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    F.D.A. Authorizes First At-Home Coronavirus Test

    Dr. Garner added that the news should be taken with a note of caution. In recent months, several experts have called for more widespread...

    Wearing a Mask During Workouts Really Isn’t So Bad

    Most expressed some surprise, instead, that the masks had not bothered them, says Dr. Danny Epstein, an attending physician in the internal medicine department...

    Does an Autoimmune Disorder Affect My Covid-19 Risks?

    Q. I have an autoimmune condition, a variant of rheumatoid arthritis, and recently started medications to suppress my immune response. Am I at increased...

    Why Disinfection Isn’t the Way to Stop the Coronavirus

    HONG KONG — At Hong Kong’s deserted airport, cleaning crews constantly spray baggage trolleys, elevator buttons and check-in counters with antimicrobial solutions. In New...

    Datafold raises seed from NEA to keep improving the lives of data engineers – TechCrunch

    Data engineering is one of these new disciplines that has gone from buzzword to mission critical in just a few years. Data engineers design...

    He Finished His First Marathon. Then His Arm Felt Weak.

    The Thumb Test“May I examine you?” the neurologist asked. The young man agreed, and the doctor began testing his upper-body strength — first on...

    Zillow Surfing Is the Escape We All Need Right Now

    The sheer absurdity of listings also makes for engaging content. “It’s really fun to have a virtually unending supply of very interesting things to...

    SellerX raises $118M to buy up and grow Amazon marketplace businesses – TechCrunch

    As Amazon’s Marketplace continues to grow and mature, a new opportunity has emerged in the world of e-commerce for a new breed of...

    Portugal’s Faber reaches $24.3M for its second fund aimed at data-driven startups from Iberia – TechCrunch

    Portuguese VC Faber has hit the first close of its Faber Tech II fund at €20.5 million ($24.3 million). The fund will focus on...

    Greece’s Marathon Venture Capital completes first close for Fund II, reaching $47M – TechCrunch

    Marathon Venture Capital in Athens, Greece has completed the first closing of its second fund, reaching the €40m / $47M mark. Backing the...

    Juni, the banking platform for e-commerce and online marketing companies, raises €2M seed – TechCrunch

    Juni, a Swedish pre-launch startup that’s building a banking app and platform for e-commerce and online marketing entrepreneurs, has raised just over €2.1 million...

    African fintech startup Chipper Cash raises $30M backed by Jeff Bezos – TechCrunch

    African cross-border fintech startup Chipper Cash has raised a $30 million Series B funding round led by Ribbit Capital with participation of Bezos Expeditions —...

    Affirm files to go public – TechCrunch

    Affirm, a consumer finance business founded by PayPal mafia member Max Levchin, filed to go public this afternoon. The company’s financial results show that Affirm,...

    Election misinformation often evaded YouTube’s efforts to stop it.

    YouTube videos endorsing the false idea that there was widespread election fraud were viewed more than 138 million times on the week of Nov....

    G.O.P. officials refused to certify Michigan ballots over issues that are fairly common.

    For a few hours on Tuesday, it looked as though two Republican officials in Wayne County, Mich., might reject the will of hundreds of...

    Local officials rebut 3 dead-voter claims by the Trump campaign.

    Last week, the Trump campaign published a series of posts on Facebook and Twitter identifying dead Americans whose names, the campaign alleged, were used...