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Sources: as Bob Mansfield retires, Apple puts AI chief John Giannandrea in charge of self-driving car project Titan; Doug Field runs the project day to day (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: as Bob Mansfield retires, Apple puts AI chief John Giannandrea in charge of self-driving car project Titan; Doug Field runs the project day to day  —  – Company has been developing autonomous vehicle tech for years  — AI executive Giannandrea takes lead after Bob Mansfield leaves Sources: as Bob Mansfield

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Cybersecurity insurance startup At-Bay raises $34M Series C led by Qumra Capital, as regulatory regimes like GDPR fuel the industry's growth (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Cybersecurity insurance startup At-Bay raises $34M Series C led by Qumra Capital, as regulatory regimes like GDPR fuel the industry’s growth  —  Cybersecurity insurance startup At-Bay has raised $34 million in its Series C round, the company announced Tuesday.  —  The round was led by Qumra Capital, a new investor. Cybersecurity

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Q&A with Substack CEO Chris Best on why it is not a media company, content moderation, making a reader app for users to easily read their newsletters, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with Substack CEO Chris Best on why it is not a media company, content moderation, making a reader app for users to easily read their newsletters, and more  —  On today’s episode of Decoder, I’m talking to Chris Best, co-founder and CEO of Substack, the subscription newsletter startup that’s

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Thumbtack, a marketplace for hiring local professionals, is acquiring Setter, which offers video checkups by experts and raised $12M since its founding in 2015 (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: Thumbtack, a marketplace for hiring local professionals, is acquiring Setter, which offers video checkups by experts and raised $12M since its founding in 2015  —  Thumbtack, a marketplace where you can hire local professionals for home improvement and other services, is announcing that it has acquired Setter. Thumbtack, a marketplace for

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Driven by the shift to e-commerce during the pandemic, Etsy shares are up over 250% this year, following a rocky few years as a public company (New York Times)

New York Times: Driven by the shift to e-commerce during the pandemic, Etsy shares are up over 250% this year, following a rocky few years as a public company  —  Shares of Etsy, the online marketplace, are up 250 percent this year, a rise fueled by skyrocketing pandemic mask sales and a push by investors

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A look at Berlin-based Xayn, privacy-focused web search for iOS and Android that uses on-device AI to rank and personalize results (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: A look at Berlin-based Xayn, privacy-focused web search for iOS and Android that uses on-device AI to rank and personalize results  —  As TC readers know, the tricky trade-off of the modern web is privacy for convenience.  Online tracking is how this ‘great intimacy robbery’ is pulled off. A look at

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Snowflake's shares have risen by over 40% since December 2, giving a market capitalization of ~$120B, above IBM and AMD, following strong earnings (Jeran Wittenstein/Bloomberg)

Jeran Wittenstein / Bloomberg: Snowflake’s shares have risen by over 40% since December 2, giving a market capitalization of ~$120B, above IBM and AMD, following strong earnings  —  A blistering rally in the shares of cloud-computing company Snowflake Inc. continued on Tuesday, sending its market valuation above International … Snowflake's shares have risen by over

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In a private 2018 meeting between UK's digital chief and Zuckerberg, minutes show Zuckerberg said the UK was "anti-tech" and threatened to end UK investment (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: In a private 2018 meeting between UK’s digital chief and Zuckerberg, minutes show Zuckerberg said the UK was “anti-tech” and threatened to end UK investment  —  Round of applause for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism — which fought for two years to obtain details … In a private 2018 meeting between

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