beta test of anti-abuse tool ‘Safety Mode,’ adds prompts...

Daily Crunch 2/15/22

15 Feb 2022

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Hackers leak names of ‘Freedom Convoy’ donors after GiveSendGo breach; India bans Garena Free Fire, 53 more China-linked apps; Tesla opens entire ...

Daily Crunch 2/12/22

12 Feb 2022

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Of course, Netflix ordered a movie about the big crypto scandal; Google’s adtech targeted by publisher antitrust complaint in EU; The James Webb Spa...

Daily Crunch 2/11/22

11 Feb 2022

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Astra’s first rocket launch from Florida goes awry; California agency sues Tesla for alleged racial discrimination and harassment; Disney+ outshines...

Daily Crunch 2/10/22

10 Feb 2022

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SpaceX loses 40 Starlink satellites to a geomagnetic storm; Tumblr launches a tip jar feature to help bloggers make a buck; Apple launches its own boo...

Daily Crunch 2/9/22

09 Feb 2022

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Peloton CEO steps down as the company cuts 2,800 jobs; Amazon expands its telehealth service nationwide; American Express launches its first all-digit...

Daily Crunch 2/8/22

08 Feb 2022

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Spotify will invest $100M in content from underrepresented creators, says CEO Daniel Ek; Bumble makes its first acquisition with deal for French Gen Z...

Daily Crunch 2/5/22

05 Feb 2022

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Spotify CEO hints HiFi tier delay is related to licensing issues; Meta adds ‘personal boundaries’ to Horizon Worlds and Venues to fight harassment...

Daily Crunch 2/4/22

04 Feb 2022

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Facebook isn’t growing anymore; Google Workspace goes all in on shadow IT; Homeland Security establishes the Cyber Safety Review Board to learn the ...

Daily Crunch 2/3/22

03 Feb 2022

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GitHub introduces sponsor-only repositories; Spotify backlash over Joe Rogan did little to boost its streaming rivals Learn more about your ad choices...

Daily Crunch 2/2/22

02 Feb 2022

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Apple News launches its first daily local newsletter, targeting Bay Area readers; India proposes 30% tax on crypto and NFTs income; GM’s Chevy Silve...

Daily Crunch 2/1/22

01 Feb 2022

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Spotify, Joe Rogan address COVID-19 content backlash; Pinterest’s AR shopping feature expands to include furniture and home décor; Sony snaps up ‘...

Daily Crunch 1/29/22

29 Jan 2022

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Suite users migrate to free Google accounts; Latest Apple OS betas deliver Face ID with a mask and Universal Control Learn more about your ad choices....

Daily Crunch 1/28/22

28 Jan 2022

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EV battery maker LG Energy Solution becomes South Korea’s second most valuable firm in IPO debut; Messenger upgrades its end-to-end encrypted chat e...

Daily Crunch 1/27/22

27 Jan 2022

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Spotify is removing Neil Young’s music after falling out over Joe Rogan; Apple releases iOS 15.3 with fix for ‘actively exploited’ iPhone flaw; ...

Daily Crunch 1/26/22

26 Jan 2022

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Neil Young plans to pull his music from Spotify over Joe Rogan COVID misinformation; Google kills off FLoC, replaces it with Topics; YouTube is consid...

Daily Crunch 1/25/22

25 Jan 2022

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Google gets hit with a new lawsuit over ‘deceptive’ location tracking; NBCUniversal is partnering with TikTok for the Winter Olympics; Panasonic’...

Daily Crunch 1/22/22

22 Jan 2022

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Intel eyes Ohio for a pair of chip factories amid global shortage; Europe’s top privacy regulator calls for ban on political microtargeting Learn mo...

Daily Crunch 1/21/22

21 Jan 2022

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Peloton reportedly pauses bike and treadmill production amid slowed demand; Twitter Blue subscription users are first to gain access to a new NFT Prof...

Daily Crunch 1/20/22

20 Jan 2022

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Instagram launches early test of creator subscriptions in the US; Apple Podcasts introduces new ‘Listen With’ collections to help users discover s...

