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Original Content podcast: The pandemic thriller ‘Songbird’ could have been a lot worse

Let’s be clear: “Songbird” is not a good movie.It’s hard to see how it could have been any good, since “Songbird” was written shortly after the pandemic began and

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How Zoox turned a failed Series C into the future

I often begin calls with founders by asking why they’re willing to bet their livelihoods on an idea that will most likely fail. It’s a small hack that lets me see how vulnerable a founder is, and how

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China curbs poverty at home, redoubles efforts to cage monster abroad

A Health agent of the City of Rio de Janeiro performs a COVID-19 rapid test on Aloizio dos Santos, 78, while another writes down the information of the person at Morro da Mangueira (favela) in Ri

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What does Trump's former science adviser's words really mean?

Screenshot of the Politico article about herd immunity in the United States. Editor's note:Bradley Blankenship is a Prague-based American journalist, political analyst and freelance reporter.

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What does Trump's former science adviser's words really mean?

As an American citizen, I am very much used to the fact that Washington simply does not care about the average citizen. The health care system leaves tens of thousands

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What does Trump's former science adviser's words really mean?

Screenshot of the Politico article about herd immunity in the United States. Editor's note:Bradley Blankenship is a Prague-based American journalist, political analyst and freelance reporter.

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Is rising usage driving crypto’s recent price boom?

Everything is dumb until it works.As 2020 comes to a close, the cryptocurrency world is experiencing another late-year surge of consumer interest as prices climb in value. Bitcoin is over $23,000 as I

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Perigee snares $1.5M seed to secure HVAC and other infrastructure

It’s been an eventful fall for Perigee CEO and founder Mollie Breen. The former NSA employee participated in the TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield in September, and she just closed her firs

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Hightouch raises $2.1M to help businesses get more value from their data warehouses

Hightouch, a SaaS service that helps businesses sync their customer data across sales and marketing tools, is coming out of stealth and announcing a $2.1 million seed round. The round was led by Afore

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The Belt and Road Initiative is here to stay

A new report published by The Financial Times on December 12 claims to forecast the "unraveling .. [of] China's first overseas debt crisis," alleging that the wheels of

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Japan picks 'mitsu' as kanji of 2020 reflecting year of COVID-19

Japan on Monday picked "mitsu," used repeatedly in calls to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, as its kanji, or Chinese character, of 2020.The character "mitsu"(密) is a catchphrase used

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APD | EU DisinfoLab Report on India

Author: Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan, Sinologist (ex-Diplomat), Editor, Analyst, Non-Resident Fellow of CCG (Center for China and Globalization), National University o

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The Belt and Road Initiative is here to stay

Editor's note:Hannan Hussain is a foreign affairs commentator and author. He is a Fulbright recipient at the University of Maryland, the U.S., and a former assistant researcher at the Islamabad Po

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The Belt and Road Initiative is here to stay

A new report published by The Financial Times on December 12 claims to forecast the "unraveling .. [of] China's first overseas debt crisis," alleging that the wheels of

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Human Capital: Dr. Timnit Gebru says Google’s memo was ‘dehumanizing’

Welcome back to Human Capital, where I break down the latest in diversity, equity and inclusion, and labor in tech. This week, Twitter dropped its latest diversity report and Tesla released its first

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How to find your next VC

Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch, but free, and made for your weekend reading. Wan

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EU leaders must hold the green line

Editor's note: Pascal Lamy is a former director-general of the World Trade Organization and EU trade commissioner. Enrico Letta is a former prime minister of Italy. Laurence Tubiana, a former Fren