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Join us for a live Q&A with Sapphire’s Jai Das today at 2 pm EST/11 am PST

Today’s the day! In just a few hours I am chatting with with Jai Das, a managing director at Sapphire Ventures. The conversation is part of the second season of Extra Crunch Live series that has seen all sorts of investors

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U.S. shopping app downloads on Black Friday reached a record 2.8M installs

Many U.S. consumers spent this year’s Black Friday sales event shopping from home on mobile devices. That led to first-time installs of mobile shopping apps in the U.S. to break a new record for single-day installs on Black Friday 2020,

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Car Drove Into Pedestrian Zone in Germany, Killing 2 and Injuring 15

(BERLIN) — A car drove into a pedestrian zone in the southwestern German city of Trier on Tuesday, killing two people and seriously injuring 15 others, officials said. The driver was arrested and the vehicle was impounded, Trier police tweeted.

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Facebook’s self-styled ‘oversight’ board selects first cases, most dealing with hate speech

A Facebook -funded body that the tech giant set up to distance itself from tricky and potentially reputation-damaging content moderation decisions has announced the first bundle of cases it will consider. In a press release on its website the Facebook

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Fired cybersecurity chief hints at legal action after Trump campaign lawyer said he should be executed – NBC News

Fired cybersecurity chief hints at legal action after Trump campaign lawyer said he should be executed  NBC News Trump attorney issues call for violence against truth-telling former election cybersecurity official  CNN Trump campaign lawyer says former cybersecurity chief should be ‘shot’  POLITICO US

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WATCH LIVE: Congressional leaders announce bipartisan COVID-19 relief proposal

Members of the Problem Solvers Caucus are expected to announce a bipartisan COVID-19 relief proposal Dec. 1 with support from members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

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WATCH LIVE: Congressional leaders announce bipartisan COVID-19 relief proposal

Members of the Problem Solvers Caucus are expected to announce a bipartisan COVID-19 relief proposal Dec. 1 with support from members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

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WATCH LIVE: Mnuchin, Powell testify about CARES Act

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will testify Dec. 1 about the CARES Act before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.

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WATCH LIVE: Mnuchin, Powell testify about CARES Act

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will testify Dec. 1 about the CARES Act before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.

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Facebook-backed Libra Association rebrands as Diem

The Libra Association, a consortium created by Facebook to support its Libra cryptocurrency efforts, announced this morning that it has a new name — the Diem Association — and made some key hires ahead of its launch. This is just

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