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We’ve initiated the final countdown, and we’re just hours away from the deadline for early-bird savings to TC Sessions: Space 2020 (December 16-17). It’s your last chance to grab the first … Read More

Nintendo will never stop mining its past for new nostalgia-based products, but at least it tends to do so with aplomb and occasionally even generosity. The former at least is … Read More

The digital divide is not a new phenomenon. Still, it largely took Americans by surprise when, as the U.S. began to shut down to slow the spread of Covid-19 in … Read More

Scott Kirsner Contributor Share on Twitter Scott Kirsner is CEO and co-founder of Innovation Leader, a research and events firm that focuses on innovation in Global 1000 companies, and a … Read More

DoorDash filed to go public today, publishing numbers that showed rapid growth, enhanced profitability and an improving cash flow record which helped explain how the company had grown to a … Read More

The next generation of gaming is here with the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X — except it isn’t, because there are almost no next-generation games to play on them. … Read More

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has announced a social media campaign dubbed, #TheCaribbeanAwaits, in observance of Caribbean Tourism Month this month. The campaign, which is being run in conjunction with … Read More

Google today announced that it is ending support for Expeditions. The VR app will also be pulled from its own Play Store and Apple’s App Store in June of next … Read More

With the persistent COVID-19 pandemic, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands is taking its Crucian Christmas Festival online this year. Given the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands’ moratorium on large … Read More

When you’re laser-focused on reaching beyond the stars, it’s hard to remember more earthly, mundane tasks. That’s why we’re giving you an extra week to score early-bird savings to TC … Read More

Jamaica has welcomed the decision by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to lift its no-sail order for cruise ships in U.S. ports as a step … Read More

NextView Ventures, a Boston-based venture capital fund, has raised an $89.6 million fund, according to SEC filings. The firm’s fourth fund, its largest to date, is oversubscribed, with early documents … Read More

Since noon Saturday, November 7, Jamaicans living in the United States and across the rest of the diaspora have been in a celebratory mood, following the official announcement that Joe … Read More

Eighteen months ago, Uber’s self-driving car unit, Uber Advanced Technologies Group, was valued at $7.25 billion following a $1 billion investment from Toyota, DENSO and Softbank’s Vision Fund. Now, it’s … Read More

Just two days after being declared victors in the U.S. election, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris announced a COVID-19 advisory board composed of researchers and health advisers … Read More

One of my favorite series of Monty Python sketches is built around the concept of surprise: Chapman: I didn’t expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition. [JARRING CHORD] [Three cardinals burst in] … Read More

With the coronavirus coming back with a vengeance across the country and the U.S. facing a long, dark winter, governors and other elected officials are showing little appetite for imposing … Read More

Online education has been one of the hotspots in the tech world this year, as people turn to e-learning tools to fill in the gaps variously arising from closed schools, … Read More

Just two days after being declared victors in the US election, future president Joe Biden and vice-president Kamala Harris announced a COVID-19 advisory board as public health officials warned that … Read More

Silicon Valley peer-to-peer car rental startup Getaround has secured a $25 million loan from Horizon Technology Finance Corporation. The financing announcement comes one month after Getaround raised $140 million from … Read More

Retired Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has given back to over 20 rural schools in Jamaica through his Usain Bolt Foundation. Twenty-one early-childhood institutions in Trelawny, St. Ann, St. James, St. … Read More

With one in 54 children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in the US, the issue of how to treat patients diagnosed with the condition has become almost as acute as … Read More

The U.S. presidential election was not tainted by widespread voter fraud or irregularities in how ballots were counted, despite a huge effort by President Donald Trump to prove otherwise. In … Read More

After years of rumors and high-flying headlines, we finally have the S-1 for DoorDash. Alex has covered the primary details, but I figured it would be good to dive in … Read More

Haitian police say three men, including the ‘alleged” boyfriend” of a 22-year-old student, whose body was found in a landfill earlier this month, have confessed to her murder. Inspector Gary … Read More

Microsoft has revealed that hackers backed by Russia and North Korea have targeted pharmaceutical companies involved in the COVID-19 vaccine development efforts. The technology giant said Friday that the attacks … Read More

The leader of the People’s United Party (PUP), John Briceño, has been sworn in as the fifth Prime Minister of Belize and has promised to name his Cabinet later today. … Read More

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast (now on Twitter!), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. The full Equity crew was on hand to debate the … Read More

There are plenty of reviews out there for the Hero 9 already, so I wanted to do something a little different. I decided to put GoPro’s latest to the test … Read More