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    The Trump Administration Shut a Vaccine Safety Office Last Year. What’s the Plan Now?

    As the first coronavirus vaccines arrive in the coming year, government researchers will face a monumental challenge: monitoring the health of hundreds of millions...

    Uber and Lyft defeated again in court – TechCrunch

    A California court weighs in as Prop. 22 looms, Google removes popular apps over data collection practices and the Senate subpoenas Jack Dorsey and...

    U.S. Issues Sanctions on Russian Center Involved in Potentially Deadly Cyberattacks

    The United States on Friday imposed economic sanctions against a Russian government research organization that was responsible for a potentially deadly cyberattack on a...

    Alzheimer’s screening, forest-mapping drones, machine learning in space, more – TechCrunch

    Research papers come out far too rapidly for anyone to read them all, especially in the field of machine learning, which now affects (and...

    Boston startups expand region’s venture capital footprint – TechCrunch

    This year has shaken up venture capital, turning a hot early start to 2020 into a glacial period permeated with fear during the early...

    Russians Who Pose Election Threat Have Hacked Nuclear Plants and Power Grid

    Cybersecurity officials watched with growing alarm in September as Russian state hackers started prowling around dozens of American state and local government computer systems...

    Fox News Is Covering Hunter Biden Claims More Than 2016 WikiLeaks Emails

    Online, 85 percent of the 1,000 most popular articles about the Hunter Biden emails were by right-leaning sites, according to the analysis. The articles...

    The short, strange life of Quibi – TechCrunch

    “All that is left now is to offer a profound apology for disappointing you and, ultimately, for letting you down,” Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg...

    OnePlus’s 8T handset brings faster charging and a 120Hz display for $749  – TechCrunch

    OnePlus continues its twice-yearly smartphone cycle with today’s arrival of the 8T. The latest device isn’t a huge upgrade over April’s OnePlus 8,...

    Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charges for Opioid Sales

    Joe Rice, a negotiator for local governments that are suing Purdue, said, “Purdue is doing everything they can to get this deal done in...

    At 12, She’s a Covid ‘Long Hauler’

    Chris recently consulted with Dr. Peter Rowe, a professor of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins who specializes in chronic and debilitating conditions like myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic...

    Why Are TikTok Teens Listening to an Album About Dementia?

    Among them is Owen Amble, 16, from Spokane, Wash. He was drawn to “Everywhere at the End of Time” because his grandfather was recently...

    CA appeals court upholds ruling that Uber and Lyft must classify drivers as employees – TechCrunch

    Uber and Lyft must classify their drivers as employees, an appellate court ruled yesterday evening. However, the decision will be stayed for...

    Financial institutions can support COVID-19 crowdfunding campaigns – TechCrunch

    Scott Purcell Contributor Scott Purcell is the CEO and Chief Trust Officer of Prime Trust, an innovative API-enabled B2B open-banking financial solutions provider. The economic impact of...

    mmhmm, Phil Libin’s new startup, acquires Memix to add enhanced filters to its video presentation toolkit – TechCrunch

    Virtual meetings are a fundamental part of how we interact with each other these days, but even when (if!?) we find better ways to...

    Here’s how fast a few dozen startups grew in Q3 2020 – TechCrunch

    This is about as close to a private company earnings report as we can manage Earlier this week I asked startups to share their Q3...