Facebook unveils another experimental app, Atlassian acquires a data visualization startup and Newsela becomes a unicorn. This is your Daily Crunch for February 26, 2021.The big story: Facebook launch
Facebook’s internal RD group, NPE Team, is today launching its next experimental app, called BARS. The app makes it possible for rappers to create and share their raps using professionally creat
01:07 China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine has already reached around 5,000 doctors in Hungary, according to the Chinese ambassador to the country.Qi Dayu, China's chief
On February 17, the price of Bitcoin crossed the $50,000 mark, bringing the biggest cryptocurrency's market capitalization close to $1 trillion.This came after Tesla announced earlier in the month
South Korean politicians won’t be the first in line when the county kicks off its coronavirus vaccination drive on Friday, despite calls from the opposition party for t
The names of 284,350 people from the UK were among the names from 250 countries and territories travelling to the red planet.
Just ahead of its 2021 virtual investor day on Thursday, Twitter this morning announced its three long-term goals focused on user base and revenue growth, and a faster pace of shipping new features ac
When in 2018, Smash Ventures showed up as an investor in a $1.25 billion round for Epic Games — reportedly the largest ever investment in a video game company at the time — it was the firs
Knowledge workers — those whose professions tend to be anchored to desks or computers — have long been the most obvious and primary focus for a lot of B2B apps and services. But as the wid
Whether you’re working on something new according to your Twitter bio, or self-employed, according to your LinkedIn bio, founder Ben Huffman thinks his platform, Contra, will be the best way for indep
The latest book by Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk to be translated into English is a departure for the celebrated Polish author."The Lost Soul," which came out this week in the U.S., is a poetic st
It turns out the most important decision made was not the vote to choose (and remove) in the election but Twitter’s permanent banning of the former President from the social network. Suddenly th
Google has fired Margaret Mitchell, the founder and former co-lead of the company’s ethical AI team. Mitchell announced the news via a tweet.Google confirmed Mitchell’s firing in a stateme
Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed the need to tell more stories of the Communist Party of China (CPC), its glorious traditions and fine conduct to guide Party m
Photomath, the popular mobile app that helps you solve equations, has raised a $23 million Series B funding round led by Menlo Ventures. The app is a massive consumer success, and chances are you migh
A couple of weeks ago SentinelOne announced it was acquiring high-speed logging platform Scalyr for $155 million. Just this morning CrowdStrike struck next, announcing
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala attends a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, July 15, 2020. /WTO Editor's note:Stephen Ndegwa is a Nairobi-based communication expert, lecturer-scholar at the United
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