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Alphabet’s self-driving car company raises its first outside investment, Robinhood goes down and Pixel phones get new gesture controls. Here’s your Daily Crunch for March 3, 2020. 1. Waymo brings in $2.25B from outside investors, Alphabet This is the company’s

(Bloomberg Opinion) — The Federal Reserve’s strategy to combat the coronavirus outbreak and its impact on financial markets and the longest U.S. economic expansion in history turned out to be nothing short of shock and awe. In the central bank’s

Donald Trump absolutely loves this deeply misleading 2016 electoral map  CNN

Boston Dynamics, the undisputed heavyweight of technical robotics wizardry, unveiled a new collaboration with the warehouse autonomous material handling and transportation technology developer, OTTO Motors. Over the past year Boston Dynamics has moved from building the stuff or robotic uprising

After popping to a 1.5% gain shortly after the Fed’s announcement, the S&P 500 swung between modest gains and losses for about an hour before turning decisively lower in the late morning.

Twitter has gained recognition as a tool that can assist in the disaster or crisis management process, allowing individuals to search specific hashtags through linking algorithms.

The classification of gig workers for companies like Uber, Lyft, Instacart, DoorDash and Postmates has long been a topic of debate. Since California worker-protection bill AB 5 became law, some companies have gone to great lengths to continue classifying workers

Trump Is Turning Coronavirus Into a Useful Enemy  POLITICO Donald Trump defends coronavirus plan, denigrates Democrats  USA TODAY Trump goes after Dems in Super Tuesday eve rally  POLITICO ‘We like to troll’: Trump tries to steal spotlight on eve of Super Tuesday  The Guardian

Here’s a guide to some of the most talked-about efforts to treat or prevent coronavirus infection.

As the coronavirus COVID-19 continues to spread around the world, health officials are reiterating the importance of washing one’s hands properly. Twenty seconds is the minimum amount of time people should spend scrubbing with soap if they want to prevent