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To get a roundup of TechCrunchs biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for August 19, 2021. Today is a good day, with lots of interesting news, and even a hot, fresh newsletter from…
New features from the directors Sean Penn (Flag Day), François Ozon (Summer of 85) and Lisa Joy (Reminiscence) debut on streaming outlets this week. But our critics recommend two documentaries instead: In the Same Breath, a personal and political response to Chinas handling of the pandemic, and the much lighter…
Central Falls joined a legal battle against the citizenship question, and the US Supreme Court ended up blocking Trumps attempt to add it to the census. But just as the city was ramping up its census outreach efforts, the pandemic hit, focusing its fury on this small, impoverished city. It…
And largely to Russias benefit. For Moscow, the chaotic American withdrawal, while reminiscent of Russias humiliating 1989 retreat from Afghanistan after its disastrous 10-year intervention, was a propaganda victory on a global scale. From Latin America to Eastern Europe, Russia has fought for influence by insisting that the United States…
Jerhonda Johnson Pace has told a court in Brooklyn, New York aggrieved singer R. Kelly knew she was underage when they had sex. The I Believe I Can Fly star is accused of racketeering, sexual abuse and bribery in a string of allegations dating back more than 20 years. If…
image sourceAfghan Sports Society image captionMany have been paying tribute to Zaki Anwari on social media Afghan authorities have confirmed that a young footballer fell to his death after trying to stow away on a US military plane leaving Kabul airport. Zaki Anwari, 19, had played for Afghanistan’s national youth…
Abstract There is an urgent need for antiviral agents that treat severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. We screened a library of 1900 clinically safe drugs against OC43, a human beta coronavirus that causes the common cold, and evaluated the top hits against SARS-CoV-2. Twenty drugs significantly inhibited…
One School, a free 16-week portfolio school for Black creatives, launched a year ago, aiming to bring more diversity into the ad industry. One year into its existence, the school, led by Spotify creative director Oriel Davis-Lyons and created in partnership with The One Club for Creativity, has graduated its…
Starting today, some Facebook users in the US will see Reels, Instagrams take on TikTok-like short-form videos, appear throughout the company’s main app, the social media giant told The Verge. If Facebook enrolls you in the test, youll see the clips appear nestled in the News Feed and within Groups.…
NEW YORK, Aug 19 (Reuters) – U.S.-traded shares of several China-based tech-related firms, including Alibaba Holding , Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME.N) and iQiyi (IQ.O), slid on Thursday in the wake of Beijing’s findings that 43 apps illegally handled user data and directed their parent companies to fix the problem.…
