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TikTok ban signed into law by President Biden: How we got here, and what comes next
TikTok faces an uncertain fate in the U.S. once again. A bill including a deadline for TikTok parent company Bytedance to divest within nine months or face a ban on app stores to distribute the app in the U.S., was signed by President Joe Biden on Wednesday as part of broader legislation including military aid…
12:05 pm PDT • April 24, 2024
AI
Google Cloud Next 2024: Watch the keynote on Gemini AI, enterprise reveals right here
12:01 pm PDT • April 9, 2024
It’s time for Google’s annual look up to the cloud, this time with a big dose of AI. At 9 a.m. PT Tuesday, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian kicked off…
Apps
TechCrunch Minute: You’re likely seeing less news and politics on Instagram. Here’s why
9:00 am PDT • March 28, 2024
As the election cycle heats up, Instagram and Threads will be cooling down the amount of political content entering many users’ feeds. These changes, which limit the reach of political…
In this edition of Week in Review, we have big news on the latest Apple antitrust lawsuit. Microsoft’s AI ambitions dominated the news as well, so let’s dive right in.……
Krablr, the real-time crab pricing engine for amateur fishermen, has announced yet another pivot in its business model. Following a successful transition from crab pricing to crab futures trading, the…
Lifesaver and Techfugees launch LifesaverAid.org to send power banks to Ukrainian refugees
9:42 am PDT • March 16, 2022
During the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, millions of people have become IDPs (internally displaced people) or refugees fleeing to border countries. During this time, the smartphone has taken on…
We made it, friends. Another year in the books. Was it the very normal year we all wanted? No. But, for many, it was at least a step in that…
Startups
Alexa von Tobel will join Disrupt 2021 as a Startup Battlefield judge
9:47 am PDT • April 22, 2021
Alexa von Tobel, co-founder and managing partner of Inspired Capital, will be joining TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 taking place September 21-23 to help judge the startups competing in Startup Battlefield. NOTE:…
It goes without saying, but 2020 was a bad year for a lot of people. For many, it was a year of stress, sadness and anxiety. It was a year…
Privacy
Thailand passes controversial cybersecurity law that could enable government surveillance
5:00 am PST • February 28, 2019
Thailand’s government passed a controversial cybersecurity bill today that has been criticized for vagueness and the potential to enable sweeping access to internet user data. The bill (available in Thai)…
Meet the women inventing the future in the TechMAKERS mini-series
11:40 am PDT • March 11, 2018
MAKERS spotlights five women at the exhilarating forefront of technologies remaking our world, from AI to robotics to telepathy to deep space exploration. They are engineers and computer scientists at…
The Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit: Crypto will examine the growing market and investor interest in crypto and the technology behind it. Specifically, where are these digital assets heading, and…
Watch Pitch@Palace Global live right here
9:00 am PST • December 6, 2017
The Duke of York will be at St. James’s Palace today for #pitchatpalace Global. Pitch@Palace Global brings together entrepreneurs from 2017 Pitch@Palace events that took place in Africa, China, Singapore, Australia, United…
After months of preparation, startups will gather at St. James Palace in London to compete in the Pitch@Palace pitch-off. TechCrunch will be broadcasting the competition live here beginning at 5:30…
Media & Entertainment
Thailand jails man for 35 years for Facebook posts that insulted its royal family
2:25 am PDT • June 9, 2017
A man in Thailand has been sentenced to 35 years in prison after he was found guilty of insulting the country’s royal family on Facebook. Identified only as Wichai, he is…
Editor’s note: Dileepan Siva is chief revenue officer at Moovweb. The Silicon Valley “tech bubble” is a popular topic of discussion among business pundits, entrepreneurs and analysts who have dissected and…
