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Real estate marketplace Zillow has introduced an instant tour booking feature for renters on its platform. The company now allows users to book an in-person tour directly at a suitable time without having to contact an agent or a property manager. Until now, when someone had to look at a rental property, either they had […]

Zillow introduces Calendly-like instant booking for rental property tours by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Fintech startup Plum is doubling the number of countries where it operates. The company is launching its product in five new European countries — Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands, Greece and Cyprus. Originally from the U.K., Plum is a money management app that helps you automatically set some money aside. This way, users can save money […]

Plum launches its money management app in five more countries by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

Niantic, the company behind the mega-hit Pokémon GO, has reached an inflection point. Whether because of pandemic fatigue or frustration over the limitations of today’s AR tech, the Google-spawned startup has struggled mightily to replicate the success of GO, which became one of the fastest-growing games in history shortly after it launched in July 2016. […]

Niantic tries its hand at sports with NBA All-World by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

More than two years since announcing Amazon Pharmacy to take some of the prescription drugs business away from big (and smaller) drug stores, Amazon is launching a new product to expand its reach in the space. Today, it’s taking the wraps off RxPass, a service where Prime users in the U.S. can pay a monthly […]

Amazon launches RxPass, a $5/month Prime add-on for all-you-need generic drugs covering 80 conditions by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

Elon Musk testified Monday that he was not only certain he’d have the backing from Saudi financiers to take Tesla private in 2018, but also that he could have sold enough shares of his rocket company SpaceX to fund a buyout. Musk defended himself as part of an ongoing lawsuit against the CEO for allegedly […]

Musk said he could have funded a Tesla buyout with SpaceX shares by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: A startup tackling the “unsexy” parts ordering workflows; space tech predictions from Seraphim Spacel; news from Varda, ClearSpace and more

Max Q: Things are tough out there by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch