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    Opendoor to go public by way of Chamath Palihapitiya SPAC – TechCrunch

    Today, Social Capital Hedosophia II, the blank-check company associated with investor Chamath Palihapitiya, announced that it will merge with Opendoor, taking the private real...

    Building a white label tool for telemedicine services nabs OnCall Health $6 million – TechCrunch

    As medical providers across the world turn to digital delivery of consultations and services, OnCall Health a Toronto-based provider of back-end services for telemedicine...

    Trump Pressed for Plasma Therapy. Officials Worry, Is an Unvetted Vaccine Next?

    WASHINGTON — It was the third week of August, the Republican National Convention was days away, and President Trump was impatient.White House officials were...

    Dynetics has built a full-scale test version of its lunar human lander for NASA – TechCrunch

    One of the three companies chosen by NASA to create a Human Landing System (HLS) for NASA has completed a key step by building...

    I Got a Trial Covid-19 Vaccine. Do I Still Have to Wear a Mask?

    Let’s review a few more factual considerations. Specific antibodies target specific segments (“epitopes”) of a protein. The major American vaccine candidates, which focus on...

    Data virtualization service Varada raises $12M – TechCrunch

    Varada, a Tel Aviv-based startup that focuses on making it easier for businesses to query data across services, today announced that it has raised...

    How Companies Are Getting Speedy Coronavirus Tests for Employees

    As businesses try to recover from the pandemic’s economic blow while ensuring the safety of workers and customers, many have complained of two obstacles:...

    Formlabs announces a large-format medical and dental 3D printer – TechCrunch

    Formlabs was one of a few desktop 3D printing companies to weather the massive tech bubble a few years back. The Somerville, Massachusetts-based...

    Sternum raises $6.5M Series A on its IoT security bet – TechCrunch

    If we have learned anything from the mass production of cheap internet-connected devices is that security was an afterthought. Default passwords are the norm...

    Virtual events platform Airmeet raises $12M – TechCrunch

    Airmeet, a startup that offers a platform to host virtual events, said on Tuesday it has raised $12 million in a new financing...

    HowGood launches Latis, a sustainability assessment tool for consumer product ingredients – TechCrunch

    The New York-based startup HowGood, which provides a sustainability database for consumer product ingredients, is publicly launching its product Latis and has already signed...

    Austin-based EmPath’s employee training and re-skilling service snags seed funding from B Capital – TechCrunch

    By the time Felix Ortiz III left the Army in 2006, the Brooklyn, NY native had spent time taking classes at the City University...

    Facebook announces $4.3 million grant for small businesses in India, introduces support for gift cards – TechCrunch

    More than a third of small and medium-sized businesses on Facebook in India expect cash flow to be a challenge for them as...

    Europe’s top court says net neutrality rules bar ‘zero rating’ – TechCrunch

    The European Union’s top court has handed down its first decision on the bloc’s net neutrality rules — interpreting the law as precluding the...

    IBM publishes its quantum roadmap, says it will have a 1,000-qubit machine in 2023 – TechCrunch

    IBM today, for the first time, published its road map for the future of its quantum computing hardware. There is a lot to...

    Spotawheel raises €10M debt and equity for its ‘end-to-end’ used car buying platform – TechCrunch

    Spotawheel, the “end-to-end” digital platform for buying a used car in Poland and Greece, has raised €10 million in debt and equity funding, as...