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Global Business Daily: Spanish 'superbank' merger, China football deal

"I'm not prepared to sign off on anything. I have to see the deal."That was U.S. President Donald Trump, speaking about the deal agreed between TikTok owner ByteDance and U.S. tech firm Oracle. It wa

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Polestar built a better car than Tesla; now it needs to build a better brand

Polestar is a startup in an unusual situation. Polestar has the car. It has the executives. Polestar has factories, partners, and distribution channels. It’s set for success in a way most start

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Ansa Biotechnologies wants to usher in a new era of DNA manufacturing

Daniel Arlow has spent the last eighteen years studying genomics and synthetic biology. The arc of his career has taken the first-time founder of the new startup Ansa Biotechnologies from MIT to the f

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PlayVS is halfway to recruiting every state into its global esports community

Millions of high school kids play online multiplayer games, but they seldom have crosstown rivals in Fortnite or Valorant. PlayVS wants to make that happen with its platform for school-sponsored espo

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Many more could die if COVID-19 vaccines distributed unfairly: Report

02:59 What would have happened if a vaccine had been available as early as mid-March? A report by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, citing COVID-19 modeling from Northeastern Univ

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Dublin museum dismantles whale skeleton after more than a century

01:06 At a museum in Dublin, curators have embarked on the trickiest of projects as they attempt to dismantle a whale skeleton that has been on display since 1910.The task has been mad

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N95 masks could soon be rechargeable instead of disposable

The pandemic has led to N95 masks quickly becoming one of the world’s most sought-after resources as essential workers burned through billions of them. New research could lead to an N95 that you

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Extra Crunch membership now available to readers in Australia

We’re excited to announce that Extra Crunch memberships are now available in Australia. That adds to our existing support in:United StatesCanadaArgentina, Brazil, MexicoUKSelect European countriesWe’v

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Is the vaunted cloud acceleration falling flat?

Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch, but free, and made for your weekend reading. Rea

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Huawei's HarmonyOS 2.0 coming to smartphones in 2021

Huawei's self-developed operation system "HarmonyOS" is upgrading to version 2.0, the Chinese tech company announced at its Huawei Developer Conference on Thursday.The

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Global Business Daily: Brexit wrangling, Apple-Epic suit, Beckham IPO

"Pacta sunt servanda = the foundation of prosperous future relations."That's latin for "agreements must be kept," and it was part of a straightforward message from European Commission President Ursul

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U.S. Postmaster General under fire again

Some lawmakers are calling for Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's suspension following a Washington Post investigation.The Post reported Sunday that when DeJoy was CEO of New Breed Logistics, he urg

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Gillmor Gang: Table Stakes

I quite like the iPad Pro 11 inch with the Magic Keyboard. In the Land of Pandemic where every day is Saturday, the tablet is king. With no real purchase on the chaotic flow of life, the rules — any r

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Apple expands its podcast footprint with Oprah’s Book Club series

Apple is expanding its investment in podcasts. Today, Apple Books and Oprah announced the launch of “Oprah’s Book Club” podcast, an eight-episode series that will explore themes rela

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The $10B JEDI contract is locked, loaded, and still completely stuck

The other day I took a moment to count the number of stories we’ve done on TechCrunch on the DoD’s $10 billion, decade-long, winner-take-all, JEDI cloud contract. This marks the 30th time

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AngelList pioneers rolling VC funds in pivot to SaaS

When AngelList first launched rolling funds, an investment vehicle that raises money through a quarterly subscription from interested investors, the company looked at it as a bet. But early interest f

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PopSQL raises $3.4M seed round for its collaborative SQL editor

PopSQL, a startup that builds a collaborative SQL editor for teams, today announced that it has raised a $3.4 million seed round led by Google’s AI-focused Gradient Ventures fund. Other particip