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With the real estate industry facing headwinds, SoftBank-backed Compass lays off 15% of staff
Compass, the real-estate brokerage startup backed by roughly $1.6 billion in venture funding, has laid off 15% of its staff as a...
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Join our conference call with immigration attorney Sophie Alcorn Tuesday at 1pm PDT
The world has been turned upside-down the past few weeks, with flight cancellations, global travel bans and a massive slowdown of worldwide...
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480Oura partners with UCSF to determine if its smart ring can help detect COVID-19 early
Startups continue to find new ways to contribute to ongoing efforts to fight the global spread of COVID-19 during the current global...
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Musicians pulled in $4.3M after Bandcamp waived revenue shares for 24 hours
Last week, popular music platform Bandcamp announced that it would be waiving its revenue shares from all sales for 24 hours, starting...
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Amazon Care to provide delivery and pick-up of at-home COVID-19 test sample kits in Seattle trial
Amazon is going to be working with a new research initiative backed in part by the Gates Foundation that will distribute at-home...
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The New York Times Company acquires Audm, an app that turns longform journalism into audio
Audm, a startup that turns longform journalism into audio content, has been acquired by The New York Times Company, it announced this...
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Equity Monday: What’s going on with $100M rounds?
Good morning friends, and welcome back to TechCrunch’s Equity Monday, a short-form audio hit to kickstart your week. Equity was busy last...
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Cazoo, the used-car sales portal, raises another $116M
The rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic has put a freeze on many in-person sales and transactions for goods and services, so...
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Facebook and Disney to downgrade streaming quality in Europe due to COVID-19
Facebook is temporarily downgrading the quality of video streaming in Europe on its social platforms Facebook and Instagram in response to a...
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505Jumia adapts Pan-African e-commerce network in response to COVID-19
Pan-African e-commerce company Jumia is adapting its digital retail network to curb the spread of COVID-19. The Nigeria headquartered operation — with...