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YouTube Premium subscribers get a new perk with launch of testing program

YouTube has long allowed its users to test new features and products before they go live to a wider audience. But in a recent change, YouTube’s latest series of experiments are being limited to

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Daily Crunch: India bans PUBG and other Chinese apps

India continues to crack down on Chinese apps, Microsoft launches a deepfake detector and Google offers a personalized news podcast. This is your Daily Crunch for Septe

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COVID-19 vaccine won't change human DNA: experts

CFP It's scientifically false that a potential vaccine for COVID-19 would change people's DNA and make them "genetically modified," according to scientists and researchers.Some have claimed th

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Walmart expresses interest in TikTok, teaming up with Microsoft

There’s been a flurry of TikTok news today, and the flood doesn’t seem to be letting up.First was the announcement that Kevin Mayer, who joined the company just a bit more than three month

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Unity, JFrog, Asana, Snowflake and Sumo Logic file for IPOs in rapid-fire fashion

After far too few startups appeared ready to take advantage of warm public market conditions and ecstatic IPO receptions, a deluge of private companies filed to go public yesterday.There was Sumo Logi

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Unpacking the Sumo Logic S-1 filing

Setting our dive into Palantir’s gross margins aside for another day, Sumo Logic filed to go public this morning. The Redwood City-based, former startup raised around $340 million while private,

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Bayern Munich outclass PSG to seal sixth Champions League triumph

Bayern Munich players celebrate after overcoming Paris St-Germain in the Champions League final to claim the crown at the Luz stadium, Lisbon, Portugal, August 23, 2020. /VCG Bayern Munich bec

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Bayern Munich outclass PSG to seal sixth Champions League triumph

Bayern Munich players celebrate after overcoming Paris St-Germain in the Champions League final to claim the crown at the Luz stadium, Lisbon, Portugal, August 23, 2020. /VCG Bayern Munich bec

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U.S. Democrats formally nominate Biden for president

The ongoing U.S. Democratic National Convention on Tuesday voted to officially nominate Joe Biden as the party's presidential candidate. Biden, already the presumptive

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NASA, SpaceX target Gulf of Mexico for splashdown site for Crew Dragon

A handout video-grabbed image made available by NASA on May 31, 2020 shows the SpaceX Crew Dragon approaching to dock to the International Space Station (ISS), on May 3

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Triller sues TikTok over patent infringement

Social video platform Triller has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against its biggest rival TikTok and parent company ByteDance. The suit, which was filed in the U.S District Court for the Western

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Meng Wanzhou's lawyers ask Canadian court to stay extradition process

Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies, have applied to a Canadian court seeking stays in the proceedings for her extradition to t

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UK Uber drivers are taking its algorithm to court

A group of UK Uber drivers has launched a legal challenge against the company’s subsidiary in the Netherlands. The complaints relate to access to personal data and alg

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The Exchange: Which VCs are the most popular, why enterprise startups are hot, and how patient are public investors?

Welcome to The Exchange, an upcoming weekly newsletter featuring TechCrunch and Extra Crunch reporting on startups, money and markets. You can sign up for it here to receive it regularly when it launc

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As VCs favor B2B startups, B2C upstarts’ venture activity falls

The Q2 2020 venture capital market did not bring a catastrophic slowdown to either the global private investment scene or the U.S.’s own VC scene. But inside the rosier-than-anticipated private

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Japan begins charging for plastic bags

VCG Retailers in Japan began charging for plastic bags on Wednesday, a move aimed at curbing Japanese consumers' love for packaging and finally bringing the country in line with other major ec

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EU must prepare for a no-deal Brexit, warns Germany's Merkel

Merkel was speaking as Germany takes over the rotating presidency of the EU. /AP The European Union must prepare for the possibility that talks with the UK over their future relationship could