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A look at how big tech companies and startups are helping governments around the world tackle Covid-19, with chatbots, supercomputers, hackathons, and more (Daphne Leprince-Ringuet/ZDNet)

Daphne Leprince-Ringuet / ZDNet: A look at how big tech companies and startups are helping governments around the world tackle Covid-19, with chatbots, supercomputers, hackathons, and more  —  Governments around the world have called on the help of the technology industry.  Here are a few of the projects in the works. A look at how

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Quibi app review: works reliably, auto-flips between landscape and portrait, but no tablet-optimized mode, no family member profiles, and lacks a TV experience (Chris Welch/The Verge)

Chris Welch / The Verge: Quibi app review: works reliably, auto-flips between landscape and portrait, but no tablet-optimized mode, no family member profiles, and lacks a TV experience  —  A mobile-only video app was always going to be a hard sell  —  After months of publicity, Quibi — the mobile phone app that’s centered …

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Jeffery Katzenberg and Meg Whitman's Quibi short-video streaming service launches with $1.8B in funding amid the Covid-19 pandemic (Nicole Sperling/New York Times)

Nicole Sperling / New York Times: Jeffery Katzenberg and Meg Whitman’s Quibi short-video streaming service launches with $1.8B in funding amid the Covid-19 pandemic  —  Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman had to cancel a starry Hollywood party for their short-video platform because of the virus.  But Quibi is still going live. Jeffery Katzenberg and Meg

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How to stream Quibi

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Quibi is the latest streaming service to launch in an increasingly crowded market — and it might be the weirdest one yet. Instead of relying on big franchise names or extensive catalogs of old content, like Disney Plus, Peacock, or HBO Max are doing, Quibi is betting big

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Quibi app review: shifting landscape

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge After months of publicity, Quibi — the mobile phone app that’s centered on short, bite-sized original programming — is launching today on iPhone and Android. The platform is the brainchild of entertainment industry giant Jeffrey Katzenberg and seasoned tech executive Meg Whitman, and it has been built from

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PwC report: the total number of crypto M&A deals dropped from 189 in 2018 to 114 last year, while the value of M&A deals dropped from $1.89B to $451M (Nathan DiCamillo/CoinDesk)

Nathan DiCamillo / CoinDesk: PwC report: the total number of crypto M&A deals dropped from 189 in 2018 to 114 last year, while the value of M&A deals dropped from $1.89B to $451M  —  Crypto companies kept buying each other last year even as both M&A and funding deal flow in the industry took a

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Execs at US digital banks say European challengers, like N26, are underestimating the hurdles they will face in the US, like regulation and cultural differences (Protocol)

Protocol: Execs at US digital banks say European challengers, like N26, are underestimating the hurdles they will face in the US, like regulation and cultural differences  —  Banking is becoming increasingly all-digital, and European upstarts want to dominate in the U.S. But it won’t be that simple, experts say. Execs at US digital banks say

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UK High Court judge says Google will either need to let an SEO expert inspect its ranking algorithms or withdraw evidence from its long-running competition case (Gareth Corfield/The Register)

Gareth Corfield / The Register: UK High Court judge says Google will either need to let an SEO expert inspect its ranking algorithms or withdraw evidence from its long-running competition case  —  Tough choice for adtech monolith in Foundem case  —  Google must either show its “crown jewels” to a man it described … UK

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