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Apple releases its ‘Best of 2020’ App Store winners and most downloaded apps of the year

Apple today released its highly anticipated annual list of the best apps and games of 2020. As in previous years, App Store editors selected the winners based on factors like the app’s quality,

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Find out how we’re working toward living and working in space at TC Sessions: Space 2020

The idea of people going to live and work in space, outside of the extremely unique case of the International Space Station, has long been the strict domain of science fiction. That’s changing

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China's new law on export control takes effect

China's latest law on export control took effect on Tuesday, allowing the government to act against countries that abuse export controls in a way that harms China's int

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Mukbang videos made illegal in Guangdong, S China

Guangdong Province in south China has made it illegal for live streamers to present Mukbang or other types of binge-eating videos.The recent decision can be regarded as

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ServiceNow is acquiring Element AI, the Canadian startup building AI services for enterprises

ServiceNow, the cloud-based IT services company, is making a significant acquisition today to fill out its longer-term strategy to be a big player in the worlds of automation and artificial intelligen

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My Tibet story: Conquering Mount Qomolangma

04:08 Andrea Cardona is a Guatemalan mountaineer and the first Central American woman to reach the world's highest peak, Mount Qomolangma.In this video, viewers can fol

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China to ban all imports of solid waste from 2021

VCGChina will ban all imports of solid waste from January 1, 2021, authorities have said.The dumping, stacking and disposal of waste products from overseas on Chinese t

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PBOC: China very likely to achieve positive growth in 2020

It will be a "high-probable event" for China to achieve positive economic growth in 2020, the central bank said on Thursday.The People's Bank of China (PBOC) said that

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Primates in Jeopardy: The most ancient orangutan species

00:54 The Tapanuli orangutan, one of the world's rarest orangutans, was classified as a distinct species in 2017, separate from the Sumatran orangutan and Bornean orang

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New Wonder Woman film set in Cold War era out in December

The upcoming Hollywood film Wonder Woman 1984 will debut both online and in theaters in the United States next month, Warner Bros Pictures announced on Wednesday.The highly anticipated superhero film

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Flexible expressions could lift 3D-generated faces out of the uncanny valley

3D-rendered faces are a big part of any major movie or game now, but the task of capturing and animated them in a natural way can be a tough one. Disney Research is working on ways to smooth out this

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China's Chang'e-5 lunar probe lifts off to collect moon samples

China has launched the Chang'e-5 lunar probe from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern province of Hainan .This is the China's first sample return missio

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Week in Review: Venture-backed loneliness

Hello everyone and welcome back to Week in Review! Natasha here, subbing in for Lucas while he’s out. This week, we’ll talk about loneliness raising money and how Zoom fatigue is fueling innovation.Fo

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China, Saudi Arabia: Partners in shaping innovation-based economies

02:22 Saudi Arabia is looking to strengthen its partnership with China on the technological front as the Gulf kingdom sets it goal of transforming into an innovation-ba

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Near acquires Teemo to expand its data business into Europe

Two companies in the data business are teaming up, with Near announcing that it has acquired French startup Teemo.Near founder and CEO Anil Mathews told me that his company processes data around the

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'Exporting plastic waste has to stop,' warns environmental chief

04:04 China's plan to ban single-use plastics in less than five years' time is welcome but will be challenging, says Isabel Hilton, the CEO of China Dialogue.Hilton hai

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'Wonder Woman' sequel to launch on HBO Max streaming and theaters

The much-delayed Warner Bros. superhero sequel "Wonder Woman 1984" will premiere on HBO Max and in theaters simultaneously from Christmas Day in the United States, the studio announced Wednesday.T