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    In ego battle, Lucid Motors claims to beat Tesla with 9.9 second quarter mile – TechCrunch

    Lucid Motors is set to unveil its production electric sedan next week and it’s clear the company is targeting Tesla . Over the...

    XRobotics is keeping the dream of pizza robots alive – TechCrunch

    Zume pulled the plug on its robotic pizza wing earlier this year. A lot goes into making a decision like that — particularly for...

    New Covid-19 Outbreaks Test South Korea’s Strategy

    SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea was so proud of its handling of the coronavirus pandemic that it coined a term for it: K-Quarantine,...

    Twitch launches Watch Parties to all creators worldwide – TechCrunch

    Twitch is doubling down on making its site more than just a place for livestreaming gaming video. Last fall, the Amazon-owned company began testing...

    Dog detectors, Mars mappers and AI-scrambling sweaters – TechCrunch

    Research papers come out at far too rapid a rate for anyone to read them all, especially in the field of machine learning, which...

    ‘Sudden’ Cardiac Arrests Often Aren’t So Sudden

    Most “sudden” cardiac arrests are not sudden, in the sense that most patients have visited a doctor or gone to a hospital during the...

    To build responsibly, tech needs to do more than just hire chief ethics officers – TechCrunch

    Sarah Drinkwater Contributor Sarah Drinkwater works to fuel the responsible tech movement through her role as director at Omidyar Network. In the last couple of years, we’ve...

    Young People Are Fighting Hunger and Finding Purpose

    The line snaked around the block on a recent Sunday afternoon as Angelenos on foot and in their cars waited to receive grocery bags...

    Can we sponsor an H-1B university researcher for an EB-1B green card? – TechCrunch

    Sophie Alcorn Contributor Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year...

    Valved Face Masks and Face Shields Offer More Comfort but Less Protection

    The research is unlikely to be the final word on face shields. A 2014 study has often been cited as evidence that face shields...

    Hear E-Prix Champion di Grassi on the future of electric motor sports (including scooters) – TechCrunch

    Lucas di Grassi is returning to TechCrunch’s stage, and we’re going to talk racing electric vehicles. Again. Because electric is the future of motoring...

    FB Messenger chief Stan Chudnovsky is coming to Disrupt – TechCrunch

    Stan Chudnovsky last spoke at Disrupt in 2016, so we’ve got a lot to catch up on. Chudnovsky remains in charge of Facebook ...

    As corporate cards are subsumed into software, Airbase posts rapid growth – TechCrunch

    A few weeks back, TechCrunch wrote about how Ramp, a corporate credit card startup with a focus on cost control, had added expense management...

    Peer Medical allows lung cancer patients to anonymously share treatments with each other – TechCrunch

    Peer Medical has a big mission. After his father died of lung cancer, serial entrepreneur Ed Spiegel vowed to create a better way...

    Transposit scores $35M to build data-driven runbooks for faster disaster recovery – TechCrunch

    Transposit is a company built by engineers to help engineers, and one big way to help them is to get systems up and running...

    The IPO parade continues as Wish files, Bumble targets an eventual debut – TechCrunch

    Last Monday will go down in the books as a historic day for unicorn liquidity, as company after company dropped their IPO filings onto...