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More than 40 top security execs have formed an investing syndicate to back startups

Ensuring that a company’s information assets and technologies are protected remains a tall order for many a chief information security officer (or CISO). Cybercriminals can be both persistent an

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Scientists identify more contagious mutant coronavirus strain sweeping Europe and US

"The story is worrying, as we see a mutated form of the virus very rapidly emerging," the study's authors say.

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First Dollar raises $5 million for a consumer-friendly healthcare savings account

In the startup world, the more confusing the sector is, the riper the opportunity to make a friendly user interface and rack in millions of dollars of venture capital. There’s Robinhood to make invest

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Sleuth raises $3M Seed to bring order to continuous deployment

Sleuth, an early stage startup from three former Atlassian employees, wants to bring some much-needed order to the continuous delivery process. Today, the company announced it has raised a $3 million

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Firefox gets a better password manager and picture-in-picture support

Mozilla today launched version 76 of its Firefox browser, and with that, it’s launching a couple of new features that you’ll likely notice if you’re already using the open-source br

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Egypt's citrus farms flourish as country becomes world's largest orange exporter

People work in a orange company's packhouse in Beheira Province, north of the capital Cairo, Egypt on May 2, 2020.(Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)In the world's largest orange exporting country, Egyptian farmers

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Chinese factories turn to domestic market amid canceled export orders

After months of shutdown, factories in China have gradually reopened and workers have returned to factory floors. The rhythmic sounds of machinery are once again heard. But one problem persists: t

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Omilia raises $20M to use conversational AI for customer support

Omilia, a company headquartered in Greece that has built a conversational AI for customer support, has raised $20 million in its first ever funding round, having been bootstrapped since 2002.Backing c

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Singapore’s logistics startup Ninja Van raises $279M

Ninja Van, a Singapore-based logistics startup, has secured an additional $279 million in fresh funding as it works to scale its operations to keep up with the surge in e-commerce deliveries in six So

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All product creators can learn something from Jackbox Games’ user experiences

During this period of shelter-in-place, people have had to seek out new forms of entertainment and social interaction. Many have turned to a niche party series made by a company best known for an irre

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Google Meet shows up in Gmail inboxes, a few years too late

Google Meet — the video call service formerly known as Hangouts Meet, which itself was an offshoot from Hangouts, not to be confused with Google Chat, Duo, Allo, or any of the company’s other c

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NWU researchers develop a throat-worn wearable that could offer early warnings for COVID-19 patients

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is resulting in big shifts across industries, but the development of more long-term solutions that address a future in which what we need to do is mitigate the impact of

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‘Thor: Ragnarok’ director Taika Waititi is making a Star Wars movie

Taika Waititi already reinvigorated the Thor franchise. Now he’s looking to do the same for Star Wars.Waititi is probably best-known for directing “Thor: Ragnarok” — easily the best

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COVID-19 UK Roundup: Latest developments and challenges

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is due Sunday to present a possible way out of the coronavirus lockdown to get the world's fifth largest economy back to work without triggering a second spike

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A coronavirus vaccine cannot be reasonably expected until the end of 2021, professor says

A vaccine for Covid-19 will not be ready until the end of next year, according to Dale Fisher, chair of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Outbreak Alert and Re

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Coronavirus antibody test 'with almost 100% accuracy' could be in UK in weeks

The development offers fresh hope amid efforts to ease lockdowns, as its makers say it gives no false negative results.

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Here's why Steve Bannon can't be trusted

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon arrives to delivers a speech at Angelica Library in Rome, Italy, March 21, 2019. /AP Editor's note: Hannan Hussain is a security analyst at the Lond