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Index raises $1.2B growth fund and $800M to invest in emerging startups
It’s not quite business as usual in the world of business, but in tech, there is still a significant amount of money being raised and invested, both to help sustain the most promising startups, and to help find those emerging despite (or because of) the wider economic and social crises…
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There’s no consensus on technology’s role in the COVID-19 response
As of Friday, I’ll have been self-isolating at home for 30 days. Thanks to quick action on the part of city officials to lock the city down, San Francisco is seeing great success in containing the spread of COVID-19. Within weeks, talk will turn to how we go about re-opening…
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Can’t buy a decent webcam? Logitech promises to fix its supply issues in 4-6 weeks
Logitech has announced that it’s upping production of webcams, and that it will be shipping many more of the devices hopefully as soon as four weeks’ time. As you’ve likely noticed, with a lot of people now working from home due to coronavirus lockdowns taking place in many countries, the…
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Next year’s emoji update will be delayed by six months
While this year’s crop of new emoji is set and ready to go, the coronavirus pandemic has pushed the Unicode Consortium to delay version 14 by about six months. That means instead of debuting in March 2021, the new additions will be announced in Septe… Source
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Smartphone sales slump sees memory market decline
Analysts say disruption caused by the coronavirus outbreak will result in a contraction of the worldwide semiconductor market. Many governments around the world have issued restrictions on the movement of citizens, with people asked to work from home and only travel when essential. This has had an inevitable effect on…
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Indian online grocery startup BigBasket raises $60M
Indian grocery startup BigBasket has raised $60 million as it scales its business in the country to meet growing demand from customers stuck at home. Alibaba and other existing investors including Mirae Asset and CDC Group participated in the bridge-round, Vipul Parekh, co-founder of BigBasket, told TechCrunch in an interview.…
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