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Acquitted Ugandan activist faints amid disorder at court

University lecturer and activist Doctor Stella Nyanzi (L) reacts in court as she attends a trial to face charges for cyber-harassment and offensives communication, in Kampala, on April 10, 2017./

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One year later, the future of foldables remains uncertain

Yesterday, Samsung announced that the Galaxy Flip Z sold out online. What, precisely, that means, is hard to say, of course, without specific numbers from the company. But it’s probably enough to make

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ChartHop grabs $5M seed led by a16z to automate the org chart

ChartHop, a startup that aims to modernize and automate the organizational chart, announced a $5 million seed investment today led by Andreessen Horowitz.A big crowd of other investors also participat

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BMW resumes production in China following the coronavirus disruption

Nearly 20,000 employees of the BMW Brilliance factories in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang returned to work on Monday. And the joint venture says it will fully resume normal production capa

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Colleges set up special subsidies for students from Hubei

Chinese universities have delayed the start of the new semester due to the coronavirus outbreak, but are showing their support for students from the epicenter, central

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Dr. Li Wenliang's case should not be framed as an ideological case

Editor's note: Cheng Dawei is a professor at School of Economics at Renmin University of China. The article reflects the author's opinions, and not necessarily the views of CGTN.Two people walk in

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UCLA backtracks on plan for campus facial recognition tech

After expressing interest in processing campus security camera footage with facial recognition software, UCLA is backing down.In a letter to Evan Greer of Fight for the Future, a digital privacy advoc

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Codeacademy has already outlived many rivals — is that enough?

Codeacademy, the New York-based online interactive platform that offers coding classes in a wide variety of programming languages, is a little like background noise; it’s been operating reliably

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Ex-YC partner Daniel Gross rethinks the accelerator

Amid skyrocketing operating expenses, remote work has become an obsession for Bay Area founders looking to have it both ways, accessing Silicon Valley’s networks of capital and opportunity witho

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Netflix acquires Adam McKay’s asteroid comedy ‘Don’t Look Up’, Jennifer Lawrence will star

Netflix announced today that it has acquired “Don’t Look Up,” a comedy written and directed by Adam McKay, with Jennifer Lawrence attached to star.The story sounds like a funhouse r

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India’s Swiggy raises $113M led by Prosus

Weeks after Zomato acquired Uber’s food delivery business in India, its chief local rival is bulking up some ammunition of its own.Swiggy, India’s largest food delivery startup, announced on Wednesda

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WHO chief mourns death of Chinese doctor in fight against COVID-19 outbreak

The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday mourned the death of a Chinese hospital chief who died of novel coronavirus

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Feature: Nurse in epidemic-hit city celebrates birthday with surprise cake

At midday on Feb. 13, Liu Xiaomeng, a nurse working in a hospital in the city of Wuhan, received a phone call asking her to pick up her takeout. She did not order any

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Indian musicians compose a song for China's fight against the coronavirus

Indian musicians wrote and performed a song "China, stay strong. Stay strong, Wuhan" to show their support for China's fight against coronavirus at a concert in Manipur

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U.S. Fed official says current federal funds rate appropriate

The U.S. economy is expected to grow at around 2 percent this year and current federal funds rate is "roughly appropriate," a senior Federal Reserve official said Tuesday. "It is my view that, based

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Trump tweets in support of selling U.S. jet parts to China

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday tweeted in support of U.S. companies continuing to supply China with jet engines and other high tech aeronautical equipment."The United States cannot, will not,

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Largest coronavirus study: mild for many, deadly among ailing elderly

More than 80 percent of the novel coronavirus cases were mild infections. But the virus proved fatal for elderly patients with multiple medical conditions, said the biggest-ever study related to t