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How Tech’s Lobbyists Are Using the Pandemic to Make Gains

Silicon Valley hasn’t suffered from the same financial devastation as other industries. Tech companies still have an agenda to push. Read more: https://nyti.ms/39JRfSB

Taiwan’s new ‘electronic fence’ for quarantines leads wave of virus monitoring

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan, which has won global praise for its effective action against the coronavirus, is rolling out a mobile phone-based “electronic fence” that uses location-tracking to ensure people who are quarantined stay in their homes. Read more: https://reut.rs/3dOpGLf

COVID-19 Community Mobility Report

As global communities respond to COVID-19, we’ve heard from public health officials that the same type of aggregated, anonymized insights we use in products such as Google Maps could be helpful as they make critical decisions to combat COVID-19. Read… Continue Reading →

Funding Friday: Americas Food Fund

As we continue to make our way through this pandemic, I keep coming back to the question of how do we help those in the most need right now. Last week it was our health care responders on the front… Continue Reading →

The SoundCloud Stimulus Plan

As Billboard is reporting this morning, our portfolio company SoundCloud is putting up $15mm to support its creator community in this difficult time for musicians. Musicians can’t tour right now. That’s a huge part of their earnings. Read more: https://bit.ly/2UEMdme

Start-Ups Are Pummeled in the ‘Great Unwinding’

Dozens have laid off thousands, slashed costs and changed their businesses to try to survive the pandemic. All that may not work. Read more: https://nyti.ms/2JywnTA

Uber offers 300,000 free rides and meals to NHS staff in UK

Uber is rewarding NHS doctors, nurses and staff with free trips and meals during the coronavirus crisis. It has committed to offering 200,000 rides up to £15 in value to any worker with an NHS email address, plus 100,000 meals… Continue Reading →

Airbnb Hosts to Help Provide Housing to 100,000 COVID-19 Responders

New global initiative will provide free or subsidized housing for healthcare professionals, relief workers, and first responders, typically closer to where they are working Airbnb Hosts can opt in to provide homes that follow new cleanliness protocols based on recommendations… Continue Reading →

6 Conversations Entrepreneurs Must Have ASAP

Offices are closed. Production is halted. Billings for your products or services are frozen. Clients/customers have been lost, and crucial past receivables aren’t coming in. Read more: https://bit.ly/39pq1R1

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