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Tesla picks Austin for its next U.S. factory to build Cybertruck, Semi truck, Model Y

Tesla has picked a site near Austin for its next U.S. factory, a 4- to 5-million square foot $1.1 billion plant that will assemble the automaker’s futuristic Cybertruck, the Tesla Semi and the Model Y

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Shooting in U.S. city of New Orleans kills 1 juvenile, injures 2 teenagers

A shooting in the southern U.S. city of New Orleans Monday afternoon killed a 10-year-old boy and injured other two teenagers, local media reported. Shaun Ferguson, su

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Startups Weekly: The world is eating tech

Editor’s note: Get this free weekly recap of TechCrunch news that any startup can use by email every Saturday morning (7am PT). Subscribe here.You could almost hear the internet cracking apart this we

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Silicon Valley is built on immigrant innovation

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.We wound up having more to talk about than we had time for but we packe

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MonkeyLearn raises $2.2M to build out its no-code AI text analysis service

A few years back, startups focusing on artificial intelligence had a whiff of bullshit about them; venture capitalists became inured to young tech companies claiming that their new AI-powered product

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Why investors are cheering the Uber-Postmates deal

This morning as the markets rally, shares of Lyft are up 3% while Uber shares are up 6%.Why is Uber so far ahead of Lyft, its domestic ride-hailing rival that is suffering from the same economic impa

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At least 2 killed, 4 injured in California shooting

At least two people were killed and four others injured Saturday afternoon in a shooting in Red Bluff, a city in Tehama County in California, according to local media.

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Trump signs order on police reform, doesn’t mention racism

Following weeks of national protests since the death of George Floyd, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that he said would encourage better polic

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Germany tracing app, Spain may quarantine Britons: COVID-19 bulletin

- Olena Zelenska, the wife of Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, has been hospitalized after she tested positive for COVID-19. She is said to be in a stable condition.- Russia's daily cases rose

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Europe reopens many borders but not to Americans, Asians

Europe is taking a big step toward a new normality as many countries open borders to fellow Europeans after three months of coronavirus lockdowns — but even though Euro

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Spotlight: U.S. protests fuel Australia's own "Black Lives Matter" movement

As thousands of Australians marched in solidarity with U.S. protesters this week, highly visible were the red, yellow and black of the Australian Aboriginal flags, pro

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Singapore-based caregiving startup launches Homage Health for online and home medical consultations

Homage, the Singapore-based startup that matches families and caregivers, has launched a new service that provides home medical visits, telehealth consultations and medication delivery. Called Homage

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Floyd's death: Straw that broke the camel's back amid pandemic pain

Police set off a crowd-dispersal firework in front of City Hall in Columbus, Ohio as several hundred people gather to protest over the death of George Floyd, May 29, 2020. /AP Outrage continue

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Violence again rocks Minneapolis after man's death; 1 killed

A man was shot to death as violent protests over the death of a black man in police custody rocked Minneapolis for a second straight night on Wednesday, with protesters looting stores near a police p

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YouTube says that an error caused comments critical of China’s government to auto-delete

YouTube responded to reports that it is automatically deleting comments criticizing the Chinese government, explaining that the seeming censorship is actually an error in its automated moderation sys

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Hong Kong police arrest 193 people involved in Sunday's violence

The Hong Kong police said on Monday they have arrested 193 people involved in Sunday's violent activities on Hong Kong Island. A total of 122 males and 71 females were

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Extra Crunch Live: Join Alexia and Niko Bonatsos for a Q&A today at 2 pm EDT/11 am PDT

The Extra Crunch Live series continues today with two venture capitalists: Alexia and Niko Bonatsos.The two investors don’t work for the same firm, but they each have an interesting perspective