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| Apple announces a new MacBook Pro, tech stocks take a dip and Uber Eats shuts down in seven markets. Here’s your Daily Crunch for May 4, 2020. | | | |
| Following in the footsteps of the MacBook Air and 16-inch Pro, Apple's 13-inch Pro model is finally getting the company's much improved keyboard. It's probably not enough reason for recent MacBook buyers to upgrade, but it could push the indecisive over the edge. The updated system is available through Apple's site as of today, priced starting at $1,299 (or $100 for qualified education buyers). Read more | |  | | |
| Roelof Botha, managing director of Sequoia Capital, has invested in companies like Instagram, Square, Tumblr, Evernote, Unity, Eventbrite, Youtube, and many more. Join him on Wednesday, May 6 at 11am PT to hear how he's advising his portfolio companies during the coronavirus pandemic, the opportunities he sees for entrepreneurs in the coming years, and what trends have piqued his interest. Sign up for ExtraCrunch to get access. Read more | | | |
| The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite is off 0.55% this morning, putting it 13% off its record highs set this year, but also up 29% from its recent lows. Meanwhile, the Bessemer-Nasdaq cloud index is off 0.85% today after shedding nearly 3% in last week's final trading session. Read more | | | |
| Uber Eats is shuttering its on-demand food offering in the Czech Republic, Egypt, Honduras, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay and Ukraine. It's also transferring its Uber Eats business operations in the United Arab Emirates to Careem, its wholly owned ride-hailing subsidiary that's mostly focused on the Middle East. Read more | |  Image Credits: TechCrunch | | |
| As many Amazon workers called out sick for a May Day Strike, Tim Bray was spending his final day at the company. The VP and Distinguished Engineer at Amazon Web Services announced today that May 1 was his final day with the retail giant, citing Amazon's firings of vocally critical employees. Read more | | | |
| TechCrunch recently spoke to Schwazze CEO Justin Dye, who’s hoping to create a healthier, vertically integrated cannabis company. He told us that during the COVID-19 crisis, cannabis companies must hunker down — once the skies start to clear, capital will be available to the survivors. (Extra Crunch membership required.) Read more | |  Image Credits: Konstantinos Tsakalidis/Bloomberg / Getty Images | | |
| You can now debunk thousands of coronavirus-related hoaxes with a few texts on WhatsApp. Users can test the chatbot by either saving +1 (727) 2912606 as a contact number and texting the word "hi." Read more | | | |
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