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Apply today to be a TC Top Pick at Disrupt SF 2020

Opportunity’s a hot currency, and every early-stage startup founder’s on the lookout for it. Anything and everything that can help bring the dream to fruition, right? You’ll find three days packed wit

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News Analysis: Hong Kong's cloud economics grows amid COVID-19 epidemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a blow to the economy, leaving most shops in Hong Kong in peak hours at least half empty, if not deserted. Meanwhile, cloud economics h

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Opera singer Andrea Bocelli to perform live on Easter from Italy's empty Duomo Cathedral

Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli, one of the world's most famous tenors, will perform a concert at the empty Duomo Cathedral in Milan, Italy on Easter night, which w

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Chinese medical team arrives in Myanmar to help in COVID-19 fight

A medical team from China arrived in here on Wednesday to assist the Myanmar government's ongoing efforts in fight against COVID-19. The 12-membered Chinese medical te

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Trump is pushing 'game changer' drug to treat coronavirus - but what is it?

Despite little research on the drug's effectiveness, the US president is keen to get the medicine approved.

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COVID-19 deaths surpass 10,000 in France

As France entered its fourth week of lockdown, the coronavirus epidemic still hit hard, claiming on Tuesday 1,417 more deaths in hospitals and nursing homes, making th

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BiH hosts "Me & China" cultural event

A cultural event entitled "Me China," organized by the Chinese Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), concluded here on Tuesday, the embassy said. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the establ

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Silicon Valley Bank only started processing stimulus loan applications today

In a sign of just how broken the process is for startups looking to receive stimulus dollars, Silicon Valley Bank, the bank that claims “more innovative startups bank with us than any other ban

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COVID-19 deaths top 80,000 worldwide: Johns Hopkins University

Italy had seen the most deaths, standing at 17,127 among 135,586 confirmed cases.NEW YORK, April 7 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from COVID-19 exceeded 80,000 worldwide by

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Tyto Care raises $50 million as it looks to buy and build new services during COVID-19 demand surge

Tyto Care, the provider of a home health diagnostic device and telemedicine consultation app, said it has raised $50 million in a new round of funding.The round was led by Insight Partners, Olive Tree

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GV’s M.G. Siegler on portfolio management, crisis fundraising and his latest investment

The pandemic crisis has pushed entrepreneurs and investors into unknown territory.Google’s GV just led a $10 million investment in Universe, a low-friction website builder that’s venturing

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Shippo raises a $30M Series C after posting rapid 2019 growth

Early this afternoon Shippo, a shipping software and services company, announced that it has closed a $30 million Series C. The funding round roughly doubles the capital that the firm has raised to-da

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Daily Crunch: Airbnb raises another $1B

Airbnb turns to private equity for new funding, WhatsApp takes new steps to fight disinformation and another potential COVID-19 vaccine enters human trials. Here’s your Daily Crunch for April 7,

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A domestic take on art to fight isolation

Between the increasing numbers of infections and deaths, some sensationalistic approaches, heart-breaking stories of families separated, and death and life choices with

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Diary in Rome: As Rome's coronavirus lockdown drags on, number of rule-breakers is rising

A woman walks on a street in Turin, Italy, on April 4, 2020. (Photo by Federico Tardito/Xinhua) Italy has been in a nationwide lockdown for nearly a month to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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CyberMDX raises $20M to help improve medical device security

Healthcare security startup CyberMDX has raised $20 million in its latest round of fundraising, the company confirmed Tuesday.The New York-based security company works primarily to secure medical devi

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India converts train carriages into hospital wards

An Indian Railways employee works to convert a train coach into an isolation ward for COVID-19 patients, April 2, 2020. /AP Indian Railways has taken up a new task of converting its train carr