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    Join Female Founders Fund’s Anu Duggal for a live Q&A today at 11am PT/2pm ET – TechCrunch

    Startups are rebounding. Venture capitalists are open for business. And during the pandemic, the pace of dealmaking has not slowed down. But how is this...

    Blue Origin’s human lunar lander team delivers full-scale engineering mockup to NASA – TechCrunch

    Blue Origin and the members of its “national team” – Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Draper – have delivered a full-scale engineering prototype...

    Apple Reaches $2 Trillion, Punctuating Big Tech’s Grip

    In the company’s most recent earnings call, Mr. Cook said, “We do not have a zero-sum approach to prosperity.” He added, “We are focused...

    Why is cloud revenue growth so slow if the digital transformation is accelerating? – TechCrunch

    Redpoint's Jamin Ball discusses the numbers behind the hype So far, 2020 has been mostly a garbage year, but it has also been consistently interesting...

    Google brings emergency alert tools to Search and Maps as fires rage in Northern California – TechCrunch

    Lightning and a massive heatwave have contributed to raging wildfires in Northern California. By last count, some 11,000 lighting strikes caused hundreds of blazes...

    AI as a blueprint for fintech startups – TechCrunch

    Marc Gilman is general counsel and VP of compliance at Theta Lake. He is also an adjunct professor at Fordham University School of Law. More...

    CrunchMatch supercharges virtual networking at TC Sessions: Mobility 2020 – TechCrunch

    Ready for our first virtual TC Sessions Mobility 2020? As we like to say, it’s not just one long webinar. We’re creating the quality...

    Moon lander startup ispace raises $28 million and launches a new lunar data platform – TechCrunch

    ispace, one of the startups working on putting a private lunar lander on the Moon sometime in the next few years has raised...

    British Grading Debacle Shows Pitfalls of Automating Government

    The outcome, experts say, was entirely predictable. In fact, the Royal Statistical Society had for months warned the test administration agency, Ofqual, that the...

    Is Resilience Overrated? – The New York Times

    When the levees broke and the city flooded, she was one month pregnant, newly married and learning how to be a parent to a...

    China’s Waterdrop nabs $230M for its crowdfunded, mutual aid insurance platform – TechCrunch

    When people in the US or Europe think of crowdfunding and medical expenses, sites like GoFundMe, where people fundraise around specific predicaments, come to...

    From Handshakes to Fist Bumps: The Future of the Business Greeting

    Ms. Meier has instructed her clients to try alternatives she calls a “grasp-and-greet” (hands clasped at chest level, combined with a polite nod) and...

    What if We Worried Less About the Accuracy of Coronavirus Tests?

    Accuracy is everything, typically, when we take a diagnostic test — an incorrect result can lead to anguish and erroneous, if not harmful, treatment....

    Pediatric Doctors Group Apologizes for Racist Past Toward Black Physicians

    As the field became more exclusive, it also became more white, according to Adam Biggs, a historian at the University of South Carolina. “When...

    Tokyo-based collaboration platform BeaTrust lands $2.8 million seed round – TechCrunch

    BeaTrust co-founder Masato Kume, co-founder and chief executive officer Kunio Hara and Ryo Nagaoka, vice president of engineering Founded just four months ago, Tokyo-based BeaTrust...

    Riff raises $1.5M seed led by Balderton for its ‘voice-first’ chat tool for remote working – TechCrunch

    Riff, a London-based startup developing what it describes as a “voice-first” chat tool for remote working, has raised $1.5 million in seed funding, prior...