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House passes John Lewis voting rights bill on party lines

The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act passed the House on Tuesday, with the 219-212 vote going along party lines.The bill, named after the late Georgia represent

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Ramp and Brex draw diverging market plans with M&A strategies

Earlier today, spend management startup Ramp said it has raised a $300 million Series C that valued it at $3.9 billion. It also said it was acquiring Buyer, a “negotiation-as-a-service” platform that

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Daily Crunch: Internet watchdog Citizen Lab says iPhone spyware dodges Apple’s security measures

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here.Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for August 24, 2021. Today’s news

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Hackers leak security footage of abuse inside Iran's notorious Evin prison

The surveillance video shows inmates fighting, being hit by guards and dragged along the floor, and in one scene smashing a bathroom mirror in an attempt to use the glass to self-harm.

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ICON lands $207M Series B to construct more 3D-printed homes after seeing 400% YoY revenue growth

Creating single-family homes for the homeless using 3D printing robotics. Developing construction systems to create infrastructure and habitats on the moon, and eventually Mars, with NASA. Delivering

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Guaranteed income for kids has arrived in America

Last week, the next chapter in the great American experiment with guaranteed income continued. Nearly every parent with a child in this country had a check deposited in

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India’s Khatabook raises $100 million for its bookkeeping platform for merchants

Khatabook, a startup that is helping merchants in India digitize their bookkeeping and accept online payments, said on Tuesday it has raised $100 million in a new financing round as it prepares to lau

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Daily Crunch: Virgin Orbit rockets to $3.2B valuation in SPAC merger

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here.Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for August 23, 2021. We’ve got a s

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Pry Financials raises $4.2M to make startup accounting more approachable

Pry Financials wants to make startup finances approachable for its entire team, not just the people in charge of its accounting spreadsheets. The Y Combinator alum announced today it has raised $4.2 m

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UK government and police servers 'vulnerable to new Microsoft email hack'

Microsoft has been criticised by a former employee for its "knowingly awful" messaging to customers to update their Exchange email systems since the vulnerabilities were discovered earlier this year.

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Gaming for climate change: Will it lead youths and governments to act?

04:00 The blazing wildfire continues to deplete the forest cover shrinking the habitat and resources of a sugar glider – a tiny flying marsupial. With food availability getting scarce a

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Is China a new moderator world power?

VCG Editor's note:Alessandro Golombiewski Teixeira is a national thousand talent distinguished professor of public policy at the School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, an

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Taliban want ties with all countries, denies kidnapping of foreigners

A Taliban member stands guard in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Aug. 21, 2021. /Xinhua The Taliban said on Saturday that it intended to have diplomatic and trade ties with all countries around

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Meet Nicholas Burns, Biden's ambassador to China

On Friday, U.S. President Joe Biden announced he plans to nominate senior diplomat and former State Department official Nicholas Burns to serve as his administration's ambassador to China and lead

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APD | Weekly top 10 hot news (Aug. 14 - Aug. 20)

Every weekend, Asia Pacific Daily will provide you with a run-down of the latest hot news.This week, the following hot news you should know:Top 1 | Huawei CFO's extradi

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Growth roundup: Mail privacy protection and growth marketing beyond the tactics

“Email impacts marketing strategy and enables better overall business success. It’s the lifeblood of an effective multichannel campaign,” says Melissa Sargeant, CMO at Litmus. “However, Apple’s Mail P

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Rutter comes out of stealth with $1.5M in funding for its e-commerce API

Rutter, a remote-first company, is developing a unified e-commerce API that enables companies to connect with data across any platform.On Friday the company announced it was emerging from stealth with