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Workstream, a platform for deskless work, raises $10 million to serve local businesses

Deskless workers make up 80% of the global workforce, but to Desmond Lim, that job title is his entire world.Lim grew up in Singapore and saw his father wake up every morning, six days a week, at 5 a.

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Box makes quick decision to add new collaboration capabilities in face of pandemic

When the shutdown began six weeks ago, the powers that be at Box sat down for a meeting to discuss the situation. They weren’t in the same room of course. They were like everyone else, separated

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Liberty’s Virgin Media and Telefonica’s O2 to merge in the UK in $39B deal

The regulators said “NO” when Telefonica tried to combine its O2 operations in the UK with rival carrier, Hutchison-owned Three, back in 2015. But Telefonica didn’t let go of the ide

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Hydrant raises $5.7 million Series A to help consumers hydrate faster

Eight glasses of water a day. That’s the old recommendation you and I have heard growing up. And while we all know the importance of hydration to our health, some methods of hydration are more e

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Can Trump force the global supply chain to flee China?

Donald Trump speaks before signing "phase one" of a US China trade agreement with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, in the East Room of the White House. With the President from left are Vice President

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Dtex, a specialist in insider threat cybersecurity, raises $17.5M

A lot of enterprise cybersecurity efforts focus on malicious hackers that work on behalf of larger organizations, be they criminal groups or state actors — and for good reason, since the majorit

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China opens public bidding for best short films embodying core socialist values

China is inviting public bidding for outstanding short films and videos embodying core socialist values, organizers of the event said on Thursday. Short film and video

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Over 90 pct Chinese resume work: survey

Over 90 percent of the respondents in a recent survey said they have resumed their work as the novel coronavirus epidemic subsides in China, according to a survey by C

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Why COVID-19 contract tracing apps are causing deep division in Europe

COVID-19 contact tracing apps could be vital in controlling the pandemic. /Ina Fassbender /AFP As governments around Europe look to come out of lockdown sooner or later, most acknowledge the n

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Invisible AI uses computer vision to help (but hopefully not nag) assembly line workers

“Assembly” may sound like one of the simpler tests in the manufacturing process, but as anyone who’s ever put together a piece of flat-pack furniture knows, it can be surprisingly (a

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Kairn is a new task manager focused on speed

Meet Kairn, a new startup coming out of stealth today with a sneak peek of what the company has been working on. As Wunderlist shuts down, Kairn wants to prove that there’s still room for an innovativ

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Goldman Sachs backs electric toothbrush startup Burst Oral Care

Burst Oral Care, a startup that sells an electric toothbrush boasting charcoal bristles and 33,000 sonic vibrations per minute, has raised a Series C of undisclosed size.Although we don’t know t

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Run:AI brings virtualization to GPUs running Kubernetes workloads

In the early 2000s, VMware introduced the world to virtual servers that allowed IT to make more efficient use of idle server capacity. Today, Run:AI is introducing that same concept to GPUs running co

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Every Mother is a fitness streaming platform for new and expecting mothers

When Allison Rapaport was pregnant for the first time, in 2013, she struggled to find workout classes that didn’t completely go against the advice her OB-GYN gave her.Conflicted on whether to trust on

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Banked picks up £2.35M seed to use open banking for account-to-account payments

Banked, a London-based fintech using open banking to enable account-to-account payments at checkout (and beyond), has raised £2.35 million in further seed funding.The round was led by Force Over Mass,

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Planning for an American bankruptcy epidemic

A woman checks job application information in front of IDES (Illinois Department of Employment Security)/WorkNet center in Arlington Heights, Ill., April 9, 2020. /AP Editor's note: Ben Iverso

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Biden pressed to choose a black woman as his running mate

After a devastating start to the Democratic primary, Joe Biden’s campaign was revived when black voters in South Carolina and throughout the South overwhelmingly sided