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Jason Rowley Contributor Jason Rowley is a venture capital and technology reporter for Crunchbase News. More posts by this contributor: Entrepreneurs looking to raise capital are often told that investors like to keep things close to home. Is that true? The question influences where people […]

In Pakistan, a gallon of diesel costs more than $3. In Iran, it’s just 34 cents. The math is simple, and it sends droves of poor, Iranian smugglers speeding to the border in beat-up Toyota pickups loaded down with fuel. Sadegh Souri tried his best […]

“While the review of the possible manufacturing and production schedule risks indicate a launch date of June 2020, the agency is managing to December 2019,” Robert Lightfoot, acting NASA administrator, said in a statement. “Since several of the key risks identified have not been actually […]

Per quanto riguarda il tema delle #Pensioni nella giornata di ieri c'è stata una importante manifestazione a Roma davanti a Montecitorio, organizzata … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi was on stage at the New York Times’ Dealbook conference today, and the ride hailing company’s top executive put a timeline on Uber’s plans for going public. Khosrowshahi, who took over as CEO after founder Travis Kalanick stepped down earlier this […]

Within minutes of starting our hands on session with the Nintendo Switch version of L.A. Noire, Rockstar’s classic 1940s-set detective title, we’re confronted with the sprawled out body of a female murder victim. Fully naked, badly beaten and mutilated, this poor woman’s body has been […]

The Minnesota Senator noted that news publishers spend money, time and talent chasing down stories, but are beholden to companies concerned with revenue, not informed public discourse. “The content creators that rely on [those] platforms to reach consumers have lost all their leverage,” he said. […]

The first time I wore the Plantronics BackBeat Fit earbuds was on a three-mile trail run on a brisk, breezy fall day. I put them in and started running, but then had to take them out. Put them in again, took them out again. Yes—there […]

Swiftype isn’t just a startup that we write about — we also use the technology to provide site search on TechCrunch itself. Now it’s being acquired by Elastic, the company behind the open source technology Elasticsearch. It turns out the two companies are already connected, […]