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    Serious injuries at Amazon fulfillment centers topped 14,000, despite the company’s safety claims – TechCrunch

    As Amazon‘s biggest shopping day of the year approaches, a new report reveals that the company’s investments in automation and safety have not stemmed...

    Duolingo CEO explains language app’s surge in bookings – TechCrunch

    Language learning apps, like many educational technology platforms, soared when millions of students went home in response to safety concerns from the coronavirus pandemic....

    How Twilio built its own conference platform – TechCrunch

    Twilio’s annual customer conference was supposed to happen in May, but like everyone else who had live events scheduled for this year, it ran...

    D-Wave launches its 5,000+ qubit Advantage system – TechCrunch

    D-Wave today announced the launch of its new Advantage quantum computers. These new systems, with over 5,000 qubits and 15-way qubit connectivity, are now...

    Pivoting during a pandemic – TechCrunch

    Stan Chudnovsky Contributor Like everywhere else, the COVID-19 pandemic created a new “no normal” at Facebook . The seismic shifts and disruptions reverberated across the globe and...

    Starlink puts towns devastated by wildfires online for disaster relief workers – TechCrunch

    SpaceX’s Starlink has showed its utility in connecting far-flung locations to the internet quickly and relatively simply in Washington, where like much of...

    With a Warby Parker playbook, SISU raises funding from Greycroft to face-off against cosmetic clinics – TechCrunch

    With so many people getting ‘botox’ and ‘filler’ treatments to their faces these days (or are they, during the pandemic?), it’s probably no wonder...

    Final week to score $50 student passes to TC Sessions: Mobility 2020 – TechCrunch

    Class is about to be in session, students. If you’re passionate about mobility and transportation tech and hungry to learn from the visionaries, makers...

    Trump Announces Plan to Ship 150 Million Rapid Coronavirus Tests

    Governors of some states, including New Jersey and Connecticut, announced on Twitter just before Mr. Trump’s news conference that they expected to receive thousands...

    Shipt shoppers are organizing a walkout in protest of new pay model – TechCrunch

    Shipt shoppers are organizing a handful of actions in protest of Shipt’s new pay structure that began rolling out this month.  The first...

    Coronavirus Tracers Beg Residents: Please Answer Your Phones

    A wariness of spam calls and phishing scams has stymied coronavirus contact-tracing efforts around the country to the extent that elected leaders are pleading...

    9 VCs in Madrid and Barcelona discuss the COVID-19 era and look to the future – TechCrunch

    Spain’s startup ecosystem has two main hubs: Madrid and Barcelona. Most observers place Barcelona first and Madrid second, but the gap appears to close...

    Collective, a back office platform that caters to ‘businesses of one,’ just landed a hefty seed round – TechCrunch

    Americans and other global citizens are increasingly self-employed, thanks to great software, the need for flexibility, and because skilled services especially can pay fairly...

    Greylock and MLT are trying to diversify tech’s wealth cycle – TechCrunch

    Greylock Partners has teamed up with Management Leadership for Tomorrow to address issues of diversity and inclusion in the technology industry. “Our view is...

    Healthcare entrepreneurs should prepare for an upcoming VC/PE bubble – TechCrunch

    Bird Blitch is the CEO of Patientco, a payment technology company founded specifically to rethink the healthcare payment experience. While many industries are taking a...

    Biden campaign calls out Facebook for spreading Team Trump’s dangerous voting lies – TechCrunch

    In a new letter to its chief executive on the eve of the first presidential debate, the Biden campaign slammed Facebook for its failure...