03:01 President-elect JoeBidenis expected to take a far different approach toward immigration than the Trump administration.And that includes the H-1B program, which allows employers t
02:57 For many folks in the U.S. workforce, their jobs require them to be out in public, being hands-on, meeting people face to face."We're a touching community and we thrive off makin
03:41 Some airlines and policymakers have called for compulsory COVID-19 immunization for passengers, as the industry attempts to revive itself, after a bleak year in which global pass
French startup Iziwork has raised a $43 million funding round. Cathay Innovation and Bpifrance’s Large Venture fund are participating in this funding round. The company has been building a platform fo
Netflix has released its first-ever diversity and inclusion report. Though, it’s not the first time Netflix has shared this type of data. Netflix has shared representation numbers since 2013, bu
One of the technology byproducts of the Covid-19 pandemic is that it has raised the game for businesses to have better digital tools in place to interface with customers, and their own work, to get th
Quibi’s content will live on, Hyundai may partner with Apple and Donald Trump returns to Twitter. This is your Daily Crunch for January 8, 2021.The big story: Roku buys Quibi’s content l
By APD writer AliceThe COVID-19 crisis has shrunk the job market in India significantly, leaving a huge surplus of labor and putting great pressure on the salary and bo
The popular news app News Break is announcing that it has raised $115 million in new funding.The press release claims this round makes News Break “one of the first new unicorns of 2021,” b
Phuket becomes a "ghost island" as the COVID-19 pandemic keeps tourists away, Phuket, Thailand. /CGTN In the 1970s, when Thailand's neighbors – Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam – were mired
Bangalore-based CRED is kickstarting the new year on a high note.The two-year-old startup, led by high-profile entrepreneur Kunal Shah, said on Monday it has raised $81 million in a new financing rou
Earlier this month, Hyundai acquired a controlling stake in Boston Dynamics that valued the company at $1.1 billion. What’s most interesting about the news isn’t the acquisition itself (it does, after
DNA testing technology company 23andMe has raised just shy of $82.5 million in new funding, from an offering of $85 million in total equity shares, according to a new SEC filing. The funding, confirm
CommonGround, a startup developing technology for what its founders describe as “4D collaboration,” is announcing that it has raised $19 million in funding.This isn’t the first time
Applications based on artificial intelligence — whether they are systems running autonomous services, platforms being used in drug development or to predict the spread of a virus, traffic manage
What a whirlwind holiday for Jack Ma and his fintech empire. The People’s Bank of China, the country’s central bank, summoned Ant Group for regulatory talks on December 26th, announcing a
For decades, conservative politicians in the West have pushed for cutting taxes for the wealthy. While the idea of reducing taxes to boost the economy has existed for at least a century, it didn't
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