The latest Powerbeats bring Pro-style updates to a tethered design at $149: Brian Heater
After several weeks worth of leaks, the latest version of Apple/Beat’s Powerbeats arrive this week. One key thing many of the rumors got wrong is the name. There will be no Powerbeats 4 — not for now, at least. Instead, the company’s somewhat confusingly doin…
First U.S. clinical human trial of potential coronavirus vaccine set to start Monday: Darrell Etherington
A human clinical trial of a potential vaccine for the new coronavirus will begin on Monday, the AP reports. The trial, which will test the effects of an experimental vaccine shot developed by the National Institutes of Health and drugmaker Moderna, won’t make…
Apple fined record $1.2B in France over anti-competitive sales practices: Ingrid Lunden
The wheels of the regulatory machine continue to turn, and today Apple, along with two of its wholesale partners, was dealt a major blow in France over antitrust violations, by receiving the biggest-ever fine levelled against a business over anti-competitive …
Startups developing tech to combat COVID-19 urged to apply for fast-track EU funding: Natasha Lomas
The European Commission put out a call Friday for startups and small businesses which are developing technologies that could help combat the COVID-19 outbreak to apply for fast-track EU funding. The push is related to a €164M pot of money that’s being made av…
America's largest companies are not covered under congressional coronavirus aid package: Jonathan Shieber
America’s largest companies are not covered under a bill passed by the House of Representatives on Friday that is supposed to support American workers impacted by the spread of the novel coronavirus. The bill still has to be voted on by the Senate and approve…
GM, Ford, Fiat Chrysler join UAW to form coronavirus task force: Kirsten Korosec
The Big 3 Detroit automakers — GM, Ford, and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles — have partnered with United Auto Workers to form a task force aimed at protecting workers and limiting the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus. The task force was announ…
UK lays out plans for legal e-scooters, medical drones and more transportation innovation in test cities: Ingrid Lunden
Electric scooters are still unlawful to use on public roads and pavements in the UK, but that hasn’t stopped many consumers from using them anyway to get from A to B. Now, in an effort to wean people off the use of individual automobiles, the government may f…
CDC issues new guidance against gatherings of 50 or more people for the next 8 weeks: Darrell Etherington
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its guidance (also available in full below) regarding large group gatherings and events in light of the ongoing effort to combat the spread of coronavirus in the country. The new CDC guidan…
Y Combinator may go fully remote for its next cohort: Jonathan Shieber
Y Combinator said that it may make its Summer 2020 accelerator program entirely virtual, proving that even the world’s premiere accelerator isn’t immune to having its business reshaped by the novel coronavirus spreading across the world. YC has already made i…
As social distancing measure, Starbucks temporarily shifts to ‘to go’ model in US and Canada: Brian Heater
Beginning today, Starbucks is instituting a temporary move to a “to go” model for all of its locations in the U.S. and Canada. One of the more sweeping actions taken by a major food chain, the coffee giant is looking to adhere to advice about social distancin…
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