Facebook has agreed to tweak some of its policies in response to recommendations from the Oversight Board. The board issued its first round of decisions about content moderation decisions last month in a series of decisions that undid some of Facebook’s original actions. In addition to making these decisions for a handful of specific locations, … Read more
A second stage motor injector burns in the Stoke component test facility. (Photo by Stoke Space Technologies) Stoke Space Technologies, the Renton, Washington-based company founded by Jeff Bezos’ veterans of space company Blue Origin, has invested $ 9.1 million in seeds to push rocket reusability to new frontiers . The first goal will be to … Read more
TechCrunch is launching a major project to survey venture capital investors in Europe and their cities. Our survey of VCs in the Czech Republic and Prague will show how the country is doing and what changes the coronavirus pandemic is causing among investors. We would like to know how the Prague and wider Czech startup … Read more
On March 4th, ViacomCBS will convert CBS All Access to Paramount +. But first, it will give investors all the details of the new streaming plans, similar to the events we saw before Disney, HBO and Comcast launched their respective Internet TV efforts. Leading up to the event, the company’s fourth quarter results for CBS … Read more
(GeekWire Photo / Nat Levy) Redfin exceeded analyst expectations for the fourth quarter of fiscal year, posting revenue of $ 244.5 million, up 5% year over year, and earnings per share of $ 0.11. Wall Street expects sales of $ 235 million and earnings per share of $ 0.04. A hot real estate market helped … Read more
When Smash Ventures appeared as an investor in a $ 1.25 billion round for Epic Games in 2018 – reputedly the largest investment ever made in a video game company – it was the first time many heard of the investment outfit . When the brand reappeared in an even bigger round for Epic last … Read more
The U.S. Postal Service plans to have a new mail van on American roads by 2023. With a new contract, Oshkosh Defense will manufacture between 50,000 and 165,000 “Next Generation Delivery Vehicles” for the agency over the next 10 years. The vehicle is offered in both combustion and electric drive variants. According to the postal … Read more
A representation of the new Maritime Innovation Center in Fishermen’s Terminal near the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle. (Port of Seattle picture) The Port of Seattle and the nonprofit strategic alliance Washington Maritime Blue continue their efforts to combine the region’s longstanding maritime heritage with the modern innovation economy when they launched a new startup accelerator … Read more
Join TechCrunch for the first edition of 2021 ask me something Series in which TechCrunch interviews experts and answers your burning questions about virtual events. Our first guest is Xiaoyin Qu, co-founder and CEO of Rule the world. Friday, February 26, 1 p.m. PT Register here Run The World is a platform for virtual events … Read more
The first Android 12 Developer Preview may not have told us much about what to expect from the next version of Google’s mobile operating system, but we’re getting new features sooner than expected. The company today announces a series of six updates that might surprise us as we wait for Android 12 to officially arrive. … Read more