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Big tech should create a national service program to make the US more united

Facebook posts and tweets won’t sew the tears in our social fabric.Zoom meetings will similarly fall short. No form of modern technology can replace what’s needed to bridge divides that have deepened

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What grocery startup Weee! learned from China’s tech giants

When Larry Liu moved to the U.S. in 2003, one of the first challenges he experienced was the lack of Chinese ingredients available in local groceries. A native of Hubei, a Chinese province famous for

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Ethena raises $2 million in seed funding for smarter anti-harassment software

Corporate harassment training is often defined by mandatory annual workshops, stock photo-ridden curricula and, often, outdated scenarios. Harvard graduates Roxanne Petraeus and Anne Solmssen think th

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Slack drops 10%+ after its revenue growth, guidance fails to impress

Today Slack reported its earnings results for the three months ending April 30, 2020, the first quarter of its fiscal 2021.The well-known SaaS chat service posted revenue of $201.7 million, up 50% co

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SaaS earnings rise as pandemic pushes companies more rapidly to the cloud

As the pandemic surged and companies moved from offices to working at home, they needed tools to ensure the continuity of their business operations. SaaS companies have always been focused on allowing

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San Francisco company engineered antibodies to help fight COVID-19

02:09 As scientists and pharmaceutical companies are racing to develop vaccines and treatments for COVID-19, Distributed Bio, a San Francisco-based company, is attempting to create a f

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Daily Crunch: Zoom reports spectacular growth

Zoom’s latest earnings report was even better than expected, SoftBank announces a new fund to invest in founders of color and Google pulls a trending app that targets apps from China.Here’

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Zoom and CrowdStrike hang onto 2020 gains despite huge earnings expectations

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.Yesterday after the bell, Zoom and CrowdStrike reported earnings. The two technol

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Venture firms rush to find ways to support Black founders and investors

As protests against police brutality and economic manifestations of systemic racism in the U.S. continue, venture capital firms are joining the chorus of technology industry advocates lending their su

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Zoom earnings soar as video meets become pandemic norm

VCG Zoom on Tuesday reported that its earnings soared as its video-meeting service became a popular way to work or socialize while hunkered down due to the pandemic.Zoom said it made a profit

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Zoom’s paid usage skyrockets as remote work takes over

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, few companies seemed more poised to receive a usage bump than Zoom and its enterprise-grade video chat platform, but it turns out Zoom’s growth has outpaced those exp

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Remote work helps Zoom grow 169% in one year, posting $328.2M in Q1 revenue

Today after the bell, video-chat service Zoom reported its Q1 earnings. The company disclosed that it generated $328.2 million in revenue, up 169% compared to the year-ago period. The company also rep

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A service that detects ‘China apps’ goes viral in India

The app’s name says it all: Remove China Apps.Developed by a self-proclaimed “Indian startup” named OneTouch AppLabs, Remove China Apps crossed 1 million downloads within 10 days of

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The coronavirus has hastened the post-human era

In the mid-1970s, Professor Fereidoun M. Esfandiary decided to change his name. From then on he would be legally called “FM-2030.”“Conventional names define a person’s past: an

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Zoom’s earnings to test hot tech valuations

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.This week will see two richly-valued SaaS business share their Q1 earnings reports

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Equity Monday: Tech’s stance on change, two funding rounds and fintech layoffs

Good morning and welcome back to TechCrunch’s Equity Monday, a brief jumpstart for your week.A big thanks to start to the whole Equity crew for doing a stellar job last week with the show while I was

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How has COVID-19 brought more things online?

02:38 With countries around the world gradually resuming office hours, reopening schools and shopping malls, life seems to be heading back to normal again.But in China, those who exper