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Cash-paying quiz app HQ Trivia goes bankrupt

The quiz app which was meant to pay its contestants cash prizes has gone bust after a potential investor pulled out of the deal.

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Profile: Nurse injects hope in virus-hit Wuhan

Wang Yongyan's aunt has prepared a little gift for her -- a wig. Wang is a nurse from the respiratory department of the People's Hospital in the city of Xingyi in sout

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Porto striker Moussa Marega walks off pitch after monkey chants

Porto's Mali international striker Moussa Marega walked off the pitch in disgust after being subjected to a torrent of monkey chants in a stormy Portuguese league game at Vitoria Guimaeres on Sund

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NBA stars show support for China in fight against virus

NBA commissioner Adam Silver (L) with Aaron Gordon after the Orlando Magic took him as the fourth pick of the 2014 NBA draft at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, USA, 26 June 2014. EPA/JASO

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Can we debate free will versus destiny in four pages?

The informal TechCrunch book club (which is now a whole week off schedule thanks to the news cycle — let’s see if we can catch up here shortly!) is now venturing into the very, very short story What’s

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Commentary: Time to build positive momentum in China-U.S. ties

Beijing and Washington rolled back some extra tariffs on imports from each other on Friday, in line with the China-U.S. phase-one economic and trade agreement signed last month in a joint bid to de-e

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"Steel Roses" unbeaten record in Olympic Qualifiers brightens Chinese hearts amid epidemic

China's women's football team, known as the "Steel Roses" have won wide acclaim from the media and fans after keeping an unbeaten record in the Olympic qualifiers Asian

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Syrians scramble for refuge in last opposition frontier

Throughout Syria’s civil war, Maad al-Khalaf helped other Syrians find shelter in the opposition enclave in the northwest as they fled government military advances arou

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HQ Trivia shuts down after acquisition falls through

HQ Trivia is dead. Today the company laid off its full staff of 25 and will cease operation of its trivia, sports, and word guessing games, a source close to the company confirmed.HQ Trivia had a deal

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Class action suit against Clearview AI cites Illinois law that cost Facebook $550M

Just two weeks ago Facebook settled a lawsuit alleging violations of privacy laws in Illinois for the considerable sum of $550 million. Now controversial startup Clearview AI, which has gleefully admi

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Chinese running at home attracts 250,000 views

00:33 How "spectacular" does a live running broadcast have to attract 250,000 views?Pan Shancu, a marathon runner from Hangzhou, capital city of Zhejiang Province, China, achieved it w

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Malaysian musicians create song to support China in fight against COVID-19

The ongoing fight against the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) has united not only the Chinese people, but also many around the world to voice their support in various ways. In Malaysia, a gro

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Hospital uses TCM to ease coronavirus symptoms

01:55 The war on the coronavirus has brought in forces that are used to being in battle. Some 1,400 military medics arrived in Wuhan on Thursday to join the city's fight against the co

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White House's controversial Fed nominee faces doubts, worries in confirmation hearing

A controversial nominee for the U.S. Federal Reserve's Board of Governors handpicked by the White House was questioned by the U.S. Senate on Thursday, as senators worried whether the nominee would b

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Barr swipes at Trump: Tweets make it ‘impossible’ to do job

Attorney General William Barr publicly swiped at President Donald Trump on Thursday, declaring the president’s tweets about Justice Department prosecutors and open case

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Shock as UK finance minister Sajid Javid quits amid government reshuffle

The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sajid Javid, has quit his role after reportedly refusing to sack his advisers.His departure from the second most senior post in go

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Soylent shakes up its executive team, naming Demir Vangelov as its new CEO

Soylent, the once high-flying Los Angeles-based meal replacement startup that has raised $72.4 million in financing from investors including Google Ventures, Lerer Hippeau and Andreessen Horowitz, ha