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The paradox of 2020 VC is that the largest funds are doing the smallest rounds

I talked yesterday about how VCs are just tired these days. Too many deals, too little time per deal, and constant hyper-competition with other VCs for the same equity.VCs are just tiredOne founder fr

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‘PigeonBot’ brings flying robots closer to real birds

Try as they might, even the most advanced roboticists on Earth struggle to recreate the effortless elegance and efficiency with which birds fly through the air. The “PigeonBot” from Stanfo

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Allen Institute for AI’s Incubator expands with $10M fund from high-profile VCs

The Allen Institute for AI (AI2) started its incubator up two years ago, helping launch companies like Xnor.ai, Blue Canoe, and WellSaidLabs. Their success has attracted funding from not just local Se

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Kadena fulfills hybrid blockchain vision with launch of public chain

For the last few years blockchain startup Kadena, has been working on a vision of bringing blockchain to the enterprise. Today it announced the final piece of that vision with the launch of the Kadena

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Revealing characters

A character-forming display of elegance and style has seen Wu Dichen, 29, garner more than 1 million fans as her soft smile belies the depth of her expertise and her exquisite style.Wu has won over nu

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Google acquires AppSheet to bring no-code development to Google Cloud

Google announced today that it is buying AppSheet, an 8 year-old no-code mobile application building platform. The company had raised over $17 million on a $60 million valuation, according to PitchBoo

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R.I.P. Goofy Times

A strange new sensation has settled across the tech industry, one so foreign, so alien, it’s almost hard to recognize. A sense that some great expectations are being radically revised downwards;

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Andrew Yang won the internet, but can he win a 2020 caucus?

On a recent swing through Iowa, Andrew Yang was moving through his stump speech, a string of stories and statistics that can sound like an economics seminar. There was

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Facebook and eBay take action on fake reviews

The CMA last summer highlighted concerns that there was a 'thriving marketplace ' for fake and misleading online reviews.

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Blogger-author opens new chapter on marine biology

You could say it comes naturally to Zhang Chenliang. Indeed, his moniker is the man of natural history, or Bowu Jun in Chinese. This is no idle boast as the popular science blogger has 11 million foll

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Croatia rotates leaders as populism lurks in the shadows

Zoran Milanovic was Croatia's Prime Minister from December 2011 to January 2016. (Credit: Darko Bandic/AP) After the second round of votes, held on Sunday, Croatia has a new president - Zoran

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AI drama thinks inside the box

A new multimedia play explores our reliance on artificial intelligence, Cheng Yuezhu reports.At the 2017 Beijing Fringe Festival, young director Chen Ran entered a theater competition where she was as

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Broadcaster's book opens a new chapter

After years of broadcasting news on China Central Television, Kang Hui has become an item of newsworthy interest himself. Despite his fame, he prefers to keep a low profile but he has actually become

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CrowdStrike’s CEO on how to IPO, direct listings and what’s ahead for SaaS startups

A few days before Christmas, TechCrunch caught up with CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to chat about his company’s public offering, direct listings and his expectations for the 2020 IPO market. We

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The future (and past) of mobile gaming

The summer of 2008 changed everything.Apple’s launch of the App Store a year after the release of the iPhone was a watershed moment not only in the business of technology, but in every aspect of

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Can populism shape the result of Croatia's presidential runoff?

Miroslav Skoro's anti-establishment sentiment could have an impact on Sunday's presidential runoff result in Croatia, amid a rise in populism across Europe in recent years (Credit: AP Photo/Darko

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Finding the right reporter to cover your startup

Pitch the wrong reporter or publication, and your story won’t see the light of day.Before you start seeking press, you’ll need to look for reporters who have reach, respect and expertise w