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    The tech industry comes to grips with Hong Kong’s national security law – TechCrunch

    Scott Salandy-Defour used to make frequent stops at a battery manufacturer in southern China for his energy startup based in Hong Kong. The appeal...

    EASA Recommends Suspending Pakistan Licensed Pilots From Flying

    Last week, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued a six-month ban on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) in European Union airspace. The agency...

    What Counts as a Streaming Hit? A Start-Up May Have Answers

    Nielsen has umpired television’s winners and losers since the medium was new. Who won the West Coast? Who lost in late night? For decades,...

    A Fashion Model For the Moment

    A headline in Teen Vogue blared: “Hanifa’s 3-D Digital Fashion Show Just Changed the Game.” CNN, Harper’s Bazaar and Essence also celebrated the virtual...

    Virus-Tracing Apps Are Rife With Problems. Governments Are Rushing to Fix Them.

    In April, Norway released a smartphone app, Smittestopp or “stop infection,” that records users who come into close contact for more than 15 minutes...

    UK’s Farewill raises $25M for its new approach online will writing, funerals and other death services – TechCrunch

    The daily updates on COVID-19 outbreaks, tragic stories of related fatalities, and our narrowed scope of life due to lockdown have all put the...

    Is Aircraft Air Really Safe And Clean?

    Flying on a plane might seem daunting right now. After all, being sealed in a tube with hundreds of other people for several hours...

    Facebook Decisions Were ‘Setbacks for Civil Rights,’ Audit Finds

    SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook has not done enough to fight discrimination on its platform and has made some decisions that were “significant setbacks for...

    Vistara Explores Delayed Aircraft Deliveries

    Vistara is in talks to delay some of its aircraft deliveries, citing the current market and production delays. The airline currently has orders for...

    Blavity has a big opportunity with Black millennials, despite struggling to fit the VC formula – TechCrunch

    Black Lives Matter may be the largest movement in U.S. history, according to four different polls cited recently by the New York Times that...

    Facebook expands Instagram Reels to India – TechCrunch

    As scores of startups look to cash in on the video content void that ban on TikTok and other Chinese apps has created...

    Emirates Stops Passengers Booking Onto New Zealand Flights

    Starting today, Emirates has frozen bookings for inbound international flights into New Zealand. The move comes after the New Zealand government’s directive to restrict...

    Enterprise architecture software company LeanIX raises $80M Series D – TechCrunch

    LeanIX, the enterprise architecture software company founded out of Bonn in Germany, has closed $80 million in Series D funding. The round is led...

    SIDs & STARs – Why Aircraft Take Set Paths When Arriving & Departing

    While aircraft usually fly on their own set flight paths, when it comes to landing or departing from an airport, flights must follow a...

    What Happens When An Aircraft Stalls?

    There is one scenario that pilots and passengers alike fear when it comes to flying – the aircraft stalling. What does it mean when...

    Facebook’s Oversight Board won’t launch until ‘late fall’ – TechCrunch

    Facebook has announced that the limp “Oversight Board” intended to help make difficult content and policy decisions will not launch until “late fall,”...