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Aisera, an AI tool to help with customer service and internal operations, exits stealth with $50M

Robotic process automation — the ability to automate certain repetitive software-based tasks to free up people to focus on work that computers cannot do — has become a major growth area in

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Secret’s founder returns with anti-loneliness app Ikaria

“I don’t feel good about that. That sucks” Chrys Bader-Wechseler reflects when asked about the bullying that went down on the anonymous app Secret he co-founded in 2013. After $35 m

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How Spotify ran the largest Google Dataflow job ever for Wrapped 2019

In early December, Spotify launched its annual personalized Wrapped playlist with its users’ most-streamed sounds of 2019. That has become a bit of a tradition and isn’t necessarily anyth

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China pledges sufficient funding support for poverty alleviation in epidemic-hit regions

Chinese authorities on Tuesday pledged to ensure sufficient funding support for poverty alleviation work in epidemic-hit regions to secure a final victory in the tough

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Beethoven museum in Bonn gets a new lease of life

02:59 You might miss it altogether if it wasn't for the signs.Beyond the pink facade with green shutters in Bonn, Germany, lies the largest Beethoven collection in the world.At the bac

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S.Korea to push for inter-Korean railway, road reconnection project

South Korean Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul said Tuesday that the country will push for the project with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to reconn

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Global crisis highlights importance of building shared future community for mankind: sociologist

It is in times of global crisis, like the current outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), that human beings can best realize their common humanity and shared common interests, said wor

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NZ colleges make arrangements for Chinese students amid coronavirus

A passenger wears a mask at Shanghai railway station in Shanghai, China, January 22, 2020. /Reuters Photo One of New Zealand's largest universities has appealed for understanding about the cor

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So much for pessimism

After WeWork exploded there was — at least supposedly — a change in sentiment among investors and founders alike. Gone were the days of easy nine-figure rounds, expensive growth, negative unit economi

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Leveraging TikTok for growth

Once you have a product, distributing it becomes the next challenge for any entrepreneur. At TRASH (one-tap video editing), we looked to TikTok as a potential marketing channel. As early learnings sta

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Daily Crunch: HQ Trivia is dead

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Chinese coastal city to provide free trips for medical workers

Medical staff assemble before leaving for Wuhan of Hubei Province, at the airport in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 2, 2020.(Xinhua/Liu Ku

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APD | China-Pakistan Economic Corridor - real game changer for Pakistan, region

By APD writer Imdad Hussain Editor's note : Imdad Hussain currently works as Senior Producer and reporter at state-run Television based in Islamabad, having experience

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APD | China-Pakistan Economic Corridor - real game changer for Pakistan, region

By APD writer Imdad Hussain Editor's note : Imdad Hussain currently works as Senior Producer and reporter at state-run Television based in Islamabad, having experience

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Pompeo starts Africa tour amid potential U.S. troops cuts

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walks with Senegal's Foreign Minister Amadou Ba at the Presidential Palace in Dakar, Senegal, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. /AP Photo U.S. Secretary of State Mike

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Will Scottish independence be the first challenge after Brexit?

In the singing of Auld Lang Syne, the UK left the European Union on January 31, ending its 47-year membership of the world's biggest trading bloc. The quit perhaps temporarily ends the bargain betwee

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Silicon Valley Community Foundation challenges donors to address local problems

Over the last decade, Silicon Valley Community Foundation has become one of the favorite destinations for tech philanthropy.Counting Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey and Reed Hastings among its donors, S