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Chinese community doctor enjoys "surprise" birthday cake at highway checkpoint

Huang Yongchao, a Chinese community doctor, currently works at a checkpoint of a highway gate in SW China's Yunan, for measuring the body temperatures of passengers du

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Cioplenu, the SaaS for ‘deskless’ workers on the production floor, raises €4.2M seed

Cioplenu, an Augsburg-based startup that is building what it dubs an “operating system” for the production floor, has raised €4.2M in seed financing. Leading the round is Berlin-based Cher

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Across China: Employee sharing program boosts job opportunities amid epidemic

While people in China are returning to work amid the epidemic, an employee sharing program in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has helped to solve the un

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Jong May practices aerial yoga

As an American in Beijing, Jong May works at an online English platform. She also has an aerial yoga teachers certificate and teaches yoga as a hobby. During the coronavirus breakout, she has been pr

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Cartesiam helps developers bring AI to microcontrollers

Cartesiam, a startup that aims to bring machine learning to edge devices powered by microcontrollers, has launched a new tool for developers who want an easier way to build services for these devices.

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Strattic raises $6.5M to bring static WordPress to the masses

WordPress remains the juggernaut of content management systems, even though it now often gets used in ways it was never intended. And with that, managing the life cycle of WordPress sites has only go

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Detroit-based Rocket Fiber acquired by Everstream

Rocket Fiber is the latest Detroit startup to be acquired. Today, the company is announcing it was acquired by Cleveland-based Everstream for an undisclosed amount.The founders tell TechCrunch the com

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Hasura raises $9.9M Series A to simplify GraphQL for developers

Hasura, a startup working to solve developer problems around connecting to databases when using the open-source GraphQL tool, announced a $9.9 million Series A investment today.Vertex Ventures US led

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Panasonic is ending its solar cell partnership with Tesla

Panasonic said it will stop producing solar cells and modules at Tesla’s factory in Buffalo, New York, ending a four-year joint venture with the electric automaker. Nikkei Asian Review was the f

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Human feet developed arches 3.5m years ago - a 'key step' in evolution

Anthropologists have long debated how the structure of the human foot creates the stiffness that is essential for upright walking.

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Experts call for rigorous design over clinical trials on COVID-19

Twelve Chinese medical experts issued a joint paper on Wednesday calling for well-designed and orderly clinical trials on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients.The paper, published on Chinese

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Leonardo da Vinci exhibition's popularity smashes Louvre's record

Nearly 1.1 million people flocked to see a blockbuster Leonardo da Vinci exhibition at the Louvre in Paris before it closed Monday – an all-time record – the museum sai

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Wuhan community outreach employee's unique medicine delivery style

Feng Feng carries prescriptions for residents in the community of Huiminyuan in Jiang'an District, Wuhan, Feb. 24, 2020. (Xinhua)There were too many bags. Then an idea

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New York’s BounceX reaches $100M ARR, rebrands

Welcome to the $100 million ARR club, BounceX.This morning (evening, timezone depending), BounceX, a New York-based marketing technology startup, announced that it has reached the $100 million annual

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Chinese painters work at home in Hunan

Painter Wan Yonghong works on a traditional Chinese painting at home in Xinhe Village of Xiaohe Township in Liuyang, central China's Hunan Province, Feb. 25, 2020. Xiaohe has 460 part-time painte

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Checkout.com acquires payment optimization startup ProcessOut

Checkout.com, the quiet London-based payment platform, has acquired its first startup, ProcessOut. Checkout.com surprised everyone last year when it announced a giganti

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Comcast acquires free streaming service Xumo

Comcast has acquired Xumo, a free, ad-supported streaming service with more than 190 different channels.The service has a complicated ownership history — it began in 2011 as a joint venture between P