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Daily Crunch: Salesforce rolls out initial post-acquisition Slack integrations

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here.Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for August 17, 2021. Today we have

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Video Window Remote aims to help remote workers feel connected to the office

As many companies shift to a hybrid approach to work where some folks are working in the office and some at home, it’s easy for the home-based workers to feel a disconnect, even with video confe

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New one-click button will flag dodgy emails directly to cyber experts

Cyber crime has cost organisations more than £5 million in the past 13 months, with employees being tricked into downloading malware that looks like it comes from IT support, among other phishing scams.

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Octane raises $52M at a $900M+ valuation to help people finance large recreational purchases

Most of the time when people get loans, it’s for big life purchases such as a house or a car.But not every big purchase is a necessity. Some are more for fun, and the financing options for those types

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Bluecore lands $125M Series E on $1B valuation as e-commerce personalization grows

During the pandemic, especially when we were in lock down, just about every retailer had to build its online presence and do it quickly. As people move to shop online in larger numbers, being able to

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Gapsquare, a pioneer of machine learning into gender pay disparity, is acquired by XpertHR

Inequalities between women and men in the workplace have been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic and are likely to persist in the near future, according to the International Labour Organization

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Bring your own environment: The future of work

The world has just witnessed one of the fastest work transformations in history. COVID-19 saw businesses send people home en masse, leaning on technology to maintain business as usual. Working from ho

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Extra Crunch roundup: Livestream e-commerce, growth marketing interviews, CEO for a day

This year, livestream viewers in China are projected to spend more than $60 billion on digital shopping experiences that let them interact with influencers in real time.Promoting everything from cosme

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Biden requires all U.S. federal workers to get vaccinated or abide by strict protocols

U.S. President Joe Biden announced Thursday that all workers hired by the U.S. federal government are required either to prove that they have been vaccinated against CO

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Summit invests $215M into Odoo, an open source business management software developer, at a $2.3B+ valuation

Open source has become a major force in the world of IT, and today a startup that has built a profitable operation by developing business management software on the priniciple is announcing a sizable

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Facebook will require employees to be vaccinated before returning to campus

Earlier today, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that the company will require employees to be vaccinated before returning to work on-site. It was part of a larger letter sent to Google/Alphabet staf

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Why I make everyone in my company be the CEO for a day

Leaders become great not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.It’s no secret that most tech companies tout their culture as “unique” or “open,”

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Business messaging platform Gupshup raises $240 million from Tiger Global, Fidelity and others

Gupshup, a business messaging platform that began its journey in India 15 years ago, surprised many when it raised $100 million in April this year, roughly 10 years after its last financing round, and

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Leaving the cube

I did a bit of a double-take on this one: $100 million is a big number at any point, but two-and-a-half months after a $56 million round is pretty wild. At the very least, we know Path Robotics is rea

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Backlash after Jeff Bezos thanks Amazon customers and staff for paying for his space flight

Mr Bezos completed an 11-minute journey to space on Tuesday aboard his company Blue Origin's New Shepard launch vehicle.

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Zenput raises $27M Series C to keep multiunit operations flowing no matter the location

Ensuring food safety compliance can be challenging at one restaurant, let alone across thousands of restaurants. Zenput has developed technology aimed at making sure operating procedures are quickly a

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E-commerce platforms must embrace new warehouse technology

Editor's note: Barry He is a London-based freelance columnist. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily the views of CGTN.Alibaba's e-commerce amb