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• Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Alphabet report earnings this week, ahead of their antitrust hearing on Wednesday. With Microsoft, these tech giants comprise more than a fifth of the S&P 500, making their results critical to the overall performance of the index. (Check out how big tech is betting on enterprise communication amid the pandemic here.) Other major names to keep an eye out for include: Pfizer, Boeing, Qualcomm, and Colgate-Palmolive.
   

• Senators will convene tomorrow to discuss and propose reforms to Section 230, which has granted broad protections to tech cos from being held accountable for what their users post. The law, which declares that forum operators are not publishers, has drawn much controversy across party lines, amid growing calls for tech platforms to moderate objectionable posts or hate speech on their platforms.
   

• The additional $600 in emergency unemployment benefits expires this week. Lawmakers are continuing to debate over another coronavirus relief package, which may include another $1,200 check, continued (but reduced) emergency unemployment aid, and at least $100B more in Paycheck Protection Program loans. Clients can see all the investor-backed companies that have received PPP aid here.
   

• The first official US GDP numbers for Q2’20 will be unveiled Thursday. Economists are forecasting a YoY plunge of up to 35%, as the country was battered by skyrocketing coronavirus cases, growing unemployment, and nationwide lockdowns. We rounded up all the startups, funding trends, and tech solutions to watch amid Covid-19 in this resource page.

Teaching an old dog new tricks
 

Startups aren’t the only ones trying to innovate and disrupt the status quo across industries. 

From AT&T to the New York Times, check out 85+ corporate innovation labs here.

Calling Walter White

Drug R&D dominated the top healthcare AI rounds in Q2'20, with Insitro raising $143M in May.

See what happened across healthcare AI, telehealth, digital health in China, and more in our latest quarterly report.

High interest

As loan defaults become more likely amid Covid-19, debt collection and loan servicing startups are seeing increased traction.

Expert Intelligence clients can see 40+ startups streamlining debt collection here.

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