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Media Outlets

Big VCs stacked billions in Q1 while smaller firms saw their haul shrink

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. After spending perhaps more time than we should have recently trying to figure out what’s going on with the public markets, l...

US-China trade enters new era after overnight Huawei, Foxconn and TSMC announcements

There has been a steady drumbeat of news on the U.S.-China trade front since the start of the Trump administration. President Trump has made decoupling from China’s economy on on-again, off-again proposition. There was the trade conflict with weekly...

Alternative assets are becoming mainstream

Anthony Zhang Contributor Share on Twitter Anthony is co-founder and CEO of Vinovest, a platform for investing in fine wine. He has previously founded and sold two companies (EnvoyNow &am...

Building and investing in the ‘human needs economy’

Heather Hartnett Contributor Share on Twitter Heather Hartnett is general partner and CEO of Human Ventures, an early-stage venture fund and startup studio in New York City. The entr...

Netflix starts to bring streaming quality back to normal

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Met police officer investigated after man shot with Taser stun gun is left paralysed

Outcry after man, 23, fell from wall after stun gun was fired in Haringey, north LondonA police officer has been placed under criminal investigation after a man was shot with a Taser weapon and left paralysed from the waist down, the Guardian has lea...

Foxconn’s profits plunged nearly 90% due to COVID-19 shutdown

As earnings season winds down, we’re getting a solid picture on just how profoundly the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted corporations’ bottomline. Taiwan-based manufacturing giant Foxconn is among those companies that were utterly walloped over the pre...

Coronavirus: How lockdown is being lifted across Europe

As the UK alters its restrictions, how do other European countries plan to re-open after lockdown?

Hypnosis for health? Investors have placed a $1.1 million bet on Mindset Health that it can work

Chris and Alex Naoumidis came to hypnotherapy through dresses. As The New York Times reported last year, the two brothers initially started their careers as startup entrepreneurs with a peer-to-peer dress-sharing app for women. The Australian natives...

Coronavirus: Armed police called to 'knight' with sword

A family calls the police after the man is spotted running around a lake with the blade.

Rory McIlroy: NI golfer criticises US President Donald Trump over handling of coronavirus crisis

Northern Ireland golfer Rory McIlroy says US President Donald Trump has tried to 'politicise' the response to the Covid-19 pandemic

Katherine Ryan says miscarriage made her feel 'shameful'

"I felt embarrassed for getting excited before the loss," she says of her miscarriage in February.

What’s up with tiny checks at giant valuations?

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Are you a regular Equity listener? Take our survey here! We talk about it on the show, and it’s embedded below in...

Sorrento finds a coronavirus antibody that blocks viral infection 100% in preclinical lab experiments

Therapeutics company Sorrento has made what it believes could be a breakthrough in potential treatment of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that leads to COVID-19. The company released details of its preclinical research on Friday, announcing that it has found a...

Coronavirus: What are social distancing and self-isolation rules?

Boris Johnson has announced changes to guidelines in England on exercise and social distancing.