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Equity Monday: Startups run low on cash, and why some Internet tailwinds are fading

Good morning and welcome back to TechCrunch’s Equity Monday, a jumpstart for your week.Regular Equity episodes still drop each and every Friday morning, so if you’ve listened to the show over the year

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Shine adds invoice insurance to its freelancer bank account

French startup Shine is adding a new option today. If you think there’s a chance that a client is not going to pay your next invoice, you can insure that invoice to avoid any bad surprise.Shine is bu

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Rumor Buster: Is Trump's disinfectant advice adoptable? Professionals raise alarm

Although U.S. President Donald Trump explained that his earlier remarks were sarcastic on injecting disinfectants and using ultraviolet light to possibly kill the nove

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Seeking coronavirus compensation from China is a political farce

FILE PHOTO: The White House, United States of America./XINHUA. Note: The following article is taken from the Chinese-language opinion column "The Real Point."As the coronavirus situation in th

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Fortnite hosted a psychedelic Travis Scott concert and 12.3M people watched

The idea of an in-game Travis Scott concert might seem a little silly — particularly if, like me, you’re not really a Fortnite player.Yes, the popular multiplayer game has hosted other promotion

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The good, better and best of cloud and SaaS growth

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.The crew at Bessemer released their new, yearly cl

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What's behind China's low COVID-19 death rate

04:02 Just a couple of days ago, I visited Wuhan University of Science and Technology, because I was told that out of several hundred international students there, none of them contrac

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Throw us your best 60-second pitch on May 13 at Pitchers and Pitches

Founders have always faced big challenges, but they pale in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Moving your business forward will require new thinking, new tools and new opportunities along with tri

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Latest COVID-19 projections from Columbia University show mid-May spike if social distancing is relaxed

Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health has released updated projections of when we can expect U.S. case numbers of COVID-19 infections to peak and decline, based on different leve

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Coronavirus-related Facebook support groups reach 4.5M in U.S, as misinformation and conspiracies spread

Facebook has already come under fire for hosting groups organizing anti-quarantine protests in response to government lockdowns amid the coronavirus outbreak, and those promoting fake coronavirus cur

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ForgeRock nabs $93.5M for its ID management platform, gears up next for an IPO

For better or worse, digital identity management services — the process of identifying and authenticating users on networks to access services — has become a ubiquitous part of interacting

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Xinjiang's "queen of beauty" writes life's empowering anthem for women

From down in the gutter in her marriage and career to a "beauty queen" in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Khemernisa Abdulla has penned an empowering anthem for women with her

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Spotlight: U.S. states move to ease stay-at-home rules, as health experts urge caution

Some U.S. states are moving to ease stay-at-home restrictions intended to limit the spread of COVID-19, though health experts have urged caution in removing the measur

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Fauci urges caution in reopening U.S. states

Anthony Fauci, a top expert on infectious disease in the United States, urged caution in reopening states, after a series of anti-quarantine protests over the weekend."Clearly this is something that

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Interview: U.S. psychologist gives advice for keeping mentally healthy when stay at home

As the spring of 2020 comes, millions of people around the world stay at home rather than enjoy outdoor life. With more than 2.3 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 wor

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No food shortages in China, meat & soybean imports 'worrying'

04:53 China is not running out of food so people don't have to buy more than they need, an expert has told CGTN, amid concerns of shortages after some countries imposed restrictions on

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TSMC reports $3.9B Q1 profit, but slashes outlook for the year

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) beat analyst estimates after reporting its net profit almost doubled in the quarter that ended in March, and said it was hopeful to sustain momentum i