Auditors were not impressed by Facebook’s civil rights work, Tinder tests video chat and a new nasal spray could reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission. Here’s your Daily Crunch for July 8, 2020.The big story: Facebook faces blistering civil rights auditThe results are out in a multi-year audit of More

The COVID-19 pandemic pushed the music industry to experiment seriously with virtual concerts.Historically, musicians and their managers have been careful about challenging the traditional concert model that became their main source of income as revenue from album sales disappeared.Is the current surge of virtual concerts here to stay or will More

The world’s most popular short video app continues to be in the crosshairs of politicians globally.On Monday night, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News that the United States is “certainly looking at” banning TikTok over concerns that it could be used by the Beijing government as a surveillance More

Last week was, for most Americans, a four-day work week. But a lot still happened in the security world.The U.S. government’s cybersecurity agencies warned of two critical vulnerabilities — one in Palo Alto’s networking tech and the other in F5’s gear — that foreign, nation state-backed hackers will “likely” exploit More

Black Lives Matter may be the largest movement in U.S. history, according to four different polls cited recently by the New York Times that suggest anywhere from 15 million to 26 million people in the U.S. have participated in demonstrations over the death of George Floyd and others since Floyd’s More

As scores of startups look to cash in on the content void that ban on TikTok and other Chinese apps has created in India, a big challenger is ready to try its own hand.Instagram said on Wednesday it is rolling out Reels — a feature that allows users More