Startup life, especially in the early innings, is nothing short of hectic. Who wouldn’t love a clone or two to help get everything done? Well, we can’t clone you, but we can give you more time to sign up and save on a pass to TC Early Stage 2021: Marketing and Fundraising on July 8-9.…
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Tech companies in Silicon Valley, the geography, have had an incredible year. But one indicator points to longer-term changes. The internal rate of return (IRR) for companies in other startup hub cities has been even better. A big new analysis by AngelList showed aggregate IRR of 19.4% per year on syndicated deals elsewhere versus 17.5%…
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Apple faces an antitrust complaint in Europe, TikTok has a new CEO and YouTube TV disappears from Roku. This is your Daily Crunch for April 30, 2021. Also, this is my last day at TechCrunch, and therefore my last day writing The Daily Crunch. It’s been a blast rounding up the news for all of…
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A Czech minister has demanded an investigation into the sale of carbon emission allowances by Sanjeev Gupta’s steel operations in the country, saying that the metal tycoon’s company had broken a promise not to do so. Lubomir Zaoralek, the Czech minister of culture, said in a statement released on his department’s website on Friday that…
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Even as the COVID-19 pandemic sunk most areas of Northwell Health’s volumes in 2020, its urgent care clinics had a banner year, with demand easily surpassing 2019 levels. Visits to New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell’s GoHealth urgent care clinics spiked 40% year-over-year to 732,000 visits in 2020. Visits in November were more than 200% their…
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Illegal sand mining driven by a post-pandemic surge in infrastructure spending risks causing degradation to some of the world’s most vulnerable lakes and rivers, environmental researchers have warned. Sand, mixed with cement to make concrete, is the most consumed material on Earth, apart from water. As the waning threat from the virus in countries such as…
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UT Southwestern Medical Center in North Texas reports that it increased depression screenings of oncology patients by 44% in a quality improvement project. More than 90% of the hospital’s oncology patients received a screening and follow-up care, or about 14,000 patients. The findings were published Friday in the Journal for Healthcare Quality from the National…
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The crisis facing long-term care is getting the attention of the president and members of Congress, raising hopes among stakeholders that reform might be on the way. Demand for long-term care has increased in recent years as the aging population grows, and a wave of baby boomers retire in coming decades. But as of now,…
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Singapore is tightening border and social distancing controls as it reports an expansion of newly formed clusters. Thirteen cases have been linked to a cluster in a hospital, which locked down four wards, the health ministry said on Friday. The patients in the wards tested negative. Close contacts have been quarantined while visitors and discharged…
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