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What airport security looks like if you fly during the pandemic

As segments of the country begin the process of reopening, many antsy Americans are no doubt itching to travel during the Memorial Day weekend. With the holiday fast approaching the TSA is outlining n

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Automattic pumps $4.6M into New Vector to help grow Matrix, an open, decentralized comms ecosystem

Automattic, the open source force behind WordPress .com, WooCommerce, Longreads, Simplenote and Tumblr, has made a $4.6M strategic investment into New Vector — the creators of an open, decentra

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With BuzzFeed’s new feature, you can take a Quiz Party with friends

It’s been a rough couple months for BuzzFeed (and media in general), but the company is still releasing fun new features.Today’s addition offers a new, more social take on the quizzes that

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Identity management startup Truework raises $30M to help you verify your work history

As organizations look for safe and efficient ways of running their services in the new global paradigm of increased social distancing, a startup that has built a platform to help people verify their w

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The mystery of RGV2cw, Microsoft’s extremely nerdy secret message to developers

When he was still running Microsoft, Steve Ballmer caused quite the stir in the tech world by screaming “Developers! Developers! Developers!” Since the executive retired to spend more time with his ba

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Startups Weekly: How will we build the city of the future?

Editor’s note: Get this weekly recap of TechCrunch news that any startup can use by email every Saturday morning (7am PT), just subscribe here.Commercial real estate, the traditional heart of most cit

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What's behind the mass hysteria about 5G technology?

Editor's Note:Seymur Mammadov is the director of the international expert club EurAsiaAz and editor-in-chief of Azerbaijan's news agency Vzglyad.az. The article reflects the author's opinions and

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Novak Djokovic targets Grand Slam and world No. 1 records

Novak Djokovic of Serbia holds the ATP No.1 trophy after ranking first in the men's standings, at an award ceremony in London, UK, November 11, 2018. /VCG Novak Djokovic believes he will win t

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How to protect your equity if you’ve been furloughed or laid off

If you’ve been lucky enough to keep your job or business, you almost certainly know someone who wasn’t so fortunate.Thousands have lost their jobs as companies significantly reduce workforces to

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Mental health – the looming crisis after COVID-19

People wearing masks walk on the street in Lille, north France, May 11, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Jane Oldcorne is an experienced management consultant and project manager who graduated fro

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Mental health – the looming crisis after COVID-19

People wearing masks walk on the street in Lille, north France, May 11, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Jane Oldcorne is an experienced management consultant and project manager who graduated fro

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How to create the best at-home videoconferencing setup, for every budget

Your life probably involves a lot more videoconferencing now than it did a few weeks ago – even if it already did involve a lot. That’s not likely going to change anytime soon, so why not make t

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Facebook launches Avatars, its Bitmoji competitor, in the U.S.

Facebook’s Avatars feature, which lets you customize a virtual lookalike of yourself for use as stickers in comments and Messenger chats, is today launching in the U.S. Essentially Facebook̵

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SpaceX simulator shows you what it’s actually like to dock Crew Dragon with the Space Station

SpaceX has launched a new browser-based simulator that provides an idea of what it would be like to manually control the docking process of its Crew Dragon spacecraft, the first human-carrying spacesh

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Target Global has a €1M “super seed” fund incoming to switch on laid off tech talent in Spain during COVID-19

Target Global is backing a €1 million support fund for tech talent in Spain laid off or furloughed as a result of the coronavirus crisis. The aim is to provide pre-seed financing to help crisis-hit t

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Mount Sinai deploys Google Nest cameras for COVID-19 patient monitoring and communication

The ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic has sparked a lot of activity around remote care, but a new project by Mount Sinai hospital, working in collaboration with Google’s Nest, shows how even on-

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New Zealand to relax COVID-19 restrictions on Thursday

New Zealand will move to COVID-19 Alert Level 2 on Thursday and reopen most businesses in 10 days, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Monday. Ardern told a press c