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Dining and takeout startup Allset raises $8.25M as it adapts to life under lockdown
Even though this might seem to be the absolute worst time to try to round up funding for a restaurant-related…
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Instacart shoppers say company’s response to strike demands is ‘insulting’
Over the weekend, Instacart outlined its plans to better support shoppers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. For starters, Instacart has begun…
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The Station: Bird and Lime layoffs, pivots in a COVID-19 era and a $2.2 trillion deal
Hello folks, welcome back (or hi for the first time) to The Station, a weekly newsletter dedicated to the all…
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Instacart shoppers are planning a nationwide strike to demand better safety protections and pay amid COVID-19
Instacart shoppers, led by the folks over at Gig Workers Collective, are planning a nationwide strike in protest of the…
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Zindi taps 12,000 African data scientists for solutions to COVID-19
Since its inception, Cape Town based crowdsolving startup Zindi has been building a database of data scientists across Africa. It…
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SF survey addresses gig workers’ concerns amid COVID-19 pandemic
With the novel coronavirus pandemic posing an ongoing threat to people’s health, especially the health of essential workers, San Francisco…
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Lyft to offer medical supply and meal delivery during coronavirus pandemic
Lyft is expanding the types of services it provides through its on-demand transportation network in an effort to boost efforts…
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NASA confirms Commercial Crew still a priority, but James Webb Telescope testing and other activities paused
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has been sharing regular updates about how his agency is approaching the rapidly changing global coronavirus…
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Here’s how to help restaurants while socially distancing yourself
The restaurant industry might look a lot different once we come out of this pandemic. As social distancing and lockdowns…
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TikTok donates $3 million to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s charity feeding kids affected by school closures
The social media giant TikTok said that it would donate $3 million to After–School All-Stars, a charity founded by actor…
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