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Watch live as SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites with a thrice-flown Falcon 9 rocket – TechCrunch

SpaceX has a big launch coming up this morning from Cape Canaveral in Florida – a Falcon 9 will carry…

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Elon Musk says building the first sustainable city on Mars will take 1,000 Starships and 20 years – TechCrunch

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk went into a bit more detail about the timelines and vehicle requirements to not only reach…

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Ghost wants to retrofit your car so it can drive itself on highways in 2020 – TechCrunch

A new autonomous vehicle company is on the streets — and unbeknownst to most, has been since 2017. Unlike the…

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SpaceX achieves key milestone in safety testing of Crew Dragon spacecraft – TechCrunch

SpaceX has managed to run 13 successful parachute tests in a row of the third major revision of the parachute…

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Airbnb to ban ‘party houses’ in wake of Halloween shooting that left 5 dead – TechCrunch

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said Saturday the company will ban “party houses” and take other steps to safeguard hosts and…

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Understanding Uber’s latest fintech play – TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a weekend newsletter that dives into the week’s noteworthy startups and venture capital…

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Hailing a driverless ride in a Waymo – TechCrunch

Ed Niedermeyer Contributor Ed Niedermeyer is an author, columnist and co-host of The Autonocast. His book, Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story…

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Hyundai is launching BotRide, a robotaxi service in California with Pony.ai and Via – TechCrunch

A fleet of electric, autonomous Hyundai Kona crossovers — equipped with a self-driving system from Chinese autonomous startup Pony .ai…

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Meet Bespoke Financial, a lender for cannabis companies backed by Snoop Dogg’s Casa Verde Capital – TechCrunch

Bespoke Financial wants to provide cannabis businesses with the same kind of financial services that other businesses get, but that…

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ZeroDown, valued at $150 million, plans to take on Zillow – TechCrunch

Days out of Y Combinator, venture capitalists valued ZeroDown, a financial and real estate technology startup, at $150 million. The…