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US slashes federal interest rates in response to the coronavirus pandemic
The Federal Reserve announced today that it has slashed interest rates as part of an effort to stabilize the economy following…
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Three travel startups tell us how they’re responding to the coronavirus crisis
With the globalized world going into partial or complete lock down over the Covid-19 pandemic, startups in the travel sector…
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n8n, a ‘fair code’ workflow automation platform, raises seed from Sequoia as VC firm steps up in Europe
When concerns about the novel coronavirus — and subsequent changes in activity — are not bringing productivity to a halt…
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Hackers are jumping on the COVID-19 pandemic to spread malware
If there’s one thing certain during a pandemic, it’s that hackers will use it for their own gain. Don’t be…
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European Commission goes teleworking by default over COVID-19
The European Commission is switching all staff in “non-critical functions” to remote working from next Monday in response to the…
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Insurtech startup Akur8 raises $8.9M from BlackFin and MTech Capital
Far from replacing humans, Artificial Intelligence is actually coming to the aid of a very old profession that has fallen…
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Tree planting search engine Ecosia is getting a visibility boost in Chrome
Ecosia, a not-for-profit search engine which uses ad generated revenue to fund planting trees, is set to get a visibility…
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Unitary, an EF alumnus, raises £1.3M seed for its content moderation AI
Unitary, a startup that’s developing AI to automate content moderation for “harmful content” so that humans don’t have to, has…
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