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    Bowery Farming adds executives as it expands to sell produce in 650 stores – TechCrunch

    Bowery Farming has added to its executive team as it expands its retail footprint to 650 stores, the company said. From three indoor farms in...

    Amazon removes the $500 Prime Bike, says it has nothing to do with the Peloton knock-off – TechCrunch

    Yesterday, a fitness equipment maker called Echelon Fitness announced its latest product, the so-called Prime Bike. At $500, it’s nearly a clone of Peloton’s...

    Five years after creating Traefik application proxy, open source project hits 2B downloads – TechCrunch

    Five years ago, Traefik Labs founder and CEO Emile Vauge was working on a project deploying thousands of microservices and he was lacking a...

    Founded by former SpaceX engineers, First Resonance pitches tools to make things the SpaceX way – TechCrunch

    After operating in stealth mode for about two years, First Resonance, a company founded by former SpaceX engineers, is finally showing the world their...

    Facebook denies it will pull service in Europe over data transfer ban – TechCrunch

    Facebook’s head of global policy has denied the tech giant could close its service to Europeans if local regulators order it to suspend...

    Endel raises $5M to create personalized ‘sound environments’ that improve productivity and sleep – TechCrunch

    The pitch for Berlin-based Endel is pretty straightforward, according to its co-founder and CEO Oleg Stavitsky. “The way I usually describe Endel is: This is...

    AstraZeneca, Under Fire for Vaccine Safety, Releases Trial Blueprints

    AstraZeneca revealed details of its large coronavirus vaccine trials on Saturday, the third in a wave of rare disclosures by drug companies under pressure...

    Young People More Likely to Believe Virus Misinformation, Study Says

    As public health officials raise alarms about surging coronavirus cases among young people, new research suggests that Americans under 25 are most likely to...

    For Older People, Reassuring News in the Statin Debate

    Statins can sometimes cause blood sugar abnormalities, resulting in a diagnosis of pre-diabetes or diabetes, and possible toxic effects on the liver that necessitate...

    For Young People’s Sexual Health, the Pandemic Changes the Game

    “It’s important to remember that what we find important in medicine is not necessarily what our patients find important,” Dr. Wilkinson said. Often, doctors...

    Salsify nabs $155M as its commerce experience platform sees a big surge of business from Covid-19 – TechCrunch

    As traditional brands grapple with a new world where selling online is as much or perhaps even more important than how you are positioned...

    Healing the Whole Family – The New York Times

    The night I submitted my college applications, I lay in bed and stared out my window for hours. I prayed to the moon that...

    Drinking Coffee Tied to Better Outcomes in Colon Cancer Patients

    Drinking coffee may extend survival time in people with colorectal cancer, a new study suggests.Researchers studied 1,171 patients diagnosed with advanced or metastatic colon...

    Covid-19 May Have a Hidden Impact on the Heart

    That’s because myocarditis can lead to heart failure. When that happens, some people don’t get any advance warnings, which include chest discomfort, heart palpitations,...

    New research shows European startups are spending drastically less on a US launch, for the same gains – TechCrunch

    It used to be the case that in order to scale glocally, European companies needed to spend big on launching in the US to...

    ‘AI-powered’ fitness app Freeletics scores $25M Series B – TechCrunch

    Freeletics, the “AI-powered” fitness coaching app, has closed $25 million in Series B funding. Leading the round is U.S.-based JAZZ Venture Partners and Causeway...