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Zimbabwe fully reopens tourism sector after COVID-19 shutdown

A picture of Zimbabwe's Victoria Falls, one of the country's most iconic tourist attraction sites. /VCG Zimbabwe has fully reopened its tourism sector after five months of closure due to the C

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Optimizely acquired by content management company Episerver

Episerver is announcing that it has reached an agreement to acquire Optimizely for an undisclosed sum.Optimizely was founded in 2009 by Dan Siroker and Pete Koomen. It became synonymous with A/B test

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EU top diplomat in Libya to push for peace talks

The EU's foreign policy chief held talks with Libya's UN recognised government on Tuesday to push for renewed efforts to resolve the country's long-running conflict. /Getty Images The EU's for

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Not just an urban legend: Heart of Belgian mayor dug out of fountain

For more than a century, a spine-chilling story has circulated through the residents of the Belgian town of Verviers – that inside Fountaine David, was buried the heart of Pierre David, the city's fi

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Chinese mainland sends 164 experts to support HK COVID-19 testing

Hong Kong people welcome the testing personnel at the hotel, HKSAR, China, August 28, 2020. /CCTVA nucleic acid testing team with 164 members dispatched by the National

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SaaS stocks survive earnings, keeping the market warm for software startups, exits

We’re on the other end of nearly every single SaaS earnings report that you can name, with the exception of Slack, and shares of software companies are holding onto their year’s gains. Whi

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Google is pushing to get the Nest Hub in more hotel rooms

Given the number of rooms I’ve stayed in over the past couple of years that still sported a 30-pin iPod alarm clock, I think it’s a safe bet that refreshing a new technology isn’t high up on the list

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China's steel output hits record in July on strong domestic demand

VCG China's steel sector registered record high output last month on surging domestic demand due to a flurry of infrastructure projects, industry data showed, as the country introduced massive

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Ecuador official highlights China's cooperation in COVID-19 fight

A medical worker wearing a mask and cap walks near a hospital in Quito, Ecuador, March 5, 2020. (Photo by Santiago Armas/Xinhua) Ecuador's Vice Minister of Health Xavier Solorzano highlighted

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Egypt's el-Sisi welcomes ceasefire announced by Libya's factions

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi during a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York City, the U.S. /Re

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The founders of Blavity and The Shade Room are coming to Disrupt 2020

Although the media industry is currently in the midst of a long-overdue reckoning over diversity, representation and racism, Morgan DeBaun and Angie Nwandu have been building a more diverse digital m

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Take-Two Interactive acquires Two Dots game developer for $192M

Playdots — developer of the mobile games Dots, Two Dots and Dots Co. — has reached an agreement to be acquired by publisher Take-Two Interactive.Take-Two will pay $192 million for the deal, $90 millio

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Equity Monday: A good time for ambitious startups to take on BigTech

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest big ne

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WHO commends South Africa's efforts against COVID-19

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus /Photo by James Chau The World Health Organization has commended South Africa for its response towards the COVID-19 pandemic, despite being the

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Fortnite sues Apple and Google after it is dropped from app stores

Epic Games' lawsuit is not seeking money but is asking for injunctions that would change the way tech firms run their app stores.

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Fortnite for Android just got axed from the Google Play Store too

After Epic Games picked a fight with Apple over the sizable chunk of fees the company takes on transactions in its mobile ecosystem, it looks like the Fortnite developer will be waging a war on two f

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Google makes building Android apps on Chrome OS easier

Google today launched ChromeOS.dev, a new site that aims to help developers get started with building Android apps for the company’s Linux-based operating system. With today’s update, Goo