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    Pasta, Wine and Inflatable Pools: How Amazon Conquered Italy in the Pandemic

    NAPLES, Italy — Ludovica Tomaciello had never shopped on Amazon before being trapped at her parents’ house in March during Italy’s coronavirus lockdown. Bored...

    California County Enlists Social Media to Thwart a Misleading Election Photo

    Election officials in Sonoma County, Calif., asked the broader social media community on Friday to help them rebut a false report about mail-in ballots...

    Postmates cuts losses in Q2 as it heads towards tie-up with Uber – TechCrunch

    Popular food delivery service Postmates is in the process of merging with Uber in a blockbuster $2.65 billion deal that would see it...

    Black founders face a unique set of challenges – TechCrunch

    The notion that Black people in America need to work twice as hard as others to succeed may be a depressing sentiment, but it...

    Reviewing the new Apple Watch – TechCrunch

    We’ve got an in-depth review of the Apple Watch Series 6, Apple gives Facebook a temporary break on App Store fees and Alexis...

    $64B and 312K jobs – TechCrunch

    Perhaps anticipating budget pushback from the federal government, NASA has released its first ever agency-wide economic report, documenting the agency’s impact on the...

    4 things to remember when adapting AI/ML learning models during a pandemic – TechCrunch

    The COVID-19 crisis brings a unique opportunity for updates and innovation Pedro Alves is the founder and CEO of Ople.AI, a software startup that provides...

    Moving away from ‘master/slave’ terminology – TechCrunch

    TGIF, am I right? Welcome back to Human Capital, where we explore some of the latest news in labor, and diversity and inclusion in...

    What Went Viral This Week

    5. Legal Insurrection: Woman Driver Crashes Car While Flipping the Bird at Trump Supporters (1,326,475 interactions)A right-wing site’s post about a video that it...

    Privacy data management innovations reduce risk, create new revenue channels – TechCrunch

    Mark Settle is a seven-time CIO, three-time CIO 100 award winner and two-time book author. His most recent book is "Truth from the Valley:...

    Covid-19 Live Updates: Florida Lifts State Restaurant Restrictions

    Two former leaders of a Massachusetts veterans’ home were indicted on charges of criminal neglect related to the deaths of at least 76 residents....

    Alexis Ohanian files for a new $150M fund, with a nod to his Olympian family – TechCrunch

    According to an SEC Filing, Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit and early-stage VC firm Initialized Capital, is raising a new fund, named 776,...

    Apple Watch Series 6 review – TechCrunch

    When it comes to smartwatches, it’s Apple against the world. It’s not that there aren’t plenty of other products to choose from — it’s...

    Nikola’s Steve Girsky eyes his next transportation investment – TechCrunch

    Steve Girksy, the former GM vice chairman, consultant and investor whose special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merged with hydrogen electric startup Nikola this summer,...

    A Hopeful Forecast: More Accurate Long-Term Weather Predictions

    What if you could get an accurate weather report as much as three weeks in advance? In some parts of the world, that could...

    Facebook’s Power This Election – The New York Times

    This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays.Charlie Warzel is furious about Facebook. Even...