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Last weekend, a reader wrote to this editor, politely asking why tech companies should speak up about the abortion law that Texas passed last week. “What does American Airlines have to do with abortion?” said the reader, suggesting that companies can’t possibly cater to both pro-abortion and anti-abortion advocates and that asking them to take…

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — On Thursday, September 9, 2021, After at least four years of investigations and trials, Dr. Hu Anming, a nanotechnology expert who was a professor at the University of Tennessee (UT), was acquitted by a federal judge, following a mistrial this year. Dr. Hu is the first to go to trial…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline The companies behind the Pfizer vaccine are nearly ready to seek approval for the jab’s use among children as young as five years old and should make that request within the next few weeks, the founders of vaccine maker BioNTech said in an interview published Friday.  A student…

Denis Kalinin Contributor Denis Kalinin works at venture fund Runa Capital as Asia Business development manager, devoted to connecting the Western and Asian VC worlds and bringing long-term value to both. China is becoming a superpower in the tech industry. According to Straits Times, China is the only place in the world where it takes…

Media technology company Amagi announced Friday $100 million to further develop its cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected televisions. Accel, Avataar Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners joined existing investor Premji Invest in the funding round, which included buying out stakes held by Emerald Media and Mayfield Fund. Nadathur Holdings continues as an existing investor.…

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture-capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Natasha and Mary Ann took over this week’s show with Chris and Grace, which meant that our overdeveloped senses of curiosity filled up the script just fine (even on a somewhat short week). Unintentionally, today’s episode was built around…

Microsoft said in January this year that Teams, its online collaboration platform, was being used by over 100 million students — boosted in no small part by the COVID-19 pandemic and many schools going partly or fully remote. Now, it’s made another acquisition to continue expanding its position in the education market. The company has…

Amazon  (AMZN) – Get Amazon.com, Inc. Report said Thursday it will offer to pay the full college tuition for more than 750,000 U.S. hourly employees as job openings in the country hit a new record high. Shares of the online retail giant were off slightly to $3,504.69 at last check. Stocks Waver as COVID-19 Concerns Blunts…

CHESTNUT RIDGE, N.Y., Sept. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — BioHiTech Global, Inc. (Nasdaq: BHTG), a sustainable technology and services company, announces today that Chief Executive Officer Tony Fuller will present at the H.C. Wainwright 23 rd Annual Global Investment Conference, which is being held virtually from September 13 – 15, 2021. Mr. Fuller will provide an…