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The relationship between American tech giants and the Chinese government has never been an easy one. We reported previously how Apple finds itself in a predicament as it strives to conquer the colossal smartphone market in China, the world’s largest. The tech giant has to balance appeasing both Beijing and Western politicians, which tend to…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinThis artist’s concept depicts the 140-mile-wide (226-kilometer-wide) asteroid Psyche, which lies in … [+] the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU NASA’s landmark Psyche mission to reveal the most metallic object ever observed has been fitted with huge solar arrays and an all-new communications device that uses…

David Limp is set to step down from his role as head of Amazon’s consumer devices division later this year. Amazon has confirmed the news with TechCrunch, following a Wall Street Journal report. Limp has been the company’s Senior Vice President of devices and services for more than 13 years. In the role he has…

When Target decided to revamp its retail model in 2014 after Brian Cornell became CEO, it bet very heavily on owned-and-operated brands. That was a switch from selling name-brand merchandise and it involved the chain — especially in the clothing space — cutting its ties with some big brands to launch its own.  In some…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTelsa Cybertruck at the reopened Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California, July 1, … [+] 2020.(Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images GM began sales of the Hummer H2 in 2002 to howls from detractors. The Sierra Club…

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Welcome, friends, to TechCrunch’s Week in Review (WiR), the newsletter where we recap the week that was in tech. For those new to WiR, think of it as a digest of stories and pieces that topped the charts over the past five days or so. In this week’s edition of WiR, we cover researchers figuring…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinFrequent travelers have likely experienced a dreaded check-in process that included a long line to visit the check-in kiosk. Even worse is finally getting to the kiosk, only to have the system freeze or crash. Alaska Airlines wants to change that by removing the check-in kiosk altogether and adding…