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Google, Amazon and Microsoft are the landlords. Amidst the coronavirus economic crisis, startups need a break from paying rent. They’re in a cash crunch. Revenue has stopped flowing in, capital…
After a brief pause, Google restarts Chrome and Chrome OS releases
10:19 am PDT • March 26, 2020
It was only a week ago that Google said it would hit pause on Chrome and Chrome OS releases “due to adjusted work schedules” in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Media & Entertainment
It’s still easy to find coronavirus mask ads on Facebook
10:09 am PDT • March 26, 2020
Ads for face masks are still appearing on Facebook, Instagram and Google, according to a review of the platforms carried out by the Tech Transparency Project (TTP). This despite pledges…
Daily Crunch: Airbnb offers housing for healthcare workers
10:08 am PDT • March 26, 2020
Airbnb says it will subsidize housing for 100,000 workers at the front lines of COVID-19 care, Groupon gets a new CEO and Stripe invests in a universal checkout startup. Here’s…
Gig workers could get unemployment benefits under $2 trillion Senate stimulus bill
9:55 am PDT • March 26, 2020
The Senate’s historic $2 trillion stimulus package will make history in one more way: by providing some financial assistance to gig workers. Late last night, the Senate passed a $2…
Media & Entertainment
Duolingo’s new app teaches children how to read and write
9:54 am PDT • March 26, 2020
Until now, Duolingo‘s focus was always squarely on teaching languages, but today, the company launched Duolingo ABC, a free English literacy app for children ages 3 to 6. Originally, the…
500 Startups moves to rolling admissions instead of cohorts
9:54 am PDT • March 26, 2020
500 Startups is scrapping its cohort model for accelerating companies and moving to a rolling admissions process, the accelerator said during its latest demo day. One of the progenitors of…
Enterprise
Salesforce’s Benioff pledges no ‘significant’ layoffs for 90 days
9:53 am PDT • March 26, 2020
In a Twitter thread on Tuesday, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff outlined an eight-step plan to keep people safe and find treatments and a vaccine for the COVID-19 virus, all while…
Biotech & Health
Dyson and Gtech answer UK call for ventilator design and production to support COVID-19 response
9:44 am PDT • March 26, 2020
Companies around the world are shifting production lines and business models to address the needs of governments and healthcare agencies in their efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. Two…
Media & Entertainment
Target pauses plans for grocery pickup amid COVID-19 outbreak
9:15 am PDT • March 26, 2020
Target is pausing its plans to offer curbside pick-up of groceries and alcoholic beverages, citing the COVID-19 outbreak as the key factor in its decision to delay the launch. Although…
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Microsoft today announced that it has acquired Affirmed Networks, a company that specializes in fully virtualized, cloud-native networking solutions for telecom operators. With its focus on 5G and edge computing,…
Biotech & Health
Jupe is a new startup aiming to address hospital room shortfalls with modular, mobile space
9:00 am PDT • March 26, 2020
We’re already entering into a healthcare crisis due to the global coronavirus pandemic, and creative solutions to address shortfalls in supplies, protective equipment and more are being developed to help…
Space
Medical and military contractor Kimchuk hit by data-stealing ransomware
9:00 am PDT • March 26, 2020
Kimchuk, a medical and military electronics maker, has been hit by data-stealing ransomware, TechCrunch has learned. The Danbury, Conn.-based manufacturer, which builds electronics for medical equipment, telecoms systems and energy…
Enterprise
Kaizo raises $3M for its AI-based tools to improve customer service support teams
8:39 am PDT • March 26, 2020
CRM has for years been primarily a story of software to manage customer contacts, data to help agents do their jobs, and tools to manage incoming requests and outreach strategies.…
Leafly lays off 91 employees with funding on pause
8:30 am PDT • March 26, 2020
Cannabis giant Leafly cut 91 staffers this week in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The company said in a released statement that the workforce reduction allows the company to be…
Biotech & Health
Frontiers launches a portal to help connect coronavirus and COVID-19 research with funding
8:22 am PDT • March 26, 2020
Open science platform and publisher Frontiers wants to make sure that efforts by researchers to pursue science-based solutions to the global coronavirus pandemic, and learn more about the virus and…
Enterprise
Yaguara nabs $7.2M seed to help e-commerce companies understand customers better
7:47 am PDT • March 26, 2020
Yaguara, a Denver-based startup that wants to help e-commerce companies understand their customers better to deliver more meaningful experiences, announced a $7.2 million seed investment today. The round was led…
Biotech & Health
Airbnb to provide free or subsidized housing for 100,000 COVID-19 healthcare workers
7:13 am PDT • March 26, 2020
The hospitality and travel industry may be reeling, but Airbnb is still doing what it can to support the global effort to fight the spread of the coronavirus causing a…
Slack’s slowing growth turns around as remote work booms
7:07 am PDT • March 26, 2020
The demand for remote friendly services is probably bigger than we thought.
Media & Entertainment
News-reading app Flipboard expands local coverage, including coronavirus updates, to 12 more US metros
7:00 am PDT • March 26, 2020
Earlier this year, personalized news aggregation app Flipboard expanded into local news. The feature brought local news, sports, real estate, weather, transportation news and more to 23 cities across the…
