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Daily Crunch: Target acquires Deliv’s delivery tech

Target makes another acquisition, social platforms struggle with a “Plandemic” conspiracy video and Boston Dynamics’ robot Spot encourages social distancing.Here’s your Daily

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Platforms scramble as ‘Plandemic’ conspiracy video spreads misinformation like wildfire

A coronavirus conspiracy video featuring a well-known vaccine conspiracist is spreading like wildfire on social media this week, even as platforms talk tough about misinformation in the midst of the p

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Microsoft showcases 13 new titles for the Xbox Series X

With conferences canceled indefinitely, companies are increasingly reliant on online events to hype product launches. As they prepare to release a next-gen console before the end of the year, expect p

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A rebranded and updated version of CBS All Access will launch this summer

A rebranded and expanded version of the CBS All Access streaming service will arrive this summer, ViacomCBS announced this morning. The service, now run by ViacomCBS following the merger, today offers

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YouTube brings more ad formats and measurement to TVs

YouTube is giving advertisers a few more tools to reach consumers and measure ad effectiveness on TVs.These tools already exist for YouTube on other platforms, but now the Google -owned video service

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YouTube TV to gain 14 more ViacomCBS channels in expanded distribution deal

YouTube TV is expanding its lineup of channels thanks to a new, multi-year distribution agreement with ViacomCBS, announced this morning. The Google-owned streaming TV service is gaining 14 new Viacom

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Astronomers discover closest black hole to Earth 1,000 light-years away

It is so near that two companion stars swirling around it can be seen with the naked eye by people in the southern hemisphere.

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TiVo enters the streaming market with a $50 Android TV-powered device, TiVo Stream 4K

TiVo today is launching a new device, its would-be Fire TV Stick competitor known as the TiVo Stream 4K. First announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, this $50 Android TV-powered HDMI d

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IRL, the calendar app for virtual events, launches a web product

IRL, the recently pivoted calendar app that aggregates live virtual events, has today launched a web version of the platform.The company, which has $11 million in funding from Goodwater Capital, Found

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Extra Crunch Live: Join Roelof Botha for a Q&A today at 2pm ET/11am PT

Sequoia’s Roelof Botha, who runs the firm’s US business, has a portfolio that’s rather impressive.It includes 23andMe, MongoDB, Eventbrite, Evernote, Bird, Square, Tumblr, Unity, You

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Russian authorities ban online videos about man-made origin of COVID-19

The Russian Prosecutor General's Office on Wednesday asked the country's communications watchdog to block online videos alleging that COVID-19 is a man-made bio-weapon. The office said in a statemen

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Obamas to give commencement remarks to graduates amid COVID-19 pandemic

Former U.S. President Barack Obama will give a televised speech to the country's high school graduates later this month and will be joined by his wife Michelle Obama in

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Biden pressed to choose a black woman as his running mate

After a devastating start to the Democratic primary, Joe Biden’s campaign was revived when black voters in South Carolina and throughout the South overwhelmingly sided

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Extra Crunch Live: Join Kirsten Green for a Q&A next Thursday at 8 a.m. ET/11 a.m PST/6 p.m. GMT

Last month, the Extra Crunch Live team hosted conversations with folks from all over the venture community that ranged from the pre-seed world with Charles Hudson to shark territory with Mark Cuban. W

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The Obamas and Lady Gaga will give commencement speeches at YouTube’s virtual graduation

YouTube is joining the ranks of online platforms offering the graduating class of 2020 some consolation as ceremonies all over the world have been canceled or put on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Firefox gets a better password manager and picture-in-picture support

Mozilla today launched version 76 of its Firefox browser, and with that, it’s launching a couple of new features that you’ll likely notice if you’re already using the open-source br

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Hustle CEO Sam Parr & SmartNews co-founder Rich Jaroslavsky on the future of media

Welcome to this edition of The Operators, a recurring Extra Crunch column, podcast and YouTube show that brings you insights and information from inside the top tech companies. Our guests are execs wi