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Instagram prototypes Snapchat-style disappearing text messages

Instagram is finally preparing to copy Snapchat’s most popular feature, and one of the few it hasn’t already cloned. Instagram has prototyped an unreleased ephemeral text messaging featur

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Wondering if venture capital is open for business? A new initiative has investors saying yes

A new initiative from a Los Angeles investor is taking stock of venture firms and their ability to commit capital in an effort to match firms that are still open for business and cutting checks to sta

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Flame arrival faces calls for Tokyo Olympics be delayed

The Olympic flame is set to arrive in Japan from Greece even as the opening of the Tokyo Games in four months is in doubt with more voices calling for the event to be p

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CMG president writes to Serie A boss to express concern over COVID-19

A Serie A game between Juventus (L) and Inter Milan (R) behind closed doors at Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy, March 8, 2020. /VCG The President of China Media Group Shen Haixiong has sent a

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Don’t be stupid and hold off on announcing your funding round

For those who have followed TechCrunch and/or me for a long time, you know that I like to harp on the fact that fewer and fewer startups are filing their Form Ds with the SEC, which discloses informat

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Around is the new floating head video chat multitasking app

You have to actually get work done, not just video call all day, but apps like Zoom want to take over your screen. Remote workers who need to stay in touch while staying productive are forced to jugg

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S.Korea to ease foreign exchange regulations to help secure foreign currencies

South Korea's finance ministry said Wednesday that it will ease regulations on the foreign exchange market to help companies and financial institutions secure foreign

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News Analysis: Too early to tell if Italy's elderly make it more vulnerable to coronavirus

Does having one of the oldest populations in the world put Italy at higher risk of coronavirus infection? Analysts said it is still too early to tell. With more than 30,000 people having been infe

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Spectro Cloud launches with $7.5M investment to help developers build Kubernetes clusters their way

By now we know that Kubernetes is a wildly popular container management platform, but if you want to use it, you pretty much have to choose between having someone manage it for you or building it you

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Equity Tuesday: Wild markets, a neat early-stage round, and the closed IPO window

Good morning friends, and welcome back to TechCrunch’s Equity Monday, a short-form audio hit to kickstart your week. Regular Equity episodes still drop Friday morning, so if you’ve listened to the sho

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S.Korea delays new school year by 2 more weeks to April 6 over COVID-19

South Korea's education ministry said Tuesday that it will delay this year's new school year by two more weeks to April 6 on worry about the COVID-19 outbreak. The new

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No mute necessary: Taiv replaces live TV ads at bars with custom content

Live TV is a staple of bars and restaurants, packing sports fans in during playoffs and convincing people to grab one more beer to finish off that late-night X-Files rerun before heading home. But the

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YouTube warns of increased video removals during COVID-19 crisis

YouTube today warned its creator community that video removals may increase during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company said its systems today rely on a combination of technology followed by human revie

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MLB to face challenges if regular season resumes with full schedule

Adam Eaton of the Washington Nationals hits a two-run single during the ninth inning in Game 7 of the World Series against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, October 30, 20

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Health systems strained in Italy as coronavirus toll surges

A makeshift emergency unit at the Brescia hospital, in northern Italy, March 12, 2020. /AP Italian authorities voiced growing concern on Sunday over how much longer strained health systems cou

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America’s largest companies are not covered under congressional coronavirus aid package

America’s largest companies are not covered under a bill passed by the House of Representatives on Friday that is supposed to support American workers impacted by the spread of the novel coronav

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Answer Bank: What is herd immunity and how does it work?

Herd immunity, also known as community immunity, occurs when a sufficient portion of a population is immune to a specific disease (usually through vaccination and/or prior illness), so that it can