Liam O’Connor, hired to help build Lyft’s bike and scooter business, has left after 7 months

The emerging business of offering bikes and scooters on demand has not always been very smooth,…

When it comes to elections, Facebook moves slow, may still break things

This week, Facebook invited a small group of journalists — which didn’t include TechCrunch — to…

InCountry raises $7M to help multinationals store private data in countries of origin

The last few years have seen a rapid expansion of national regulations that, in the name…

Square reports Q1 sales of $489M, up 59%, but net loss widens to $38M

After Square issued weak guidance in Q4, all eyes were on the payments company to see what…

Airbnb-backed OYO moves into Europe, acquires @Leisure from Axel Springer for $415M

OYO, the fast-growing budget hotel startup out of India that’s backed by Airbnb, SoftBank, Grab and…

Instagram will now let creators and influencers sell items directly

The monetization hose is on full blast at Instagram now, and today at F-8 Facebook unveiled…

Workplace, Facebook’s enterprise edition, gets a reboot to boost activity and cut down on noise

At F-8 today, Facebook is unveiling a major redesign for its desktop app — the first…

UiPath nabs $568M at a $7B valuation to bring robotic process automation to the front office

Companies are on the hunt for ways to reduce the time and money it costs their…

Alphabet misses on Q1 revenues of $36.3B; EPS of $9.50 weighed down by the $1.7B European fine

After warning investors that it would be taking a $1.7 billion (€1.5 billion) charge this quarter…

Spotify Q1 hits 100m paying users, 217M overall, beats on sales but loss widens to $47M

As Amazon reportedly gears up to offer its own hi-fi music streaming service, Spotify has posted…