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Extra Crunch Live: Join Roelof Botha for a live Q&A on May 6 at 2pm ET/11am PT

23andMe. MongoDB. Eventbrite. Evernote. Bird. Square. Tumblr. Unity. YouTube. Xoom.Roelof Botha has had a seat on each of these companies’ boards, but his list of investments is much, much long

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Squad hits desktop as the social screen-sharing app aims to become Gen-Z Zoom

Zoom is an enterprise software company built to help employees meet virtually, it was never intended to be the social platform that guided a disconnected world through a lockdown.On the back of a big

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Google parent Alphabet sees growth despite pandemic; shares jump

VCG Google parent Alphabet on Tuesday outshined dim earnings expectations, showing higher revenue and profits despite a coronavirus-induced slowdown in its core digital advertising operations

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Alphabet grew more than expected in Q1, but its ad business saw “significant slowdown” in March

Today after the bell, Alphabet, parent company of Google, reported its Q1 2020 performance. The company’s $41.16 billion in revenue for the three-month period came in ahead of expectations, best

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Google parent reveals COVID-19 ad hit but revenue still surges to $41bn

Alphabet shares rise tentatively in after-hours deals as its core revenue figures were better than some had expected.

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Spotify-owned Anchor can now turn your video chats into podcasts

Spotify is tapping into the increased usage of video conferencing during the coronavirus quarantine to grow its own podcast business. The company’s podcast creation platform Anchor, acquired for

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As COVID-19 misinformation grows, YouTube brings video fact-checking to the US

In a blog post today, YouTube announced that it’s finally bringing its fact-checking information panels to the U.S. First introduced in Brazil and India, the expansion comes as COVID-19-related misinf

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YouTube and Tribeca announce We Are One, a 10-day online film festival

With COVID-19 making it unsafe to watch movies in crowded theaters, not to mention traveling for the red-carpet glamor of a film festival, many festival organizers have been looking at online alternat

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Rome set to host Formula E until 2025 as marble racing thrills

Electric racing cars at the Formula E race in Rome, Italy, April 14, 2019. /VCG Rome has signed an extended agreement to host a Formula Electric (Formula E) race until at least 2025, the all-e

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Verizon should make an Epic acquisition

To: Hans (Mr. Vestberg? Boss?)RE: An Epic opportunityWe wanted to jot down this memo to pitch a deal that could remake Verizon’s fortunes in the media business.Every major carrier and internet p

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Developed West is managing Covid-19 worse than poorer countries – France’s most well-known virologist

The world’s experience with Covid-19 has exposed the fact that wealthy nations are not necessarily more prepared than poorer ones to deal with a pandemic and they are o

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Apple and CMU researchers demo a low friction learn-by-listening system for smarter home devices

A team of researchers from Apple and Carnegie Mellon University’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute have presented a system for embedded AIs to learn by listening to noises in their environm

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A tale of two outbreaks: How Singapore overlooked migrant workers

After winning global acclaim for its efforts to rein in the spread of coronavirus, the Southeast Asian island nation of Singapore has now become a cautionary tale after failing to stop the spread

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Interview: Lao artist sings for medical heros fighting against COVID-19

Some Lao artists have composed songs to voice their support to medical teams and frontline workers in their fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. A song named "Thank you" is one of these songs, w

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What happens if Magic Leap shuts down?

Since first uploading a YouTube teaser video of its tech five years ago, Magic Leap’s presence in the augmented reality industry has been controversial.Some have lauded the team’s ambition

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Google data centers watch the weather to make the most of renewable energy

Google’s data centers run 24/7 and suck up a ton of energy — so it’s in both the company’s and the planet’s interest to make them do so as efficiently as possible. One new met

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Cowboy VC’s Aileen Lee: Your coronavirus scenario planning should be more conservative

The tech industry (and the world at large) is not experiencing temporary anxiety — the uncertainty we’re all coping with is the new normal.Sudden shifts in behavior have made some startups targe