Month: February 2021
The EU-AstraZeneca vaccine fight, explained
People line up to receive the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine outside a closed department store in Folkestone, UK, on January 27. | Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg/Getty Images The European Union’s vaccination program has struggled, and now the bloc is taking actions that could
Read MoreWATCH LIVE: Psaki holds White House press briefing
White House press secretary Jen Psaki is expected to hold a press briefing Monday amid discussions about additional COVID-19 relief funding.
Read MoreFord vehicles will be powered by Google’s Android operating system
Millions of Ford and Lincoln-branded vehicles will be powered by Android operating system beginning in 2023 as part of a six-year partnership announced Monday that will bring embedded Google apps and services to drivers. Ford and Google said as part
Read MoreFord bets on Google Cloud for its digital transformation
Google and Ford today announced a new partnership around bringing Android Automotive to Ford’s Ford- and Lincoln-branded cars, starting in 2023. But at the same time, the two companies also announced that Ford has chosen Google Cloud as its preferred
Read MoreTony Bennett Has Alzheimer’s Disease
In a profile of the iconic 94-year-old singer for AARP The Magazine, Bennett’s wife says he was diagnosed in 2016. While the disease progressed, he recorded a new album of duets with Lady Gaga. (Image credit: Jo Hale/Getty Images)
Read MoreMyanmar Coup: With Aung San Suu Kyi Detained, Military Takes Over Government
Suu Kyi’s party handily won elections in November, but the military is refusing to accept the results, blaming election fraud for its party’s poor showing. (Image credit: Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Read MoreMyanmar Coup: With Aung San Suu Kyi Detained, Military Takes Over Government – NPR
Myanmar Coup: With Aung San Suu Kyi Detained, Military Takes Over Government NPR Myanmar’s military seizes power in coup after detaining leader Aung San Suu Kyi and ruling party politicians CNN Myanmar’s military seizes control of the government, detains elected leader CBS This
Read MoreMyanmar Coup: Military Detains Aung Sang Suu Kyi, Plans New Election In 2022
Suu Kyi’s party handily won elections in November, but the military is refusing to accept the results, blaming election fraud for its party’s poor showing. (Image credit: Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Read MoreWeights & Biases raises $45M for its machine learning tools
Weights & Biases, a startup building tools for machine learning practitioners, is announcing that it’s raised $45 million in Series B funding. The company was founded by Lukas Biewald, Chris Van Pelt and Shawn Lewis — Biewald and Van Pelt
Read MoreLightspeed’s Gaurav Gupta and Grafana Labs’ Raj Dutt will tell us why they financially tied the knot (twice!)
Many founders only know their own experience fundraising, and don’t hear much about what other founders went through. On Extra Crunch Live on Wednesday, we’re going to remedy that. Grafana Labs has raised upwards of $75 million since it launched
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