Month: March 2021
Spotify adds three new types of personalized playlists with launch of ‘Spotify Mixes’
Spotify this morning announced it’s significantly expanding its selection of personalized playlists with the addition of three new categories of playlists under the heading of “Spotify Mixes.” This collection will include artist mixes, genre mixes, and decade mixes — meaning
Read MoreSome US, UK conservatives liken vaccine passports to Holocaust yellow star
Pundits and politicians, including a Republican congressman, have tried to draw a parallel between immunity certificates and the symbol Jews were forced to wear under Nazi rule
Read MoreItaly Expels Russian Diplomats Over Spying Allegations
Italy expelled two Russian diplomats suspected of spying, the latest in a spate of incidents involving suspected Russian espionage in Europe
Read MoreIs the U.S. Entering a Fourth Wave of COVID-19?
It’s the last news anyone wants to hear: one year after the United States was slammed with its first wave of COVID-19—which was followed by even worse second and third waves—public health experts are worried that the country is headed
Read MoreOklahoma-based Cortado Ventures raises $20M
The team behind Cortado Ventures thinks there’s plenty of untapped investment opportunity in the Midwest. To change that, it’s raised $20 million in what appears to be Okalhoma’s largest venture fund to date. The firm is led by partners Nathaniel
Read MoreTips for founders thinking about doing a remote accelerator
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. For this week’s deep dive, the Equity team got ahold of three founders from the recent Y Combinator batch (more here, and
Read More‘Our Feminism Must Be Unapologetically Expansive.’ More Than 465 Activists and Celebrities Signed an Open Letter Supporting Trans Women and Girls
This year, lawmakers have thrust trans youth into the center of the culture wars. In the midst of a pandemic, when economic and health concerns are urgent, legislators in at least 28 states have introduced a record number of bills
Read MoreWATCH LIVE: Trial of Derek Chauvin, charged with killing George Floyd – Day 3 | Direct Feed
On Tuesday, the prosecution asked multiple witnesses to describe their horror at what they saw, buttressing the testimony with multiple videos, some of which had never been seen before.
Read MoreChina Says Covid-19 Origin Probe Should Shift Focus to Other Countries
China called for a probe into the origins of Covid-19 to shift its focus to other countries, in its first public response to a call from the head of the WHO for a more robust investigation into whether the virus
Read MoreAre you subject to US economic sanctions?
Is your company subject to US Economic Sanctions Requirements? The answer is yes if you use US technology or trade in dollars
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