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Online grocery delivery company Instacart is launching a prescription delivery service through a partnership with Costco.Click To Read More

Instacart jumps into prescription delivery with Costco – TechCrunch Online grocery delivery company Instacart is launching a prescription delivery service through a partnership with Costco as demand for online delivery continues to rise amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The company said Thursday the delivery service is now available from nearly 200 Costco locations in Ar....

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 are getting remade from the ground up. Click To Read More.

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 are getting remade from the ground up – TechCrunch 2020 sucks. Want to let your brain slip back to 1999 for a while? This news might help: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 are coming back, complete with a full-blown graphic overhaul, online multiplayer — and, yes, the song “Superman” by Goldfinger. Here’s the announcement trailer, which does...

Can I get a coronavirus test at home or not? Click To Read More.

Can I get a coronavirus test at home or not? The FDA authorized an at-home spit test for the coronavirus, but the future of rapid at-home tests isn’t here yet.

Nintendo today confirmed earlier reports of account breaches dating back over the past few weeks..Click To Read More

After 160,000 accounts are compromised, Nintendo shuts down NNID logins – TechCrunch Nintendo today confirmed earlier reports of account breaches dating back over the past few weeks. The gaming giant issued an update (via Nintendo Japan) noting that around 160,000 Nintendo Accounts were impacted, which found multiple being used to purchase digital items without the owner’s consent...

Sometimes, it really does pay to be first. Back in 2006, Amazon and CEO Jeff Bezos ventured into cloud computing with the foundation of Amazon Web Services (AWS).Click To Read More

Our future is in the cloud — and this AWS Cloud Bootcamp can get you ready for it. The opportunities are there for those looking to make a name for themself and start a career as a proven AWS expert with the training in The All-Level AWS Cloud Professional Bootcamp. Right now, it’s available for only $34.99, an over 90 percent savings from TNW Deals.

Hi and welcome back to The Station, a weekly newsletter dedicated to the future (and present) of transportation..Click To Read More

The Station: Pony.ai turns to delivery, Kodiak cuts, Lime snaps up Boosted’s IP – TechCrunch We hear things. But we're not selfish. Let's share.

French startup Alan has raised a $54.4 million (€50 million) Series C funding round. Temasek is leading the round with existing investors.Click To Read More

Alan raises another $54.4 million for its health insurance product – TechCrunch French startup Alan has raised a $54.4 million (€50 million) Series C funding round. Temasek is leading the round with existing investors (such as Index Ventures) also participating. Overall, Alan has raised $136 million (€125 million) over the past four years. Alan has built a health insurance ...

Voyage has cleared a regulatory hurdle that will allow the company to expand its self-driving service from the private roads of a retirement community in San Jose, Calif..Click To Read More

Voyage gets the green light to bring robotaxi service to California’s public roads – TechCrunch Voyage has cleared a regulatory hurdle that will allow the company to expand its self-driving service from the private roads of a retirement community in San Jose, Calif. to public roads throughout the rest of the state. The California Public Utilities Commission issued a permit Monday that gives V....

That NASA intends to collect a sample from Mars and return it to Earth is well known.Click To Read More

NASA reveals ambitious multi-spacecraft plan to bring a piece of Mars back to Earth – TechCrunch That NASA intends to collect a sample from Mars and return it to Earth is well known — they’ve said so many times. But how would they go about scooping up soil from the surface of a distant planet and getting it back here? With a plan that sounds straight out of sci-fi. Described by […]

A few months ago, the idea of a hand-washing app would have seemed trivial, at best..Click To Read More

Samsung’s new Galaxy Watch app reminds you to wash your damn hands, dummy – TechCrunch A few months ago, the idea of a hand-washing app would have seemed trivial, at best. We’re all adults here, right? We’ve been washing our hands our entire lives. But things change. It’s mid-April and we’re afraid to go outside and engage with other humans — and thorough hand-washing is one...

Forget the calendar invite. Just jump into a conversation. That’s the idea powering a fresh batch of social startups poised to take advantage of our cleared schedules amidst quarantine..Click To Read More

Clubhouse voice chat leads a wave of spontaneous social apps – TechCrunch Forget the calendar invite. Just jump into a conversation. That’s the idea powering a fresh batch of social startups poised to take advantage of our cleared schedules amidst quarantine. But they could also change the way we work and socialize long after COVID-19 by bringing the free-flowing, …