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Floral art of Minor Cold: To add some warmth in your winter

02:20 The temperature in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere has plunged as "Minor Cold" is around the corner."Minor Cold," or "Xiao Han" in Chinese, is the fifth sol

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Paradise lost: residents flee Eden as Australia fires race towards them

Shelley Caban just wants it to be over.“Sometimes I think, ‘Fuck it, just burn it all, the house and everything,’” she says. “It’s the waiting and the limbo, you just f

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Arlo adds a big passive-aggressive floodlight to its camera so that you can scare your neighbors

Arlo, the security camera makers that spun out of Netgear, has announced a new device at CES in Las Vegas. The Arlo Pro 3 Floodlight, as the name suggests, looks a lot like the existing Arlo Pro 3. Bu

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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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Week in Review: Selling out in the Instagram age

Hey everyone, happy 2020. Welcome back to Week in Review where I dive deep into a bit of news from the week or just share some thoughts and go over some of the more interesting stories of the week.If

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2020 will be a challenging year for challenger banks

Over the past year, startup banks have proven that they have a shot at disrupting retail banking. These challengers have amassed a war chest of funding, announced some ambitious international expansio

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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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Reirden, Cassidy, Berube, Gallant to coach in All-Star Game

Bruce Cassidy (L1), head coach of the Boston Bruins, Gerard Gallant (L2), head coach of the Vegas Golden Knights, Craig Berube (R2), head coach of the St. Louis Blues, Todd Reirden (R1), head coa

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Startups Weekly: Oyo’s toxicity + A farewell

Welcome back to Startups Weekly, a weekend newsletter that dives into the week’s noteworthy startups and venture capital news. Before I jump into today’s topic, let’s catch up a bit. Last week I wrote

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U.S. and Iran: A week of revenge

Kashmiri Shiite Muslims chant anti-America and anti-Israeli slogans during a protest against U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani at Magam 37 kilom

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What you probably don't know about Xinjiang

06:49 Editor's note: In the West, some consider Beijing's official narrative, that there has been no major terror attack in Xinjiang in the past three years, a cliche. But there is suc

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Dubious sources behind 'millions detained' figure in Xinjiang

08:41 In a recently published investigative piece, The Grayzone, an independent news website, rebutted accusations frequently posed by Western media that millions of Uy

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What to Expect from CES 2020

It’s the second most wonderful time of the year. As the rest of the world returns to work, nursing a week-long New Year’s hangover, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed tech journalists will descend upo

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Browsers are interesting again

A few years ago, covering browsers got boring.Chrome had clearly won the desktop, the great JavaScript speed wars were over and Mozilla seemed more interested in building a mobile operating system th

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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

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A smaller, cheaper version of Qoobo, the robotic cat pillow, is on the way

Every time I’ve seen Qoobo’s creator, Shunsuke Aoki, in person, he’s always had it nearby, usually in a tote bag. The robotic cat pillow is one of the all-time great conversation starters. It doesn’t