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Equity Monday: Uber-Postmates is announced, three funding rounds, and narrative construction

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.This is Equity Monday, our week-starting primer in which we go over the

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Bolivia digs mass graves as cemeteries fill with coronavirus victims

Employees of a funeral home and relatives carry a coffin wrapped in the Bolivian flag at the General Cemetery during the coronavirus pandemic, in La Paz, Bolivia, July 3, 2020. /Reuters Local

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The iRig Pro Duo makes managing advanced audio workflows simple anywhere

Connecting audio interfaces to the various mobile and computing devices we use these days can be a confusing headache. The iRig Pro Duo, which IK Multimedia announced this year at CES and recently rel

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European roundup: Barca suffer title blow, Man Utd into FA Cup semis

Barcelona star Lionel Messi had a hand in both his team's goals during their drawn La Liga clash with Celta at Abanca-Balaídos, Vigo, Spain, June 27, 2020. /VCG Spain striker Iago Aspas dealt

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Savory or sweet: Glutinous rice dumpling sales may tell you something

CGTNAs an integral part of the Dragon Boat Festival, Chinese glutinous rice dumplings are the most topical foods at this time of the year. And so is the debate about wh

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Pinewood Atlanta Studios outlines safety measures as it prepares to restart movie and TV production

Frank Patterson, president and CEO of Pinewood Atlanta Studios, said that in March, his studio was “utterly full” with two major films and three streaming shows in production. (Pinewood do

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South Korean soldiers' remains repatriated decades after war

Flag-wrapped coffins containing the remains of nearly 150 South Koreans killed in the Korean War were flown back to Seoul. /AFP In the largest repatriation of South Korean soldiers'remains fro

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How is the Dragon Boat Festival celebrated around the world?

The Dragon Boat Festival, otherwise known as the Duanwu or Tuen Ng Festival, is a traditional Chinese holiday whose origins date back to the Warring States era (475 - 221 BC).One of China's major

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Here’s how Apple’s stock fared during the WWDC keynote

Apple held its WWDC keynote today, a virtual affair that managed to convince swaths of the technology industry to watch a pre-recorded video.While TechCrunch has posts galore up on the site about all

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'Persistent fragilities' ahead for households and businesses: Fed

The U.S. Federal Reserve building in Washington, U.S., May 1, 2020. /Reuters The Federal Reserve expects household finances and business balance sheets to suffer "persistent fragilities" as a

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Georgia Democrats face off in Senate primary after delay

Long lines snaked around some polling places as Democratic candidates vying to take on Republican Sen. David Perdue of Georgia in November faced off in a primary electi

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Conflict and COVID-19 in conflict-affected states in the Middle East

Workers wear protective gear spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus outbreak inside a public bus in Aleppo, Syria, March 15, 2020. /AP Editor's note:Guy Burton is an adjunc

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Conflict and COVID-19 in conflict-affected states in the Middle East

Workers wear protective gear spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus outbreak inside a public bus in Aleppo, Syria, March 15, 2020. /AP Editor's note:Guy Burton is an adjunc

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Can the 'great British pub' survive the pandemic?

02:37 The recent heatwave in the UK was arguably the perfect setting for that great British institution: the pub."We all love the great British pub," said Emma McClarkin, CEO of The Br

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Linking combat veterans and Valley engineers, Reveal’s drone technology wins DoD contracts, VC cash

When Garrett Smith graduated from Stanford University to take a job with the drone startup Kespry, he’d not only wrapped up studying at one of the nation’s most prestigious universities, b

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German documentary condemns Washington's irresponsibility in dealing with pandemic

The German public broadcaster ZDF aired a documentary criticizing the U.S. administration's irresponsibility in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. The documentary,

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Bang & Olufsen’s latest Beoplay E8 fully wireless earbuds offer top sound and comfort

Bang Olufsen has an excellent reputation in home audio, and its original Beoplay E8 fully wireless headphones were a category leader when there was barely a category to lead. The company recently laun