Virus-Tracing Apps Are Rife With Problems. Governments Are Rushing to Fix Them.
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In April, Norway released a smartphone app, Smittestopp or “stop infection,” that records users who come into close contact for more than 15 minutes...
UK’s Farewill raises $25M for its new approach online will writing, funerals and other death services – TechCrunch
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The daily updates on COVID-19 outbreaks, tragic stories of related fatalities, and our narrowed scope of life due to lockdown have all put the...
Facebook Decisions Were ‘Setbacks for Civil Rights,’ Audit Finds
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SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook has not done enough to fight discrimination on its platform and has made some decisions that were “significant setbacks for...
Blavity has a big opportunity with Black millennials, despite struggling to fit the VC formula – TechCrunch
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Black Lives Matter may be the largest movement in U.S. history, according to four different polls cited recently by the New York Times that...
Facebook expands Instagram Reels to India – TechCrunch
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As scores of startups look to cash in on the video content void that ban on TikTok and other Chinese apps has created...
Enterprise architecture software company LeanIX raises $80M Series D – TechCrunch
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LeanIX, the enterprise architecture software company founded out of Bonn in Germany, has closed $80 million in Series D funding. The round is led...
Facebook’s Oversight Board won’t launch until ‘late fall’ – TechCrunch
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Facebook has announced that the limp “Oversight Board” intended to help make difficult content and policy decisions will not launch until “late fall,”...
Samsung will reveal the next Galaxy Note on August 5 – TechCrunch
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Samsung’s next big Unpacked event is scheduled for August 5. As is the trend these days, the unveiling will be online-only, following in the...
Magic Leap gets a new CEO – TechCrunch
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There’s new leadership at troubled startup Magic Leap, Uber launches grocery delivery and Palantir files to go public. Here’s your Daily Crunch for...
Scrutinizing SpaceX, NASA Overlooked Some Boeing Software Problems
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Kathy Lueders, who was recently appointed associate administrator of the agency’s human exploration and operations directorate, said that NASA, as part of efforts to...
