China Roundup: Tech giants take stance on Beijing’s data control in Hong Kong
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China Roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people...
Revolut partners with Paxos to bring cryptocurrency trading to the US
Neobank Revolut launched in the U.S. a couple of months ago. The startup is slowly catching up with features that are available in the...
Advertima rings up $17.5M for computer vision-powered behavioral analytics for in-store retail
Swiss computer vision startup, Advertima, has raised a €15 million Series A (~$17.5M) to build out a machine learning platform for physical retail stores...
Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ hands-on
During an Unpacked event that featured the announcement of five key new devices, the Galaxy Tab S7 didn’t get a ton of love. Understandable,...
CBP says it’s ‘unrealistic’ for Americans to avoid its license plate surveillance
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has admitted that there is no practical way for Americans to avoid having their movements tracked by its...
Apple allocates its first $400M from $2.5B commitment to address California’s housing crisis
Apple announced this morning it’s allocating more than $400 million toward affordable housing projects and other homeowner assistance programs in California, as a...
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Google’s “no choice” screen on Android isn’t working, says Ecosia — querying the EU’s...
Google alternative Ecosia is on a mission to turn search clicks into trees. The Berlin based not-for-profit reached a major milestone earlier this...
FlexJobs CEO Sara Sutton: What newly remote companies tend to get right/wrong
Over the last few months, just about any tech company that can go remote has gone remote.
Are companies adopting remote for the long haul, or...
Watch live as SpaceX brings NASA astronauts back from the Space Station aboard Crew...
SpaceX and NASA are now in the final stages of preparation for the conclusion of its Demo-2 Crew Dragon mission, which will see astronauts...
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Tune in tomorrow and watch five startups compete at Pitchers & Pitches
Ever hear the expression, “every master was once a disaster?” Now apply that to developing a well-crafted pitch. It takes practice and honest feedback...
Stream, whose APIs help product teams build chat and activity feeds fast, just raised...
Earlier this year, the founders of Stream, a five-year-old, 60-person startup with offices in Boulder and Amsterdam, weren’t feeling so great about their prospects....
Moka, the HR tool for Arm and Shopee in China, closes $43M Series B
Investors are betting on the automation of human resources management in China. We reported last year that Moka, one of the key players...