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Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 Classic: A well-rounded smartwatch

For smartwatches, it’s Apple against the world. Per recent numbers from CounterPoint, the Apple Watch commanded more than one-third of global shipments in Q1. Samsung/Tizen’s own market share is a dis

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Twitter is testing a feature that puts users’ Revue newsletters on their profiles

This January, Twitter acquired the newsletter platform Revue, but until now its integration into Twitter has been minimal; sometimes when you write Twitter threads, you’ll be greeted with a R

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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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Crypto world shows signs of being rather bullish

Welcome back to The Exchange. Today we’re doing something fun with crypto.Sure, we could write more about how insurtech valuations are under fresh pressure after Hippo’s Q2 earnings report

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Stacker raises $20M Series A to help business units build software without coding

No code platforms have developed into a hot market, and Stacker, a London-based no-code platform is attempting to bring the concept to a new level. Not only can you create a web application from a spr

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Bad mom focus of new novel An Everlasting Life

Writer Ai Wei's new novel An Everlasting Life was recently published in China.The novel describes an irresponsible mother, who was a sought-after star of Shaoxing Opera, one of the most popular Ch

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Twitter’s web redesign isn’t as accessible as it should be, experts say

After teasing its new font in January, Twitter made some major changes to its website and app design this week. But while Twitter framed these updates as making the platform “more accessible,” some ac

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YC-backed Tablevibe’s customer surveys help restaurants reduce their reliance on delivery apps

Food delivery apps offer convenience for customers, but a host of headaches for restaurants, like commissions as high as 40% and very few tools to build customer loyalty. Based in Singapore, Tablevibe

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​Nobel laureate Mo Yan starts blog to communicate with youngsters

Prominent Chinese writer and Nobel laureate Mo Yan opened a new social media account Monday, with the aim of talking to young people.He recorded a short video on the WeChat social media platform, intr

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Analysis: Andrew Cuomo's fall serves as a warning for other governors whose flaws are magnified in the Covid spotlight

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's fall from grace -- unthinkable a year ago -- serves as a warning for other governors caught in a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic: The crisis ha

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Medium revamps its Partner Program, launching new eligibility requirements and referral bonuses

Amid a year of editorial pivots and employee exits, Medium announced today that it will make significant changes to its Medium Partner Program, which allows writers on the platform to monetize their c

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'We're normal people': Women being targeted by trolls using online gossip forum 'Tattle Life'

Instagram users including Lauren Harris told Sky News that the things written about her on the Tattle Life website caused her "terrible anxiety" and impacted her mental health and reputation.

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Fox Host: GOP Senators Who Voted for Infrastructure ‘Chose Tyranny’ and ‘Need to Go’

Fox News host Mark Levin railed against the 19 Republican senators who voted to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill on Tuesday, demanding primary challengers oust t

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Extra Crunch roundup: Build a founding team, choose a VC and recruit your board

Assembling a startup team is harder than assembling 10 IKEA dressers, and the stakes are much, much higher.Starting with the assumption that 90% of startups will fail and the most successful ones take

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Daily Crunch: Google reveals new designs and improved chip for Nest Cam and Doorbell

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 Extra Crunch for August 5, 2021. What goes up m

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Creators can now monetize their expertise on Quora

In May, Yahoo! Answers shut down after helping the internet answer its most burning questions since 2005. But now, Quora, which began as a question-and-answer site but expanded to incorporate blogging

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Work-Bench will continue supporting early stage enterprise startups with new $100M fund

In spite of the pandemic, New York City remains the center of commerce and business, and over the last decade a robust startup community has developed there. Work-Bench, the NYC VC firm that concentra