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Activision Blizzard QA testers who work on “Diablo” in Albany, New York have formed the gaming giant’s second union in an unanimous 14-0 vote. Just seven months ago, QA testers at Activision Blizzard division Raven Software won a historic vote to form the first ever union at a major U.S. gaming company. Activision Blizzard initially […]

Activision Blizzard workers in Albany vote to form the company’s second union by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Bird CEO and president Shane Torchiana predicts a major consolidation in the industry, with two or three companies coming out on top. Bird, he said, has a chance to be one of those companies.

Bird’s plan to stay in the shared scooter game by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

‘Better Venture’ serves as a guide for those looking to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in the venture space.

Q&A: ‘Better Venture’ authors on why VC has failed to reinvent itself by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch

Google said today it is testing end-to-end encryption for RCS-based group chats on its Messages app — RCS stands for Rich Communication Services. The company noted that it will be rolling out this feature to select users that are part of the app’s open beta program in the coming weeks. This comes after a bunch […]

Google is testing end-to-end encryption for group chats in the Messages app by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Box launched in 2005 out of a dorm room. This week, after 17 years in business, the SaaS company reached a $1 billion run rate.

Box reaches $1B run rate in spite of a quarter dogged by currency challenges by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

GoStudent — the Austria-based late-stage Tutor marketplace which has raised $686.3 million (and attained a €3BN valuation) to date — has acquired Germany-based Studienkreis, a traditional tutoring company, founded in 1974, which is focused on the German-speaking ‘DACH’ region. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Studienkreis had previously been owned, since 2017, by the […]

GoStudent uses its warchest to acquire large network of traditional tutoring centres in Europe by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

Carousell, a Singaporean consumer-to-consumer (C2C) service platform operating across Southeast Asia, is letting go of about 110 employees, or 10% of its total headcount, in an effort to reduce costs amid a challenging market condition for the tech industry.  The announcement came from the company’s blog on Thursday, posted by co-founder and CEO of Carousell […]

Singapore-based e-commerce platform Carousell lays off 10% of staff by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch

Co-founders Pascal Kriesche and Morgan Abraham call smoodi, which came out of Harvard Innovation Labs, a “healthy smoothie store-in-a-box.”

Smoodi closes $5M to expand reach for its robotic smart blender by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch