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Full text of Wuhan's notification on revising numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases, deaths

The Wuhan municipal headquarters for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic prevention and control on Friday issued a notification on revising the numbers o

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Saudi Arabia, Russia stress mutual commitment to reduce oil production

Saudi Arabia and Russia stressed Thursday mutual commitment to reduce oil production, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The commitment was highlighted during a phone ca

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Media software maker Plex launches new subscriber-only apps for music and server management

Media software maker Plex has released two new projects today from its internal RD group, Plex Labs. One is an updated take on the classic Winamp player it calls Plexamp, and another is a dedicated ap

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Investors explain COVID-19’s impact on consumer startups

Home fitness and games as gathering places are a few of the startup verticals propelled by unprecedented shifts in behavior due to shelter-in-place orders. We surveyed the top investors in consumer an

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Santander launches PagoFX in the UK, a money transfer app to take on TransferWise and other fintechs

A leaked Santander internal memo in 2017 likely set wheels in motion. Reportedly written by the bank’s head of innovation, the missive warned that a large chunk of the Spanish incumbent’s

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Australia gov't begins planning "road out" of COVID-19 crisis with caution

Australian Prime Minister (PM) Scott Morrison has set out the roadmap for lifting COVID-19 restrictions in future. Morrison told reporters on Thursday afternoon that there are three things that

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Australia tracks COVID-19 virus through sewage surveillance

Water headed for wastewater treatment plants can be tested for the presence of the novel coronavirus gene to develop an early warning surveillance system to track COVID-19 prevalence in the commu

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Extra Crunch Live: Join Aileen Lee, Ted Wang for Q&A on 4/20 at 10:30am PT/1:30pm ET

The startup world is going through yet another evolution. A few years ago, VCs were focused on growth over profitability. Now, making money is just as important, if not more, than sheer growth. And we

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Pileus helps businesses cut their cloud spend

Israel-based Pileus, which is officially launching today, aims to help businesses keep their cloud spend under control. The company also today announced that it has raised a $1 million seed round from

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Great apes 'at risk of catching coronavirus from humans'

Great apes are feared to be at risk from the new coronavirus because they share between 97% and 99% of their DNA with humans.

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DoD Inspector General report finds everything was basically hunky-dory with JEDI cloud contract bid

While controversy has dogged the $10 billion, decade-long JEDI contract since its earliest days, a report by the DoD’s Inspector General’s Office concluded today that, while there were som

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Setu raises $15M to help developers connect with banks to offer Indians ‘sachet-sized’ financial products

India’s push to digital payments in the last three years has seen tens of millions of people get comfortable with exchanging money online for the first time. A Bangalore-based startup that is attempti

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Rita Wilson describes 'extreme side effects' of drug touted as COVID-19 treatment

The actress and her husband Tom Hanks were in Australia last month when they were confirmed as having COVID-19.

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Roundup: Italy registers 162,488 coronavirus cases, death toll at 21,067

The COVID-19 has claimed another 602 lives in locked-down Italy over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections, fatalities and recoveries to 162,488 s

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Labster’s latest partnership, and what it tells us about the future of remote learning

Labster, a virtual science lab edtech company, today announced that it is partnering with California’s community college network to bring its software to 2.1 million students.California Community Coll

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Corigin Ventures raises $36M debut fund and looks beyond real estate

Corigin Ventures has traditionally invested in real estate startups using capital from its parent company, New York real estate developer Corigin’s private investment arm. The venture investmen

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Concerns raised over Apple and Google's contact-tracing technology

Experts warn that any opt-in system would have limited uptake and any opt-out system would be a huge risk to people's privacy.