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    Cloud9 adds the MAJKL Valorant roster to create Cloud9 White as its first women’s esports team – TechCrunch

    Cloud9 has brought on the all-women MAJKL Valorant squad to become its first women’s esports team. Moving forward the team of Alexis “alexis” Guarrasi, Annie...

    Schools Clamored for Seesaw. That Was the Good News, and the Bad News.

    And it’s been a year. In February, Mr. Sjogreen was mapping out long-term projects from Seesaw’s downtown San Francisco office. Come March, he was...

    The US now seems to be pinning all of its hopes on COVID-19 therapies and vaccines – TechCrunch

    Almost eight months after the White House first announced it would move from containment to mitigation efforts to stop the spread of the COVID-19...

    Reliance says its $3.4 billion deal with Future Group ‘fully enforceable under Indian law’ despite Amazon winning an arbitration order

    Reliance Retail, India’s largest retail chain, said on Sunday evening that its proposed deal to acquire Future Group’s assets for $3.4 billion —...

    WHO | Mayaro virus disease

    On 13 October 2020, the French health authorities officially reported 13 laboratory-confirmed cases of Mayaro...

    ‘Lovecraft Country’ is gloriously bonkers – TechCrunch

    As we tried to recap the first season of HBO’s “Lovecraft Country,” one thing became clear: The show is pretty nuts. The story begins by...

    Snapchat strikes back – TechCrunch

    Hello hello, and welcome back to Week in Review. Last week, I wrote about the possibility of a pending social media detente, this week...

    With Vacation Rentals Empty, European Cities See a Chance to Reclaim Housing

    LISBON — Long before the coronavirus swept across Europe this spring, many cities had been complaining that a proliferation of short-term apartment rentals aimed...

    Apple, Google and a Deal That Controls the Internet

    A former Google executive, who asked not to be identified because he was not permitted to talk about the deal, said the prospect of...

    Samsung chairman dies at age 78 – TechCrunch

    Lee Kun-hee, the long-time chairman of Samsung Group who transformed the conglomerate into one of the world’s largest business empires, died today at the...

    Court ruling could mean trouble for Uber and Lyft as gig workers may finally become employees – TechCrunch

    Welcome back to Human Capital! As many of you know, Human Capital is a weekly newsletter where I break down the latest in labor,...

    Why you have to pay attention to the Indian startup scene – TechCrunch

    This is The TechCrunch Exchange, a newsletter that goes out on Saturdays, based on the column of the same name. You can sign up for...

    Was Quibi the good kind of startup failure? – TechCrunch

    Editor’s note: Get this free weekly recap of TechCrunch news that any startup can use by email every Saturday morning (7 a.m. PT). Subscribe here. Startup failure...

    SpaceX launches 60 more satellites during 15th Starlink mission – TechCrunch

    SpaceX has launched another batch of 60 Starlink satellites, the primary ingredient for its forthcoming global broadband internet service. The launch took place...

    Quibi dies, Snapchat soars, Halide upgrades for iPhone 12 – TechCrunch

    Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the TechCrunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows...

    The F.D.A. Wanted to Ban Some Hair Straighteners. It Never Happened.

    Heat is crucial to the process: Directions call for applying the product to the hair, blow drying the hair with a hair dryer, and...