Customer service firm Espressive raises $30M Series B led by Insight
Corporate travel service TripActions has cut hundreds of staff amid the
UPS partners with German firm Wingcopter to develop a new delivery
The Singaporean government says it will make its contact-tracing app open
The FDA approves experimental treatments that use the blood of recovered
Apple may push the launch of its next iPhone lineup to
Indonesia-based Gojek says the company’s top execs will donate 25 percent
Facebook says the coronavirus outbreak is negatively impacting ad sales; the
YouTube Music adds lyrics support to its iOS and Android apps;
Walmart-controlled e-commerce firm Flipkart pauses operations amid the national lockdown edict
The French government announces a €4B (~$4.3B) liquidity support plan aimed
Foxconn and Wistron suspend iPhone manufacturing in India following a “total
“Second Life” creator Linden Lab ends direct development on follow-up title
Twitter donates a total of $1M to two journalism organizations amid
WeWork offers some staff an additional $100 per day - up
A federal court in NY issues a preliminary injunction against Telegram’s
Instagram says it is hiding accounts from search that reference coronavirus
US Senate leaders and the Trump administration reach an agreement on
Apple plans to resume reopening retail stores in the first half
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces three-week nationwide lockdown, ordering 1.3B
Apple updates Safari to block all third-party cookies; the change prevents
O’Reilly Media cancels all scheduled in-person conferences, announces the shutdown of
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Bill Gates says the US acted too slowly, missing its chance
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention find coronavirus RNA on
Amazon Logistics now provides paid time off for all regular part-time
Health-tech companies Carbon Health and Nurx halt marketing and sales of
US executives sold ~$9.2B in shares of their own publicly-traded companies
YouTube sets default stream quality at standard definition, globally, for one
Apple releases new macOS (10.15.4), iOS (13.4), iPadOS (13.4), watchOS (6.2),
London-based neobank Revolut launches in the US after garnering 10M+ customers
Facebook ($442B market cap) in talks to acquire a ~10-percent stake
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