From Wimbledon to Lord’s, this summer has been a gift that — technology permitting — keeps on giving

She turned the agency into a diplomatic and moral force

Sportswear maker apologises but warns it cannot bear virus lockdown for long   

Sportswear maker warns sales could drop as much as 40% in second quarter

Coronavirus-linked turmoil draws many investors out into the open

Why, from an investment perspective, Covid-19 suppression is the equivalent of kicking the can down the road.

Settlement house delays payout and project to let small shareholders cash out

Volatility gauges for both regions show sharp falls from historic highs in March

Countries ban exports in attempt to protect environment as consumption is set to soar

Properties changing hands for tens of thousands less than market value

Move comes amid escalating political row with London’s mayor over coronavirus risks

It is easy to take advantage of frightened people who have accepted infringements on freedom

O2 and Virgin Media’s £31bn merger is one of the biggest examples of virtual dealmaking during pandemic

Discovery in Zenith factory attic helps watchmaker claim the first all-black wristwatch title

Coveted top-quality rating hanging by a thread as Moody’s decision looms

Companies are seeking to tap whatever sources of affordable funding are available

Price crash provokes supply cuts but ‘all bets are off’ if second wave of pandemic hits

Phoenix Commodities seeks debt restructuring after racking up $450m of currency hedge losses

North Dakota’s oil sector has ‘never been through a downturn like this’

First-time buyers receive £600 cashback if they save for 10 out of 12 months before taking out a Halifax mortgage

The holes in the investment case were there, but not many were looking

As world markets take a turn for the worse, investors use ETFs as they hope to profit from any bounceback 

Competitive landscape is unclear as food delivery becomes a utility

Ambitious plans for renewable energy rarely feature in government strategy

The number of US deaths attributed to Covid-19 surpassed 45,000 on Friday, while the rate of new cases remained flat

Russia's coronavirus outbreak worsens and Federal Reserve research finds a correlation between deaths from the influenza pandemic in 1918-1920 and extremist voting in Germany in 1932 and 1933

VC fund Runa Capital was launched with $135 million in 2010, and is perhaps best known for its investment into NGINX, which powers many web sites today. In more recent years it has participated or led investments into startups such as Zipdrug ($10.8 million); Rollbar this year ($11 million); and Monedo (for €20 million). HQ’d […]

Cuckoo Internet is a new U.K. startup that aims to disrupt the U.K. broadband market. It has now raised £470,000 in seed funding, which includes funding from work.fund, a new Silicon Valley fund operator fund led by Bart Macdonald (Sapling founder). Other investors include Lorin van Nuland (early investor in Betterment), Edward Campbell-Harris (Bulb early […]

Rich countries need to fund infectious disease treatments properly

Corporate accountants could have a significant impact on green issues

The coronavirus pandemic is significantly slowing the growth of Facebook’s ads business, but investors seem pleased with the company’s performance in Q1 after Facebook released its earnings report Wednesday. The company beat Wall Street expectations on revenues, sharing that they had made $17.74 billion while falling short on earnings per share at $1.71. The company […]

TikTok, the widely popular video sharing app developed by one of the world’s most valued startups (ByteDance), continues to grow rapidly despite suspicion from the U.S. as more people look for ways to keep themselves entertained amid the coronavirus pandemic. The global app and its Chinese version, called Douyin, have amassed over 2 billion downloads […]

Facebook is today rolling out a tool that will allow users in the U.S. and Canada to export their Facebook photos and videos to Google Photos. This data portability tool was first introduced in Ireland in December, and has since been made available to other international markets. To use the feature, Facebook users will need […]

Facebook is expanding its Community Help hub to better serve local communities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The hub has already seen significant usage by those requesting food, supplies and information about local resources, as well as use by volunteers and groups willing to lend a hand. Now, Facebook is adding more features to the hub […]

Facebook has been struggling to keep its VR hardware supply chains open for months, but at the same time they’ve reportedly been hard at work on the next generation of their popular Quest headset. According to a report in Bloomberg, Facebook had been planning to release a new version of the Oculus Quest later this […]

Brussels was wrong to treat Brexit as a threat, rather than grasping it as an opportunity

The UK should not agree to proposals to stagger the talks, with fish as part of the first course

London and Brussels have both turned these negotiations into a zero-sum game

Paige, the Sloan-Kettering spinout that has been building an artificial intelligence platform to improve cancer pathology and subsequently use those insights to develop better drug therapies, has raised an additional $5 million in funding to continue its work commercialising its platform and expanding its research reach, while also getting FDA clearance to launch in hospitals […]

At a time when more transactions than ever are happening online, payments behemoth Stripe is announcing three new features to continue expanding its reach. The company today announced that it will now offer card issuing services directly to businesses to let them in turn make credit cards for customers tailored to specific purposes. Alongside that, it’s going […]

Good morning and welcome back to TechCrunch’s Equity Monday, a jumpstart for your week. Regular Equity episodes still drop each and every Friday morning, so if you’ve listened to the show over the years, don’t worry — we’re only adding to the mix. You can catch last week’s show with Danny Crichton and Natasha Mascarenhas right here if […]

Even though Apple did not invent the mouse pointer, history has cemented its place in dragging it out of obscurity and into mainstream use. Its everyday utility, pioneered at SRI and Xerox Parc and later combined with a bit of iconic* work from Susan Kare at Apple, has made the pointer our avatar in digital […]

2020 and 2021 will be one of the periodic transitional eras in gaming as Sony and Microsoft debut their shiny new consoles, the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. To ease the process (and spur adoption of the next generation), EA may make its upcoming titles free to “upgrade” to your chosen console. On an […]

Renewed friction between Washington and Beijing adds to coronavirus concerns

After suspending dividend, investors will rightly wonder what is the point of owning the telecoms group

Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets

Online retailer hopes to avoid fate of non-banks whose value surpassed country’s biggest lender

Facebook is today rolling out a tool that will allow users in the U.S. and Canada to export their Facebook photos and videos to Google Photos. This data portability tool was first introduced in Ireland in December, and has since been made available to other international markets. To use the feature, Facebook users will need […]

The coronavirus outbreak has driven more consumers to turn to their smart speakers for news, information, music and entertainment, according to new data released today by NPR and Edison Research. Around three-quarters of U.S. adults 18 and up said their routines have been impacted due to COVID-19 and their media habits have changed as a […]