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California GOP gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder accused of waving a gun at his ex-fiancee

California gubernatorial candidate and conservative talk show host Larry Elder has been accused of waving a gun at his ex-fiancee, according to a report from Politico.A

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Tibet sees remarkable development in past 70 years

06:54 Editor's note: China's Tibet Autonomous Region is celebrating the 70th anniversary of peaceful liberation, a turning point in the region's history. Although some

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Fontinalis Partners, the early mobility-focused VC firm backed by Ford, rolls out a third fund

Fontinalis Partners, a 12-year-old, Detroit-based venture firm that was among the earliest early-stage venture outfits to focus squarely on mobility, has collected $104 million in capital commitments

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Two senators urge the FTC to investigate Tesla over ‘Full Self-Driving’ statements

Two Democratic senators have asked the new chair of the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Tesla’s statements about the autonomous capabilities of its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving systems. The

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Facebook releases a glimpse of its most popular posts, but we don’t learn much

Facebook is out with a new report collecting the most popular posts on the platform, responding to critics who believe the company is deliberately opaque about its top-performing content.Facebook̵

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​Sci-fi writer wins China's top children's literature award

Sci-fi pioneer, scholar and writer Wu Yan won this year's National Outstanding Children's Literature Award for his latest work China Orbit and he told China.org.cn that he's happy that his

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YouTube upgrades search with chapter previews and better recommendations for translated videos

YouTube announced two feature updates today to make it easier for people to find the content they’re looking for on the platform. This includes visual search features and easier discovery of for

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Daily Crunch: Salesforce rolls out initial post-acquisition Slack integrations

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 17, 2021. Today we have

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For British agency Ascendant, growth marketing is much more than a set of tactics

Growth marketing is often misconceived as a set of tactics when it’s much more: It is a process that startups need to put in place in their early days that will scale as their customer base and

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Branch raises $48M from Lee Fixel’s Addition, Indeed to provide accelerated payments to workers

Branch, which has built a flexible workforce payments platform, announced today it has raised $48 million in Series B funding and closed on a $500 million credit facility.Lee Fixel’s Addition –– which

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International community calls for 'safe and orderly departure' of foreign nationals and Afghans

More than 60 members of the international community called for the "safe and orderly departure" from Afghanistan of foreign nationals and Afghans on Sunday, hours after

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Daily Crunch: Israel-based stroke therapy tech startup BrainQ raises $40M

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 16, 2021. While the wor

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Twitter to redesign new redesign after headache complaints

Although the major changes to the design of the app and website were introduced to make the platform "more accessible", some have complained it is causing them eye strain.

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Tinder will soon make voluntary ID Verification available globally

Tinder announced this morning that in the “coming quarters,” users will be able to verify their ID on the app. This feature was first rolled out in Japan in 2019, where

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Malaysia PM quits after just 17 months in office

Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin waves as he arives at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur on August 16, 2021, as he was expected to quit after just 17 months in office. /AFP Malaysi

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Roblox acquires Discord competitor Guilded

Roblox is using MA to bulk up its social infrastructure, announcing Monday morning that they had acquired the team at Guilded which has been building a chat platform for competitive gamers.The service

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Why regulators love Nuro’s self-driving delivery vehicles

Nuro’s delivery autonomous vehicles (AVs) don’t have a human driver on board. The company’s founders Dave Ferguson (president) and Jiajun Zhu’s (CEO) vision of a driverless del