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Year of the OX : Getting ready for Chinese New Year celebrations

04:04 Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is China's most important holiday. It is rich in customs and traditions. Starting it off right sets the tone

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Lewis Hamilton signs new one-year Mercedes contract

FILE PHOTO: Mercedes boss Toto Wolff (R) speaks with Lewis Hamilton after the F1 Turkish Grand Prix in Instanbul, Turkey, November 15, 2020. /CFP Seven-time reigning Formula One world champion

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Ofcom versus CGTN – is the ban really justifiable?

A scene from a programme on CGTN. /Getty Editor's note:Jonathan Arnott is a former member of the European Parliament. The article reflects the author's opinions, and not necessarily the views

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Bumble’s first date with the public markets

The public markets have been so active lately that it’s hard to drum up excitement for yet another company making its way to the bull market. But, in the case of Bumble, a dating app where women messa

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Beijing to write history in hosting Olympics: IOC president

00:41 Beijing will write history as it will be the first city ever to host both the winter and summer editions of the Olympic Games. This is already an achievement itse

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Beijing Olympic progress 'great example of Chinese dynamism'

02:37 Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, has returned to China (virtually) to mark a year before the start of the Beijing Winter Games 2022.The German f

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Exxon Mobil reports huge 2020 loss as changes draw mixed reviews

Signage is displayed at an Exxon Mobil gas station in Falls Church, Virginia, U.S., April 28, 2020. /VCG Exxon Mobil closed the books on a terrible 2020 on Tuesday, reporting losses in the fou

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Sweden Democrats Seek to Limit IT Giants' Influence, Ensure Freedom of Expression

The national-conservative Sweden Democrats want to introduce a parliamentary committee to limit the powers of IT giants and guarantee that freedom of expression online

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VC meets the land of opportunity

The wave of venture capital interest in geographies other than Silicon Valley has been building momentum over the past 5+ years. If you measure capital flow by Twitter chatter alone, you may assume th

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Kleiner Perkins’ Bucky Moore will outline what to think about before raising a Series A at Early Stage in April

Kleiner Perkins is one of the most prestigious venture firms in all of Silicon Valley. The firm has invested in startups like Twitter, Google, Square, Peloton, Spotify, Robinhood and many, many more.

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5 ways Robinhood’s rushed UX changes exacerbated the GameStop crisis

The GameStop debacle has been hailed by many as a first of its kind form of digital activism, with the ‘crowd’ coming together to stick it to Wall Street, and specifically hedge funds that

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Three crucial pathways to restoring economic growth in 2021

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ProtonMail, Threema, Tresorit and Tutanota warn EU lawmakers over ‘anti-encryption’ push

Four European apps which secure user data via end-to-end encryption, ProtonMail, Threema, Tresorit and Tutanota, have issued a joint-statement warning over recent moves by EU institutions that they sa

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Classiq raises $10.5M Series A round for its quantum software development platform

Classiq, a Tel Aviv-based startup that aims to make it easier for computer scientists and developers to create quantum algorithms and applications, today announced that it has raised a $10.5 million S

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Joanne Chen just became the first woman GP at Foundation Capital since founder Kathryn Gould

Joanne Chen just became the second general partner in the history of the now 26-year-old, Silicon Valley venture firm, Foundation Capital.Were she still alive, Foundation’s founder, Kathryn Goul

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Sony’s tempts professionals with the top-shelf, top-tier Alpha 1

Sony is making a play for the top end of the professional digital camera world, where videographers and sports photographers demand immaculate image quality at high resolutions in short order. The new

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These investors want to back ‘ridiculously early’ female-led African startups

In 2019, female-led companies received less than 5 percent of the global venture capital. Bringing it to Africa, only 10 percent of the West African startups that cumulatively raised $1 million had at