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## [36M Americans have filed for unemployment, but (some) tech firms are still hiring: Brian Heater](https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/18/36m-americans-have-filed-for-unemployment-but-some-tech-firms-are-still-hiring/)
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> Last week, U.S. unemployment claims hit 36 million over a two-month period. The results of pandemic-led closures have been devastating to innumerable industries, as the timeline to reopen remains uncertain in many areas. Indeed noted in a recent report that h…
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## [With stadiums closed, TV networks turn to live esports broadcasts: Eric Peckham](https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/18/with-stadiums-closed-tv-networks-turn-to-live-esports-broadcasts/)
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> Two years from now, people will look back at 2020's COVID-19 lockdown as a pivot point in esports’ development.
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## [Disney streaming exec Kevin Mayer becomes TikTok's new CEO: Anthony Ha](https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/18/disney-kevin-mayer-tiktok-ceo/)
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> Kevin Mayer, head of The Walt Disney Company’s direct-to-consumer and international business, is departing to become CEO of TikTok, as well as COO of the popular video app’s parent company ByteDance. Founder Yiming Zhang will continue to serve as ByteDance CE…
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## [Arm’s financials and the blurring future of the semiconductor sector: Danny Crichton, Arman Tabatabai](https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/18/arms-financials-and-the-blurring-future-of-the-semiconductor-sector/)
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> Amidst the blitz of SoftBank earnings news today comes the financials for all of SoftBank’s subsidiaries, which includes Arm Holdings, the most important chip design and research company in the world that SoftBank bought for $32 billion back in 2016. Arm prod…
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## [Google is piloting a simpler Nest Hub Max interface at retirement homes: Brian Heater](https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/18/google-is-piloting-a-simpler-nest-hub-max-interface-at-retirement-homes/)
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> Last week, Mount Sinai showcased how it’s started using Nest devices to monitor patients remotely. Today, Google’s showing off how the Nest Hub Max is helping retirement home residents feel a little less isolated amid the COVID-19 lockdown. To help matters al…
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## [Verizon wraps up BlueJeans acquisition lickety split: Ron Miller](https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/18/verizon-wraps-up-bluejeans-acquisition-lickety-split/)
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> When Verizon (which owns this publication) announced it was buying video conferencing company BlueJeans for around $500 million last month, you probably thought it was going take awhile to bake, but the companies announced today that they has closed the deal.…
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## [What SoftBank's Vision Fund results tell us about troubled startup sectors: Alex Wilhelm](https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/18/what-softbanks-vision-fund-results-tell-us-about-troubled-startup-sectors/)
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> A famous investor published notes today concerning its startup investments, detailing where they excelled and where they struggled. To understand why we care about this particular investor’s results, a little context helps. The investor in question is Japanes…
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## [As Jack Ma and SoftBank part ways, the open and globalized era of tech comes ever closer to an end: Danny Crichton](https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/18/as-jack-ma-and-softbank-part-ways-the-open-and-globalized-era-of-tech-comes-ever-closer-to-an-end/)
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> It would be one of the greatest startup investments of all time. Masayoshi Son, riding high in the klieg lights of the 1990s dot-com bubble, invested $20 million dollars into a fledgling Hong Kong-based startup called Alibaba. That $20 million investment into…
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## [Daily Crunch: Apple Stores begin to reopen: Anthony Ha](https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/18/daily-crunch-apple-stores-begin-to-reopen/)
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> Apple outlines new safety measures as it reopens stores, Huawei responds to new U.S. chip curbs and Jack Ma departs SoftBank’s board of directors. Here’s your Daily Crunch for May 18, 2020. 1. Apple begins reopening some stores with temperature checks and oth…
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## [SoftBank's Q1 2020 earnings presentation mixes comedy and drama: Alex Wilhelm](https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/18/softbanks-q1-2020-earnings-presentation-mixes-comedy-and-drama/)
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> Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. Today we’re digging into SoftBank’s latest earnings slides. Not only do they contain a wealth of updates and other useful information, but s…
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