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Instacart jumps into prescription delivery with Costco

Online grocery delivery company Instacart is launching a prescription delivery service through a partnership with Costco as demand for online delivery continues to rise amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Th

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With the U.S. pulling out, who funds the World Health Organization?

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he will suspend funding to the World Health Organization (WHO), after his very vocal criticism of the organization's handling of the pandemic.The

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Anodot grabs $35M Series C to help monitor business operations

Anodot, a startup that helps customers monitor business operations against a set of KPIs, announced a $35 million Series C investment today.Intel Capital led this round with a lot of help. New invest

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Everee raises a $10M Series A to scale its worker-friendly payroll software service

This morning Everee, a Utah-based software as a service (SaaS) startup focused on payroll, announced that it has closed a $10 million Series A. The funding event was led by Origin Ventures and Signal

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Learn In thinks a solution to layoffs is more sabbaticals

The COVID-19 pandemic has spun up a storm of layoffs across all industries in response to a decline in sales and consumerism. In the tech world, layoffs have impacted 24,000 people across all industri

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China donates testing kits, thermometers to help Lebanon fight COVID-19

China on Thursday donated 3,000 PCR testing kits and 200 manual thermometers to Lebanon to help the country fight against COVID-19. "Today, I have the honor to deliver

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Vaccine organizations call for improved global coordination

03:46 Two non-governmental vaccine organizations are calling for improved global coordination to develop vaccines for COVID-19. On Wednesday, CGTN spoke with the heads of the organizat

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Feature: Chinese experts in Kazakhstan give advice on protecting health workers

The 10-member Chinese medical team has continued their visit in Kazakhstan, giving suggestions to their Kazakh colleagues on how to lower infections among health worker

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Apply to compete in Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF 2020

Disrupt San Francisco 2020, the OG of startup tech conferences, takes place at Moscone West on Sept. 14 – 16. It’s an event you don’t want to miss, and we’re here to tell early-stage founders one of t

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Apple’s iPad Pro Magic Keyboard arrives next week, ahead of schedule

The global supply chain is currently being squeezed from all angles amid a global pandemic. At least one product, however, will arrive ahead of schedule. Originally planned for a May arrival, the iPad

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APD | Philippine President Duterte assures basic services for all

By APD writer Melo M. AcuñaMANILA With nearly 5,000 Filipinos found to be COVID-19 positive and 315 deaths reported by the Department of Health and against the ongoing

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China unveils how the future of work looks like

Editor's note: Matteo Giovannini is a finance professional at the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Beijing and a member of the China Task Force at the Italian Ministry of Economic Develo

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Labster’s latest partnership, and what it tells us about the future of remote learning

Labster, a virtual science lab edtech company, today announced that it is partnering with California’s community college network to bring its software to 2.1 million students.California Community Coll

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This venture firm is offering fast funding in a time of uncertainty

The early-stage venture firm NFX is launching a seed-funding initiative today that invites founders to apply for seed funding of $1 million to $2 million in exchange for 15% of their company.Why is th

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Facebook launches an experimental app for messaging close friends over Apple Watch

Facebook’s internal RD group has today launched a new app that lets you keep up with your close friends via your Apple Watch. The app is called Kit, or Keep in Touch, and works using a combinati

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Germany farms welcome seasonal workers to save crops despite COVID-19

03:06 In Germany, asparagus is a particularly prized national vegetable, marking the start of the spring harvest and adorning plates across the country next to buttered potatoes and ha

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Ofcom assesses TV presenter Eamonn Holmes' 5G conspiracy comments

The ITV presenter had said it was "very easy" to dismiss the theory "because it suits the state narrative".