Daily Crunch 1/19/22

19 Jan 2022

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Apple returns to No. 1 as global smartphone shipments grapple with supply chain concerns; Ford and ADT team up to prevent theft from vehicle; Microso...

Daily Crunch 1/18/22

18 Jan 2022

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Ford signs 5-year agreement with Stripe to scale e-commerce; Amazon rows back on threat to stop accepting UK-issued Visa cards Learn more about your a...

Daily Crunch 1/15/22

15 Jan 2022

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US residents can order free, at-home COVID-19 tests starting on January 19th; House committee investigating Jan. 6 subpoenas Meta, YouTube, Twitter an...

Daily Crunch 1/14/22

14 Jan 2022

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Meta shuts down its experimental video speed-dating service, Sparked; Instacart doubles down on its ready-made meals; Venmo introduces new gift-wrappi...

Daily Crunch 1/13/22

13 Jan 2022

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Canalys: Worldwide PC shipments soared in 2021 to 341 million units; Apple releases iOS 15.2.1 to patch iPhones and iPads against HomeKit flaw; Unicor...

Daily Crunch 1/12/22

12 Jan 2022

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India to own 35.8% in Vodafone Idea after conversion of dues; European parliament found to have broken EU rules on data transfers and cookie consents;...

Daily Crunch 1/11/22

11 Jan 2022

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Apple paid out around $60 billion to App Store developers in 2021; Tesla ‘Full Self-Driving’ beta features an ‘Assertive’ mode with rolling st...

Daily Crunch 1/8/22

08 Jan 2022

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Twitter Spaces continues testing podcast-like features; Apple Fitness+ introduces new ‘Collections’ feature and ‘Time to Run’ series; India hi...

Daily Crunch 1/7/22

07 Jan 2022

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Reflections on another pandemic CES; The NYTimes is buying The Athletic; Meta has a good VR holiday cycle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podc...

Daily Crunch 1/6/22

06 Jan 2022

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Making sense of OpenSea at $13B; Android + Windows; And here’s the *other* company now worth more than $10B Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...

Daily Crunch 1/5/22

05 Jan 2022

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Kindle’s China future in doubt after disappearing from online shelves; Panasonic to use Redwood’s recycled materials in battery cell production at...

Daily Crunch 1/4/22

04 Jan 2022

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Apple’s value touches the $3T mark; Abstra raises $2.3M for no-code apps; Twitter completes MoPub sale Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...

Daily Crunch 12/30/21

30 Dec 2021

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Apple puts Foxconn India plant on probation after protests over food and accommodation conditions; Fiverr rolls out new Pinterest-like personalized di...

Daily Crunch 12/29/21

29 Dec 2021

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More companies bow out of in-person CES presence; Kimberly Bryant’s suspension surfaces ongoing tensions at Black Girls Code; Religious platforms dr...

Daily Crunch 12/28/21

28 Dec 2021

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Remembering the startups we lost in 2021; TC’s fav things; Is accessibility awareness resulting in better accessibility? Learn more about your ad ch...

Daily Crunch 12/23/21

23 Dec 2021

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After Essential’s failure, OSOM plans a new privacy-first handset; A Bluetooth bug in a popular at-home COVID-19 test could falsify results; Fisher-...

Daily Crunch 12/22/21

22 Dec 2021

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Bitcoin is religion, web3 is greed; EU clears the Microsoft-Nuance deal; Via shuttles toward the public markets Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

Daily Crunch 12/21/21

21 Dec 2021

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Oracle buys Cerner in $28B deal; Inside Justworks’ IPO filing; Rec Room raises $145M at a $3.5B valuation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po...

Daily Crunch 12/18/21

18 Dec 2021

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FedEx receives its first fully-electric GM Brightdrop delivery vans; TikTok is launching delivery-only restaurants across the US in March; Backed by f...

Daily Crunch 12/17/21

17 Dec 2021

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Reddit files confidentially to go public; Apple releases Swift Playgrounds 4 with support for app development on iPad; Spotify is launching Apple-like...

