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New Gmail rolls out to everyone, and you can hide that big sidebar now

RON AMADEO

New Gmail is coming to your account, but things are adjustable.

Veo’s Candice Xie one year later, still slowly and steadily winning the profitability race

REBECCA BELLAN

We sat down with Veo CEO and co-founder Candice Xie one year after our initial interview to discuss what is happening in shared micromobility.

Landmark EU rules will finally put regulation of Big Tech to the test

ASHLEY BELANGER

Keeping giant tech companies like Apple or Google in check is top priority.

Outschool, which raised a Series B, C and D in 12 months, lays off 18% of workforce

NATASHA MASCARENHAS

Outschool, a marketplace for kid-friendly, virtual after-school programs, has laid off 31 people or 18% of its workforce, CEO Amir Nathoo confirmed to TechCrunch over text message. The layoff, conducted earlier this month, comes after a period of rapid fundraising for Outschool. The firm raised its Series B, C and D in a 12-month period, […]

Diablo Immortal is bringing in over $1 million a day in microtransactions

KYLE ORLAND

$49 million in estimated earnings so far shows why free-to-play is here to stay.

How one state’s aggressive climate policy could boost its economy

TIM DE CHANT

Offshore wind hasn’t made many waves in the U.S. yet, but it’s about to, and one state is making sure it's a centerpiece of its economic policy.

Tesla deliveries drop by 18 percent in Q2 2022

JONATHAN M. GITLIN

The automaker blames supply chain issues and factory shutdowns.

Crypto trading volume drops in India as additional taxes hit investors

JACQUELYN MELINEK

India on July 1 implemented a 1% tax on cryptocurrency trades over 10,000 Indian rupees, or about $127. There’s already been a chilling effect on Indian digital asset marketplaces.

TikTok is testing the ability to restrict livestreams to viewers who are 18+

AISHA MALIK

TikTok is testing a new setting that lets users restrict their livestreams to viewers who are 18 years of age and above. The company confirmed to TechCrunch that the new setting is currently in limited testing with select users. Screenshots of the new setting shared by product intelligence firm Watchful.ai show that users who have […]

How Zelda fans changed the ending to Ocarina of Time on a vanilla N64

SAM MACHKOVECH

Arbitrary code execution, driven by four rapid-fire N64 gamepads, does wonders.

Toyota used up all its EV tax credits on hybrids

REBECCA BELLAN

Toyota has reached the 200,000-unit cap on electric and plug-in-hybrid vehicles that are eligible for a federal tax credit of $7,500. While the Japanese automaker does have exactly one electric vehicle in its lineup that is eligible for credit, Toyota has mainly used up its tax credit on plug-in hybrids. Most of the credits were […]

Lawsuit: At Tesla, racial discrimination is “standard operating procedure”

JON BRODKIN

Tesla factory workers say they face "daily racist epithets" and other harassment.

Lawyers seeks emergency protection for laid off Tesla workers

JACLYN TROP

Lawyers representing two former Tesla employees who were terminated in mid-June have filed an emergency motion asking a judge to prohibit the EV automaker from forcing workers to sign releases in exchange for less severance than federal law provides. The plaintiffs, who allege that the company did not provide the 60 days of advance notice […]

Baserow challenges Airtable with an open source no-code database platform

PAUL SAWERS

The burgeoning low-code and no-code movement is showing little sign of waning, with numerous startups continuing to raise sizeable sums to help the less-technical workforce contingent develop and deploy software with ease. Arguably one of the most notable examples of this trend is Airtable, a ten-year-old business that recently attained a whopping $11 billion valuation […]

Daily Crunch: Android lock screen platform Glance will roll out to US consumers in coming weeks

CHRISTINE HALL

Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package.