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AWS updates its edge computing solutions with new hardware and Local Zones

AWS today closed out its first re:Invent keynote with a focus on edge computing. The company launched two smaller appliances for its Outposts service, which originally brought AWS as a managed service and appliance right into its customers’ exi...

Waymo is opening two new autonomous vehicle R&D facilities, one in East Liberty, Ohio and one in Menlo Park, in partnership with Transportation Research Center (Chris Davies/SlashGear)

Chris Davies / SlashGear: Waymo is opening two new autonomous vehicle R&D facilities, one in East Liberty, Ohio and one in Menlo Park, in partnership with Transportation Research Center& —& Waymo is opening two new autonomous veh...

Nvidia, Intel, and AMD GPU shipments up 10.8% as consumers scoop up PCs

Nvidia, Intel, and AMD GPU shipments continue to see supercharged demand from consumers looking for entertainment and home productivity.Read More

Gift Guide: Camping and backpacking gear that the outdoors lover in your life really wants

Welcome to TechCrunch’s 2020 Holiday Gift Guide! Need help with gift ideas? We’re here to help! We’ll be rolling out gift guides from now through the end of December. You can find our other guides right here. Like plenty of others,...

Who’s building the grocery store of the future?

Christopher Wan Contributor Share on Twitter Chris is a venture fellow at Bessemer Venture Partners and a JD/MBA candidate at Stanford University who writes a weekly newsletter about tech...

Our 100+ Favorite Cyber Monday Deals Still Available Today

We combed through every Black Friday and Cyber Monday deal we featured this week. These deals remain—for the moment.

The D20 Beat — My fall RPG download

The pandemic and the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/Series S launches dominated gaming, but the fall's RPGs are good!Read More

Google launches Android Enterprise Essentials, a mobile device management service for small businesses

Google today introduced a new mobile management and security solution, Android Enterprise Essentials, which, despite its name, is actually aimed at small to medium-sized businesses. The company explains this solution leverages Google’s experie...

Payments software company Lightspeed POS says it has acquired restaurant software company Upserve for $430M, in a mixed stock and cash deal (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: Payments software company Lightspeed POS says it has acquired restaurant software company Upserve for $430M, in a mixed stock and cash deal& —& Lightspeed POS just announced the acquisition of Upserve, expan...

Slack reports Q3 revenue of $234.5M, up 39% YoY, added 12K net new paid customers, up 140% YoY, has over 520K connected endpoints on Slack Connect, up 240% YoY (Larry Dignan/ZDNet)

Larry Dignan / ZDNet: Slack reports Q3 revenue of $234.5M, up 39% YoY, added 12K net new paid customers, up 140% YoY, has over 520K connected endpoints on Slack Connect, up 240% YoY& —& The acquisition sets up a showdown with Micros...

Amazon launches new AI services for DevOps and business intelligence applications

Amazon launched a slew of new AI and machine learning services duiring its re:Invent conference, including DevOps-focused offerings.Read More

EverQuest studio Daybreak Games acquired by EG7

EG7 announced today that it has acquired Daybreak Games, the game development studio best known for MMOs like EverQuest.Read More

IT security company Ivanti has acquired enterprise mobile security firm MobileIron for $872M in stock and corporate VPN provider Pulse Secure for an unknown sum (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: IT security company Ivanti has acquired enterprise mobile security firm MobileIron for $872M in stock and corporate VPN provider Pulse Secure for an unknown sum& —& IT security software company Ivanti ha...

Six-Word Sci-Fi: Stories Written By You

Here's this month's prompt, how to submit, and an illustrated archive of past favorites.

Google Maps rolls out a new community feed section within Explore tab, featuring posts from local experts, food and drink merchants, and publishers you follow (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)

Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: Google Maps rolls out a new community feed section within Explore tab, featuring posts from local experts, food and drink merchants, and publishers you follow& —& Google is introducing a new community feed...