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Addapptation snares $1.3M seed to build a better UX for Salesforce

Addapptation, a startup that wants to build a practical design layer on top of Salesforce and other enterprise tools, announced a $1.3 million seed investment today.2048 Ventures led the round with p

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GiveVision partners with Sony to develop and manufacture wearables for people with visual impairments

GiveVision, the U.K. startup creating wearable technology to help “restore” sight to people with visual impairments, is partnering with Sony (via the Sony UK Technology Centre) to develop

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S. African parks to remain open with stringent measures amid COVID-19 outbreak

The South African National Parks (SANParks) on Monday said the country's national parks will remain open as they take necessary precaution to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This follows the annou

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Model Y deliveries begin: Here’s what is new in Tesla’s EV crossover

Tesla said Monday it has started delivering the Model Y crossover to customers in the U.S., hitting a milestone one year after unveiling the prototype and six months ahead of schedule.Reports of deli

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Kenya turns to its mobile-money dominance to stem the spread of COVID-19

Kenya’s largest teleco, Safaricom, will implement a fee-waiver on East Africa’s leading mobile-money product, M-Pesa, to reduce the physical exchange of currency in response to the COVID

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Stock markets halted for third time as heavy selling trips circuit breakers due to coronavirus scare

The morning after the Federal Reserve cut its interest rates to near zero at the urging of the President (a move meant to stabilize jittery markets worried about the economic fallout from the global r

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Apple fined record $1.2B in France over anti-competitive sales practices

The wheels of the regulatory machine continue to turn, and today Apple, along with two of its wholesale partners, was dealt a major blow in France over antitrust violations, by receiving the biggest-e

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New CBA brings bigger playoffs, longer regular season to NFL

Patrick Mahomes #15, quarterback of the Cansas City Chiefs, tries to pass the ball in Super Bowl LIV against the San Francisco 49ers at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, February 2, 2020. /VCG

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GM, Ford, Fiat Chrysler join UAW to form coronavirus task force

The Big 3 Detroit automakers — GM, Ford, and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles — have partnered with United Auto Workers to form a task force aimed at protecting workers and limiting the spread of COVID-19, t

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Amid COVID-19 threats, online business ethics under the spotlight

Editor's note:David Lee is a Beijing-based consultant and author mainly writing about energy, health, international politics and international development. The article reflects the author's opinio

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Amid COVID-19 threats, online business ethics under the spotlight

Editor's note:David Lee is a Beijing-based consultant and author mainly writing about energy, health, international politics and international development. The article reflects the author's opinio

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Rising calls for global response to COVID-19 as pandemic

02:32 The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic due to its severity. It has taken less than three months to spread worldwide, with more than

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Rising calls for global response to COVID-19 as pandemic

02:32 The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic due to its severity. It has taken less than three months to spread worldwide, with more than

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NASA’s Orion spacecraft completes testing ahead of Artemis 1 Moon mission

NASA has completed the testing process meant to simulate performance in in-space conditions for its Orion crew spacecraft, developed by Lockheed Martin and designed to carry crew on the agency’

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COVID-19 Global Roundup: Multiple countries enter 'state of emergency'

Editor's note: This is the twelfth article in the COVID-19 Global Roundup series. It contains the latest figures as of 15 p.m. BJT (0700 GMT) on March 14, 2020. Here is the previous one.U.S. Presiden

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A beauty with the chisel

Yuchi Jingde and Qin Qiong are two generals of the Tang Dynasty whose bravery later caused them to be incorporated into Chinese folk religion as door gods. [Photo/China Daily] Woodblock printin

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Apple makes WWDC online-only, amid COVID-19 concerns

Apple today announced that it would follow moves by other major tech firms by canceling the in-person element of its annual World Wide Developers Conference in June. Rather than holding the big event