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Google updates travel search results with information about COVID-19 cases at destination, percentage of available hotel rooms and operating flights, more (Karissa Bell/Engadget)

Karissa Bell / Engadget: Google updates travel search results with information about COVID-19 cases at destination, percentage of available hotel rooms and operating flights, more — Google has already introduced a number of updates to help people get around during widespread closures and travel disruptions due to COVID-19. https://bit.ly/3iHArAI

A look at Neural Love, which develops AI-powered video enhancement tools that can upscale, colorize, and sharpen old movies, bumping them up to 4K and 60 fps (Matt Simon/Wired)

Matt Simon / Wired: A look at Neural Love, which develops AI-powered video enhancement tools that can upscale, colorize, and sharpen old movies, bumping them up to 4K and 60 fps — Denis Shiryaev uses algorithms to colorize and sharpen old movies, bumping them up to a smooth 60 frames per second. https://bit.ly/3455W3g

Beike, a Chinese online property brokerage backed by Tencent and Softbank, raises $2.12B in its US IPO, with the stock up 87%, despite US-China tensions (Jon Swartz/MarketWatch)

Jon Swartz / MarketWatch: Beike, a Chinese online property brokerage backed by Tencent and Softbank, raises $2.12B in its US IPO, with the stock up 87%, despite US-China tensions — KE Holdings stock shot up 87% in first day of trading, as CFO tells MarketWatch it is 'affirmation of our company's culture of transparency and collaboration' https://bit.ly/3anUfpw

Sources: Apple to launch "Apple One" tiered subscription bundles, which will include Music, TV+, News+, and a new virtual fitness service, as early as October (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sources: Apple to launch “Apple One” tiered subscription bundles, which will include Music, TV+, News+, and a new virtual fitness service, as early as October — Apple Inc. is readying a series of bundles that will let customers subscribe to several of the company's digital services … https://bit.ly/33Y30po

London-based Habito, which offers mortgages online, raises £35M Series C led by Augmentum Fintech, SBI Group and mojo.capital (Steve O'Hear/TechCrunch)

Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: London-based Habito, which offers mortgages online, raises £35M Series C led by Augmentum Fintech, SBI Group and mojo.capital — Habito, the London startup that has spent the last few years moving the mortgage process online, including offering its own mortgages beyond acting as a broker … https://bit.ly/33U57KB

Lyft reports Q2 revenue of $339M, above expectations but down 61% YoY, as active riders drop 60% YoY to 8.7M; revenue per active rider was $39.06, down 2% YoY (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)

Lora Kolodny / CNBC: Lyft reports Q2 revenue of $339M, above expectations but down 61% YoY, as active riders drop 60% YoY to 8.7M; revenue per active rider was $39.06, down 2% YoY — - Ride-hailing company Lyft reported results for the period ending June 30, 2020, its first full quarter during the Covid-19 pandemic. https://bit.ly/2FllWUL

A look at growing movements by gig economy workers in Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, and Ecuador, protesting the conditions at UberEats, Rappi, and iFood (Martha Pskowski/VICE)

Martha Pskowski / VICE: A look at growing movements by gig economy workers in Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, and Ecuador, protesting the conditions at UberEats, Rappi, and iFood — Militant strikes and protests against dangerous working conditions and low pay have spread through Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, and Ecuador. https://bit.ly/3akMkcx