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    Disappearing Tweets? Twitter Now Has a Feature for That

    SAN FRANCISCO — First Snapchat did it. Then Instagram and Facebook jumped in. Now Twitter is joining in, too.On Tuesday, Twitter said it would...

    Construction rental startup YardLink raises funding from Speedinvest Networks – TechCrunch

    YardLink allows construction companies to obtain critical equipment faster than traditional equipment rental companies. It’s now raised a £1.7m seed round, bringing the total...

    Surging homegrown talent and VC spark Italy’s tech renaissance – TechCrunch

    As Italy reinstates many COVID-19 restrictions, the country’s tech ecosystem is watching and waiting to see what the wider effects of the emergency will...

    Twentyeight Health partners with Healthify to expand its reproductive and sexual health services – TechCrunch

    Targeting the population that’s most underserved with new treatment options has been part of the mission fro Twentyeight Health since its launch. Now a...

    Join Bessemer’s Byron Deeter for a live Q&A today at 12pm PT/3pm ET – TechCrunch

    Byron Deeter’s portfolio includes Twilio, DocuSign, Box, Canva, Intercom, SendGrid and many more. He is one of the most knowledgeable and experienced SaaS and...

    Organize the Garage – The New York Times

    Days spent at home have moved even the most muddled people to organize. The spice rack now displays alphabetically ordered bottles in neat rows....

    OpenPhone rings up $14 million to put your work phone in an app – TechCrunch

    Communication tools are evolving quickly. We have all kinds of social media for our personal lives, Slack for chatting with our coworkers, Discord for...

    Heat Waves May Be Bad for Your Pregnancy

    Heat waves may lead to poor pregnancy outcomes, a review of studies has found.The analysis, in BMJ, included 70 studies in 24 countries, and...

    Don’t Fear the Robots, and Other Lessons From a Study of the Digital Economy

    There are a handful of nonprofit job-training programs with proven track records, including Year Up, Per Scholas, Project Quest and JVS. The M.I.T. group...

    Vaccine Unproven? No Problem in China, Where People Scramble for Shots

    Ethan Zhang needed to get back to work. Work was in Ivory Coast, however, and since January the global coronavirus outbreak had stranded the...

    Giraffe360, a robotic camera for real estate, raises $4.5M from LAUNCHub and Hoxton Ventures – TechCrunch

    Giraffe360 has a robotic camera, combined with a subscription service, which enables real estate agents and brokers to generate high-resolution photos of properties, floor...

    Amazon launches Amazon Pharmacy, a delivery service for prescription medications – TechCrunch

    A little over two years after its $753 million acquisition of the prescription medicine delivery service Pillpack, Amazon has finally launched Amazon Pharmacy, its...

    Spacemaker, AI software for urban development, is acquired by Autodesk for $240M – TechCrunch

    Autodesk, the U.S. publicly listed software and services company that targets engineering and design industries, has acquired Norway’s Spacemaker, a startup that has...

    India’s insurance platform Turtlemint raises $30 million – TechCrunch

    Turtlemint, an Indian startup that is helping consumers identify and purchase the most appropriate insurance policies for them, has raised $30 million in a...

    Lego expands its Super Mario world with customization tools, new Mario power-ups, and more characters – TechCrunch

    Lego’s partnership with Nintendo delivered a pretty awesome debut earlier this year with the interactive Lego Super Mario Starter Course, and now...

    Digital freight forwarder Forto raises another $50M, in round led by Inven Capital – TechCrunch

    Forto, a digital freight forwarder which has experienced a boom during the pandemic, has raised another $50 million in funding. This takes its total...