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Shanghai’s first exhibition "From Renaissance to the 19th Century"

Orpheus and Eurydice by Tiziano Vecelli Saint Domitilla by Pieter Paul Rubens Madonna and Child by Giovanni Bellini Visitors appreciate the original creations A mal

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Impressionists open a window to France's Normandy

When Debussy's Arabesque arrived in a long corridor of the art gallery at the China Millennium Monument, the 2021 Croisements Festival saw its last exhibition.Oil paintings of France's Normand

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Maven’s comprehensive approach to women’s health earns it unicorn status

For Kate Ryder, the founder of women’s health clinic and benefits platform Maven, business is personal. During the first year of building her company, Ryder experienced a miscarriage. Maven began offe

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Bird is the latest operator to integrate its e-scooters and e-bikes with Google Maps

Micromobility company Bird has officially joined the ranks of e-scooter and e-bike operators that are integrated with Google Maps, which now surfaces nearby vehicles for users in the U.S.Bird’s

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Tinder to tackle catfishing with ID verification

The introduction of the ID verification service follows Sky News revealing more than £63m was stolen by online romance scammers last year.

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African fintech Pngme raises $15M for its financial data infrastructure platform

Unbundling financial data through APIs and driving data-driven insights with value-add products in Africa keeps getting more exciting as major players continue to raise more money for scale.Less than

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Revenue-based financing startup Jenfi raises $6.3M to focus on high-growth Southeast Asian companies

Many Southeast Asian digital businesses run into obstacles when seeking early-stage growth financing. They might not want to sell equity in their company, but often struggle to secure working capital

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Twitter taps crypto developer to lead ‘bluesky’ decentralized social network effort

Twitter’s ambitious upstart decentralized social media working group “bluesky” took an important step Monday as the social media company appointed a formal project lead who will dire

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Cisco beefing up app monitoring portfolio with acquisition of Epsagon for $500M

Cisco announced on Friday that it’s acquiring Israeli applications monitoring startup Epsagon at a price pegged at $500 million. The purchase gives Cisco a more modern microservices-focused comp

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WHO expert criticizes politicizing virus study

00:41 World Health Organization (WHO) expert Dmitry Lvov has criticized politicization of tracing the coronavirus origins and recognized China's efforts in virus research.In an intervie

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Facebook is bringing end-to-end encryption to Messenger calls and Instagram DMs

Facebook has extended the option of using end-to-end encryption for Messenger voice calls and video calls.End-to-end encryption (E2EE) — a security feature that prevents third-parties from eavesdroppi

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NASA's Mars helicopter spots Perseverance rover from above - can you?

"The laws of physics may say it's near impossible to fly on Mars, but actually flying a heavier-than-air vehicle on the red planet is much harder than that," the space agency has quipped.

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YC-backed Tablevibe’s customer surveys help restaurants reduce their reliance on delivery apps

Food delivery apps offer convenience for customers, but a host of headaches for restaurants, like commissions as high as 40% and very few tools to build customer loyalty. Based in Singapore, Tablevibe

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TikTok to add more privacy protections for teenaged users, limit push notifications

TikTok today becomes the latest tech company to roll out increased protections for minors on its platform in the wake of increased regulatory scrutiny. The company says it will introduce a series of p

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Crypto tax software provider TaxBit raises $130M at a $1.33B valuation

Just five months after raising a $100 million Series A, TaxBit announced today it has raised $130 million in a Series B round of funding.The latest financing officially makes the Salt Lake City, Utah-

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Consumer goods software company Aforza bags $22M to open US headquarters

Aforza, developing cloud and mobile apps for consumer goods companies, announced a $22 million Series A round led by DN Capital.The London-based company’s technology is built on the Salesforce and Goo

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Miao wax dyeing adds ethnic flair to fashion

Fashion designer Cheng Hao works at his studio in Danzhai county, Guizhou province, Aug 10, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] The 42-year-old designer Cheng Hao fell in love with the Miao people's wax dyein