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Parasite: Lessons on honesty and artistry

Editor's note:Mike Cormack is a writer, editor and reviewer mostly focusing on China, where he lived from 2007 to 2014. He edited Agenda Beijing and is a regular book reviewer for the South China

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HQ Trivia shuts down after acquisition falls through

HQ Trivia is dead. Today the company laid off its full staff of 25 and will cease operation of its trivia, sports, and word guessing games, a source close to the company confirmed.HQ Trivia had a deal

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Better know a CSO: Dropbox head of security Justin Berman

Justin Berman has one of the most important jobs at Dropbox.As head of security, he oversees the company’s cybersecurity strategy, its defenses and works daily to keep its more than 600 million

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Science behind the virus: How long will it take to develop a vaccine?

04:11 Since 2003 the world has faced three outbreaks caused by the coronavirus family. But a vaccine was absent during the outbreak of SARS, and MERS, and very likely, this time too. B

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NATO is in its death throes

Editor's note: Azhar Azam works in a private organization as a market and business analyst and writes about geopolitical issues and regional conflicts. The article reflects the author's opinions a

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NATO is in its death throes

Editor's note: Azhar Azam works in a private organization as a market and business analyst and writes about geopolitical issues and regional conflicts. The article reflects the author's opinions a

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How a 3D printing company tries to keep jobs amid coronavirus epidemic

02:58 The coronavirus outbreak and the subsequent suspension of business operations have pushed millions of small businesses over the edge in China, prompting authorities to think abou

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7-month-old Simsim secures $16M for its social commerce in India

Simsim, a social commerce startup in India, said on Friday it has raised $16 million in seven months of its existence as it attempts to replicate the offline retail experience in the digital world wit

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Trump bringing back trusted aide Hope Hicks to White House

Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trump’s most trusted and longest-serving aides, is returning to the White House as the president works to surround himself with loya

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Getting tech right in Iowa and elsewhere requires insight into data, human behavior

What happened in Iowa’s Democratic caucus last week is a textbook example of how applying technological approaches to public sector work can go badly wrong just when we need it to go right.While

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Los Angeles-based ‘deep tech’ investment firm Riot Ventures is raising a $75M fund

Riot Ventures, the Los Angeles-based, early-stage and deep technology investment firm is going out to market to raise a $75 million second fund to finance the development of startups in LA and beyond,

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Apple expands ‘Quick Look’ to let retailers sell things directly in augmented reality

That couch you’re thinking about sure would look good in your living room… or would it?To drag up a decade-old (!) catchphrase: There’s an app for that. There are a ton of apps for t

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Ending conflicts, developing infrastructure are critical for Africa

Africa's first Chinese standard modern railway was established in Nigeria. Editor's note: Azhar Azam works in a private organization as a market and business analyst and writes about geopoliti

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Flip raises $4M to pounce on the growing sector of employee messaging

By now we’re all familiar with text messaging groups for multi-person co-ordination. I’ve lost count of how many WhatsApp, Telegram and Facebook messenger groups I’m on! Other apps like Threema have

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Director of Wuhan gymnasium-converted makeshift hospital reveals its making, patient treatment

The first batch of 28 patients who had recovered from COVID-19 were discharged from a gymnasium-converted makeshift hospital on Tuesday afternoon in Wuhan. Director of

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China develops non-contact ID recognition, body temperature warning system

Chinese researchers have developed a comprehensive system in contactless body temperature screening and identification recognition, targeting to facilitate the prevent

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FAO chief says sustainable development of agriculture key to ending hunger

The sustainable development of agriculture is the key to ending hunger, said Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Qu Dongyu on Wednesday.