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    EasySend raises $16M from Intel, more for its no-code approach to automating B2C interfaces – TechCrunch

    No-code and low-code software have become increasingly popular ways for companies — especially those that don’t count technology as part of their DNA —...

    TikTok, WeChat and the growing digital divide between the U.S. and China – TechCrunch

    Over the past decade, the dynamic between Chinese and United States tech companies has undergone dramatic shifts. Once seen as a promising market for...

    Pure Watercraft ramps up its electric outboard motors with a $23M series A – TechCrunch

    Electric power only started making sense for land vehicles about ten years ago, but now the technology is ready to make the jump into...

    Mark Cuban, Marc Benioff, Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, and Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi are investing in toilet paper – TechCrunch

    A slew of big name entrepreneurs and celebrities are really circling the drain with their latest investment. Led by Greycroft Partners, a who’s who of...

    Satellite radar startup ICEYE raises 87 million to continue to grow its operational constellation – TechCrunch

    Finnish startup ICEYE, which has been building out and operating a constellation of Synthetic-Aperture Radar (SAR) small satellites, has raised an $87 million...

    Green Monday Holdings, the business arm of Hong Kong’s vegetarian advocacy group, raises $70 million from TPG, Swire Pacific – TechCrunch

    Green Monday Holdings, a manufacturer of plant-based pork substitute products and frozen meals and an operator of a chain of vegetarian-focused retail outlets and...

    TikTok says it removed 104M videos in H1 2020, proposes harmful content coalition with other social apps – TechCrunch

    As the future of ByteDance’s TikTok ownership continues to get hammered out between tech leviathans, investors and government officials in meeting rooms, the video...

    C.D.C. Reverses Testing Guidelines for People Without Covid-19 Symptoms

    In the case of this controversial guidance in August, the agency’s scientists saw early versions and made their disagreements known, but said their concerns...

    U.S. Health Officials Tiptoe Around Trump’s Vaccine Timetable

    As the nation’s coronavirus death toll neared 200,000, top administration health officials on Sunday delicately sidestepped President Trump’s ambitious declaration last week that a...

    N.I.H. Official Departs After Anonymous Posts Attacking Public Health Leaders

    WASHINGTON — The National Institutes of Health said on Monday that one of its public affairs officers would retire after he was revealed to...

    Europe’s Point Nine outs new ~€100M fund to back early-stage SaaS and digital marketplaces – TechCrunch

    Point Nine, the pan-European early-stage VC focused on SaaS and digital marketplaces, has raised its fifth fund, totalling just short of €100 million (in...

    China’s electric carmaker WM Motor pulls in $1.47 billion Series D – TechCrunch

    Chinese electric vehicle startup WM Motor just pocketed an outsize investment to fuel growth in a competitive landscape increasingly coveted by foreign rival...

    Justice Dept. to Brief States on Google Antitrust Inquiry

    WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Wednesday plans to brief officials from state attorneys general offices on its antitrust action against Google, in what...

    Impossible Foods nabs some Canadian fast food franchises as it expands in North America – TechCrunch

    After rolling out in some of Canada’s most high-falutin burger bistros, Impossible Foods is hitting Canada’s fast casual market with new menu items at...

    This TikTok deal is pretty confusing – TechCrunch

    Companies send out conflicting messages about the TikTok deal, Microsoft acquires a gaming giant and the WeChat ban is temporarily blocked. This is...

    CDC removes updated guidelines around COVID-19 aerosol transmission, but this expert explains why it should reverse the reversal – TechCrunch

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12t1DOR9e28 Last week at TechCrunch Disrupt 2020, I got the chance to speak to Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, an epidemiologist and health economists who is a...