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The pandemic is forcing tech companies to rethink open-floor plans as they prepare to reopen offices in the coming weeks and months (Priya Anand/Bloomberg)

Priya Anand / Bloomberg: The pandemic is forcing tech companies to rethink open-floor plans as they prepare to reopen offices in the coming weeks and months  —  When the headquarters of Mission Bio reopens next week, employees will find many of the familiar perks they enjoyed before Silicon Valley went into lockdown have changed. The

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Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners says it will invest $1.5B in Reliance Jio Platforms, which would give it a 2.32% stake, valuing the telco firm at $65B (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners says it will invest $1.5B in Reliance Jio Platforms, which would give it a 2.32% stake, valuing the telco firm at $65B  —  Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners said on Friday it will invest $1.5 billion in Reliance Jio Platforms … Private equity firm

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A researcher found NSO Group's contact tracing system, codenamed "Fleming", unprotected on the Internet, NSO says system was a demo, hence not a security lapse (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: A researcher found NSO Group’s contact tracing system, codenamed “Fleming”, unprotected on the Internet, NSO says system was a demo, hence not a security lapse  —  As countries work to reopen after weeks of lockdown, contact-tracing apps help to understand the spread of the deadly coronavirus strain, COVID-19. A researcher found

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A look at how JD.com and Alibaba's Taobao in China used livestreaming to help farmers engage with their customers and sell more products amid COVID-19 (Karen Hao/MIT Technology Review)

Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review: A look at how JD.com and Alibaba’s Taobao in China used livestreaming to help farmers engage with their customers and sell more products amid COVID-19  —  When coronavirus ground the country to a halt, the agricultural industry could no longer sell its produce.  E-commerce giants used the chance to

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