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Canada, Australia pull athletes out of Olympics, as the IOC says it will consider postponing Tokyo Games
The Canadian Olympic Committee announced that it will not send athletes to the Tokyo Olympic Games, as the International Olympic Committee weighs...
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MasterClass is launching free, live Q&A sessions with big shots in their respective industries
MasterClass is known for selling access to pre-recorded online classes by a long list of people who are among the best at...
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Lilium raises another $240M to design, test and and run an electric aircraft taxi service
Long and short distance travel have all but stopped for many people at the moment. But looking forward to a time when...
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416Justice Dept. files its first coronavirus takedown: a bogus vaccine website
U.S. federal prosecutors have filed and won a temporary restraining order against a website offering a fraudulent coronavirus vaccine, which the Justice...
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Ford, GM, Tesla given the ‘go ahead’ to produce ventilators, Trump says
Ford, GM and Tesla have been given the “go ahead” to make ventilators to help alleviate a shortage amid the COVID-19 pandemic,...
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Emirates will suspend most passenger flights by March 25
Emirates, the world’s largest airline by international traffic, today briefly announced on Twitter and its own website that it would halt all...
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With kids and adults staying at home, are virtual worlds ready for primetime?
We’ve been diligently following the development of virtual worlds, also known as the “metaverse,” on TechCrunch. Hanging out within the virtual worlds...
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A new type of COVID-19 test now approved for use could help with frontline diagnostics
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is moving much more quickly to grant special ’emergency use authorization’ to equipment and tests...
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Into and after the viral storm
The path forward now seems pretty clear. First we get through the grim month-and-more ahead, supporting health care workers in any way...
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478YC startup Felix wants to replace antibiotics with programmable viruses
Right now the world is at war. But this is no ordinary war. It’s a fight with an organism so small we...