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To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s greatest and most important stories in your inbox every day at 3:00 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Welcome back to the Daily Crunch on Friday June 18th. Congratulations! You made it to the end of the week without Alexander, who will return on Monday with sparkling eyes. TechCrunch has a … Read more
1 of 10 Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger (pictured here) notified slaves of their release from slavery. In which city did this event take place? Lafayette, Louisiana Montgomery, Brunswick Alabama, Georgia Galveston, Texas Granger, known as General Orders, No. 3, in Galveston, Texas.
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From Kentucky, a careful observer can squint beyond the banks of the Ohio River and spot the village of Ripley, Ohio, and a lone house on the hill above. Nearly 200 years ago, those traveling on the Underground Railroad would look to that village, that hill and the light from the lantern that the Rev. John … Read more
Leen Kawas, CEO of Athira Pharma, at the 2018 GeekWire Summit. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Leen Kawas, CEO of Athira Pharma, has been given a temporary leave of absence until the Seattle area biotechnology company completes a review that “emerged from Dr. Kawas emerges during his time at Washington State University ”. In after-hours … Read more
WASHINGTON – President Biden signed law Thursday making June 10 a federal holiday and setting June 19 a national day to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. “All Americans can feel the power of this day and learn from our history,” Biden said at a ceremony at the White House, noting that … Read more
Ford has two electric vehicles in the pipeline – the e-transit truck and the F-150 Lighting Pro – for commercial customers. The automaker is now rounding off its future EV business with the acquisition of the battery management and fleet monitoring software startup Electriphi. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Ford is betting that … Read more
Facebook says it will update its community standards to clarify how it deals with satirical content based on the recommendations of the oversight board. The change goes back to a case involving a user posting a meme satirizing “the Turkish government’s efforts to deny the Armenian genocide.” Facebook originally removed the post citing its anti-hate … Read more
Ein Foto vom 21. März 1925 von einem umgestürzten Haus, das von einem Tornado in Griffin, Indiana, mehr als 15 Meter von seinem Fundament getragen wurde. Von den 400 Einwohnern der Stadt gab es 54 Tote und etwa 200 Verletzte.VERBUNDENE PRESSE Die monströsen Tornados, die an einem einzigen Tag im Jahr 1925 fast 750 Menschen … Read more
Lexion CEO Gaurav Oberoi. (Lexion photo) Lexion is on the move. The Seattle-based startup that helps legal teams use AI to search contracts has quadrupled revenue and gained 50 customers in the past four months, including brands like Outreach, Blue Nile, OfferUp, and others. Now the company is raising more money to accelerate growth and … Read more