Daily Crunch 12/16/21

16 Dec 2021

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Amazon to lower its cut of Alexa skill developer revenue starting in 2022; Aurora self-driving trucks are using Uber Freight to haul goods for custome...

Daily Crunch 12/15/21

15 Dec 2021

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Apple launches its Siri-only Apple Music Voice Plan with iOS 15.2; Struggling to win subscribers, Netflix cuts prices in India; Cash App now lets use...

Daily Crunch 12/14/21

14 Dec 2021

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China’s AI giant SenseTime postpones IPO after US blacklisting; Former Twitter India head leaving firm to start an edtech platform; Mozilla expects ...

Daily Crunch 12/11/21

11 Dec 2021

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Spain moves closer to passing a startup law; Better.com CEO Vishal Garg steps back as employees detail how he ‘led by fear;’ Volvo had some R&D da...

Daily Crunch 12/10/21

10 Dec 2021

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Tinder is partnering with Spotify to launch a new ‘Music Mode’ feature; Netflix launches a website dedicated to news about renewals, exclusive int...

Daily Crunch 12/9/21

09 Dec 2021

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Twitter is the latest platform to test a TikTok copycat feature; Volkswagen closes three new partnerships to amp up EV production; Facebook tests a ne...

Daily Crunch 12/8/21

09 Dec 2021

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Microsoft seizes control of websites used by China-backed hackers; Twitter acquires Quill, a would-be Slack rival; team will work on DMs as Quill shut...

Daily Crunch 12/7/21

07 Dec 2021

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DoorDash tests a full-time employment option in New York as it launches ‘ultra-fast’ delivery; Astra will launch a rocket from Cape Canaveral in F...

Daily Crunch 12/4/21

04 Dec 2021

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China’s ride-hailing giant is delisting from the New York Stock Exchange; Facebook Messenger is testing a new ‘Split Payments’ feature in the US...

Daily Crunch 12/3/21

03 Dec 2021

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GM delays production of new Chevy Bolt EVs until end of January; EU warns adtech giants over ‘legal tricks’ as it moots changes to centralize priv...

Daily Crunch 12/2/21

02 Dec 2021

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Match settles lawsuit with Tinder co-founders for $441 million; US government agencies bought Chinese surveillance tech despite federal ban; Square is...

Daily Crunch 12/1/21

01 Dec 2021

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UK’s antitrust watchdog orders Facebook to sell Giphy; Stellantis, Mercedes-Benz invest in solid-state battery developer Factorial Energy; Twitter e...

Daily Crunch 11/30/21

30 Nov 2021

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Jack steps down from Twitter CEO role; Clearview AI told to stop processing UK data as ICO warns of possible fine; Facebook whistleblower Frances Haug...

Daily Crunch 11/24/21

24 Nov 2021

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Apple files lawsuit against NSO Group over Pegasus spyware; India plans law that will prohibit ‘all private cryptocurrencies,’ with ‘certain exc...

Daily Crunch 11/23/21

23 Nov 2021

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Walmart will be the first retailer to test Twitter’s new livestream shopping platform; GM acquires 25% stake in electric boat company Pure Watercraf...

Daily Crunch 11/20/21

20 Nov 2021

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Flytrex raises $40M to build its drone-based delivery service across suburbs in the US; Twitter is rolling out its tipping feature to Android users; P...

Daily Crunch 11/19/21

19 Nov 2021

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Spotify finally rolls out real-time lyrics to global users; Apple reportedly aims to debut a fully self-driving car in 2025; Amazon officially launche...

Daily Crunch 11/18/21

18 Nov 2021

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Beginning next year, Apple will send you parts and tools to fix your iPhone and Mac at home; Amazon’s ridiculously large Echo Show 15 arrives Decemb...

Daily Crunch 11/17/21

18 Nov 2021

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Slack wants to make it easier to build workflows with developer building blocks; Facebook accused of continuing to surveil teens for ad targeting; Pin...

Daily Crunch 11/16/21

16 Nov 2021

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Snapchat partners with Sony Music, announces plans for new AR music lenses; Say goodbye to disappearing tweets: Twitter no longer auto-loads new tweet...