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German agency doubts U.S. coronavirus allegations against Chinese lab

Germany's federal intelligence agency doubts U.S. allegations that COVID-19 "originated in a Chinese laboratory", saying the allegations were aimed at diverting attent

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Air Force gives a rare look at the research going to orbit in its X-37B spaceplane

The X-37B spaceplane sounds like something out of a sci-fi novel, and its mysterious past is equally evocative. What does the military put in this long-term orbital vehicle? Turns out it’s exact

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Stilt, which provides financial services for immigrants, raises $7.5 million seed round

Stilt, a Y Combinator alum that provides financial services for immigrants without Social Security numbers or credit reports, announced today that it has closed a $7.5 million seed round. It also laun

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Zoom acquires Keybase to get end-to-end encryption expertise

Zoom announced this morning that it has acquired Keybase, a startup with encryption expertise. It did not reveal the purchase price.Keybase, which has been building encryption products for several yea

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New Zealand resumes exports to China

02:35 New Zealand exporters are breathing a sigh of relief as demand fromChina for imported food picks up in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.Over the past few weeks, exporters have r

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DJI’s latest industrial drone has 55 minute flight time, 15 km video range

DJI took the wraps off its latest drone today. Targeting industrial users, the Matrice 300 builds on the company’s Matrice platform, and sports a host of improvements from longer battery life, object

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How is a central bank digital currency different from online payment?

02:02 China has been working on a digital version of the yuan since 2014, and there is talk that the central government hopes to launch a form of e-currency for the 2022 Beijing Winter

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How will digital media survive the ad crash?

When I first met Bustle Digital Group’s Jason Wagenheim, it was right as New York City was beginning to go into lockdown. The BDG offices were empty thanks to the company’s newly institute

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The great unicorn retreat

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.Today we’re taking stock of what’s happening to a number of unicorns,

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Skywatchers: Don't miss out on the last supermoon of 2020 on May 7

The moon rises behind the Independence Monument in Almaty, Kazakhstan, May 5, 2020. /CFP The last supermoon of 2020 will appear in the skies on Thursday morning, May 7, 2020, opposite the sun

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CTA asks the US government for tariff exemptions on robotics, drones and 3D printers

The Consumer Technology Association penned an open letter alongside a number of other industry representatives asking the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office to loosen tariffs on a number of tech categ

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Hong Kong economy shrinks most on record due to COVID-19 pandemic

Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, China, June 20, 2015. /VCG Hong Kong's economy contracted by 8.9 percent year on year in the first quarter, the biggest quarterly decline

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Sam Altman backs ‘video-first’ dating app Curtn

As the quarantine dramatically transforms social and romantic lives, a new dating app advised by Grindr founder Joel Simkhai and former YC chief Sam Altman is aiming to capitalize on the skyrocketing

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U.S. makes over $500 billion in small business loans under COVID-19

VCG The United States has made over 500 billion U.S. dollars in loans to small businesses hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic and about 145 billion U.S. dollars remains in the congressionally

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Evidence shopping in the U.S. intelligence bazaar

U.S. President Donald Trump. /Xinhua Editor's note: John Gong is a professor at the University of International Business and Economics and a research fellow at the Academy of China Open Econom

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White House blocks Fauci from testifying to Congress on coronavirus response

Top U.S. health official Anthony Fauci will not testify next week to a congressional committee examining the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic

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Grenco Science acquires Stündenglass, a contactless water pipe company founded by ex-Apple employee

Grenco Science just added a new product to its wide-ranging offering of vaporizers and ancillary products. Stündenglass was founded by Tracey Huston and produced a wild-looking water pipe that uses k