Top highlights from Xpeng's 2021 Tech Day: Rebecca Bellan
Chinese smart electric vehicle startup Xpeng has announced a series of innovations that direct the company towards crafting the mobility ecosystem of the future. “Our exploration of more efficient, safer, carbon-neutral mobility solutions goes far beyond jus…
The return of text is inevitable: Natasha Mascarenhas
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. On Equity this week, we discussed the value of the written word. You can imagine that the resulting argument is inherently …
This Week in Apps: Google Play lowers commissions, Apple drops anti-steering rule, Pinterest clones TikTok, Android 12 arrives: Sarah Perez
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consu…
Justice for OpenSea: Alex Wilhelm
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Employees are designing the workplace of the future: Anamarie Huerta Franc
What factors would make people want to come into the office? SAP research found four: peer-to-peer learning, collaboration, community-building and intention.
The rapidly changing investor calculus on China's tech giants: Elliott Zaagman
As wave after wave of regulatory crackdowns have dominated China tech news in 2021, one can be excused for losing track of what is being regulated, who is doing the regulating, and what exactly the regulations are. From fintech to data management to education…
Introducing the TechCrunch Global Affairs Project: Scott Bade
Technology has never agreed with boundaries. Even the most detailed satellite snapshots of Earth show no borders. From the printing press to the airplane, the telephone to social media, technological progress has helped us transcend time and place. And when i…
I founded Nest. Here's how startups can help solve climate change: Matt Rogers
Matt Rogers Contributor Share on Twitter Matt Rogers built the first machine-learning thermostat as the co-founder of Nest. He was previously an engineer at Apple, where he helped build ten generations of the iPhone and the first iPad. He currently splits his…
Decoupling tech supply chains would do more harm than good: Phil Levy
Phil Levy Contributor Share on Twitter Dr. Phil Levy is Chief Economist for Flexport. Earlier in his career, he held international economic policy positions at the White House and the Department of State. For a technology sector that would much prefer to focu…
Digital ID tech is moving fast. #GoodID will ensure it doesn’t break things: Robert Karanja
Robert Karanja Contributor Share on Twitter Robert Karanja is a Director of Responsible Technology and Africa Lead for Omidyar Network and is based in Nairobi, Kenya. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated many technological shifts – how many of us knew what …
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