all News of 04/09/20

The Final Fantasy VII Remake Shouldn’T Exist — But I’M So Glad It Does

The neon lights of Wall Market fill the air with color. It’s night, and especially dark because a steel plate blocks out the sky. This is Midgar, the most powerful city in the most powerful nation on the planet. The rich live up on the plates, ...

"Disease Surveillance And The Fourth Amendment"

Here's an excerpt, though you should read the whole thing : Like governments around the world, the United States is struggling with the " coronavirus trilemma ": It wants to protect lives, ease social isolation, and protect privacy and civil ...

COVID-19 Symptom Self-Reporting App From Startup Zoe And Academic Partners Expands To The U.S.

If you want to contribute to efforts to better understand and contain the COVID-19 pandemic, and you’re based in the U.S., you can do a lot with very little effort by downloading a free iOS and Google Play application called simply ...

Monzo To Shutter Las Vegas Customer Support Office, 165 Employees Being Let Go

Following voluntary employee furloughs and salary cuts in the U.K., Monzo is continuing to take tough decisions in order to shore up its financial position amidst the coronavirus crisis and resulting economic downturn. The latest move — ...

Fast-Changing Regulations Give Virtual Care Startups A Chance To Seize The Moment

Alex Gold Contributor Share on Twitter Alex Gold is co-founder of Myia , an intelligent health platform employing novel biometric data to predict and prevent costly medical events. Previously, Alex ...

CDC’S New Guidance Around COVID-19 Contact Sends Potentially Exposed Critical Employees Back To Work

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued updated, interim guidance for “critical infrastructure” employees during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that could have big implications for labor groups, gig economy ...

As VCs Pull Back, Clearbanc Launches A Way For Startups To Get Runway

As VCs pull back, Clearbanc launches a way for startups to get runway image Startups are preparing for fundraising to become even harder to secure , due to a venture market slow down caused by COVID-19 . The pandemic has led to less market activity, which means fewer liquidity deals for investors, which translates into ...

Pepper, A Platform For Restaurants And Suppliers, Pivots To Deliver Food To Consumers

Pepper, a platform for restaurants and suppliers, pivots to deliver food to consumers image Though the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on restaurants has been crystal clear, many forget the impact this disease has had on food chain suppliers. With restaurants closed, these suppliers — who still have access to tons upon tons of food ...

Starling Bank Isn’T Furloughing Permanent Staff After All

Starling Bank , the U.K. challenger founded by veteran banker Anne Boden, isn’t furloughing any of its U.K. staff after all. In what appears to be a u-turn, it has been decided that the 41 staff who were going to be put on furlough, under the ...

Don’T Apply For A PPP Loan Unless Your Affiliation Issues Are Resolved

Wiliam Carleton Contributor Share on Twitter William Carleton leads the Tech, Video Games & Emerging Media practice at McNaul Ebel Nawrot & Helgren PLLC in Seattle. Many presume that ...

Yelp Lays Off 1,000 Employees And Furloughs 1,100 More

Yelp lays off 1,000 employees and furloughs 1,100 more image Yelp co-founder and CEO Jeremy Stoppelman announced in an internal email that the company is going through difficult times. Yelp has to cut expenses, which means a large round of layoffs and some additional measures. 1,000 employees have been ...

Sweden’S Relaxed Approach To The Coronavirus Could Already Be Backfiring

When Chloe Fu, 24, went for a run on Monday evening, the streets of Stockholm were filled with people drinking on restaurant patios, enjoying the first warm day of sunshine after a long winter. “When you walk around, there is a total and ...

A Kentucky Mayor Blocked 2 Non-Profits From Renting Hotel Rooms For Homeless People Who Have Nowhere To Shelter In Place

A Kentucky mayor has told a local hotel that it's not to rent rooms to two housing organizations trying to shelter the homeless during the coronavirus pandemic, saying the town's zoning code doesn't allow for transitional housing at the temporary ...

How To Hold Elections During A Pandemic

Here in Ohio, Governor Mike DeWine and Secretary of State Frank LaRose closed polling places on primary election day to prevent the spread of Covid-19 at polling places, and the state legislature agreed unanimously to extend absentee voting and ...

Polls Show Americans Are Souring On Trump's Response To COVID-19

Polls Show Americans Are Souring on Trump's Response to COVID-19 image Transpartisan disenchantment with Trump's coronavirus shtick. A majority of Americans now disapprove of the way President Donald Trump has been dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak, according to new polling. Not only that, but Trump 2016 voters are ...

Walmart Grocery App Sees Record Downloads Amid COVID-19, Surpasses Amazon By 20%

Walmart Grocery app sees record downloads amid COVID-19, surpasses Amazon by 20% image Record demand for online grocery shopping amid the COVID-19 pandemic has sent the apps for grocery pickup and delivery services up the charts. Walmart Grocery, as a result, has now hit an all-time high in downloads — grabbing the No. 1 ranking ...

Google Subsidiary Agrees To Pursue Internet “Diversification” In Asia To Block China Access To U.S. Market

The global internet continues to disintegrate into regional internets . Yesterday, the FCC authorized a Google subsidiary, GU Holdings, to open a submarine fiber optic link between the U.S. and Taiwan, while continuing to block the company’s ...

Bugcrowd Raises $30m In Series D To Expand Its Bug Bounty Platform

Bug bounty and vulnerability disclosure platform Bugcrowd has raised $30 million in its Series D funding round. The San Francisco-headquartered company said the round brings the total amount raised to $80 million since the company was founded in ...

12 Major League Edtech VCs Discuss Top Trends, Opportunities

Ready or not, edtech has been shoved into the spotlight as millions of students shifted to remote learning due to pandemic-related school shutdowns. But backing these companies are investors who have long believed that edtech was always set up for ...

Japanese Payment Service Provider Paidy Raises $43 Million From ITOCHU

Paidy , a Japanese fintech startup that allows customers to make online purchases without credit cards, announced today that it has raised a $48 million Series C extension from ITOCHU. The company says it has now raised a total of $281 million in ...