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Snapchat quietly acquired AI Factory, the company behind its new Cameos feature, for $166M

After acquiring Ukraine startup Looksery in 2015 to supercharge animated selfie lenses in Snapchat — arguably changing the filters game for all social video and photo apps — Snap has made another acq

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BizTalk: China's Haier transitions into smart home solutions

28:25 Famous Chinesehome appliance maker Haier is transitioning from a traditional home appliance maker to a smart home solutions provider. The move coincides with Chin

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How two-year-old Loft nabbed $175M led by Andreessen Horowitz

Loft may have better product market fit in Brazil than Opendoor does in the U.S.. And now the São Paulo-based property tech company has growth funding to prove it. Andreessen Horowitz is doubling down

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Hong Kong is no chess piece of foreign politicians

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China's East Pole hosts running events in subzero temperatures

Despite temperatures dipping below −20 degrees Celsius and nipping wind blowing heavily, runner enthusiasts were not dissuaded from heading outdoors and exercising in northeastern China this week.

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These could be China's biggest business news stories in 2020

China's business world celebrated more than just the New Year this week thanks to an eventful December, in which data showed the country's stock indices posting comfortable double digit gains in line

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Slander is the 'new normal' in West's coverage of Xinjiang

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Reading Isaac Asimov at 100

In his recently published book “Astounding,” the author Alec Nevala-Lee brings American science fiction’s Golden Age back into focus by following four key figures: John W. Campbell, Robert A. Heinlein

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This particle accelerator fits on the head of a pin

If you know nothing else about particle accelerators, you probably know that they’re big — sometimes miles long. But a new approach from Stanford researchers has led to an accelerator shorter fr

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How to tell if your startup deserves press coverage

Tech reporters’ inboxes are filled with garbage pitches from misguided founders who assume that the smallest milestone warrants a write-up.Founders dream of seeing their company’s name in

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Daily Crunch: California’s privacy law takes effect

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Exhibit your startup at TC Sessions: Mobility 2020

Mobility mavericks, get ready to strut your stuff at TC Sessions: Mobility 2020 on May 14. Don’t miss our second annual day-long conference devoted to technologies that move people and parcels around

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Google has little choice to be evil or not in today’s fractured internet

Well, we got to January 2nd before the latest angry resignation published by a tech executive on Medium.Today’s installment comes from Ross LaJeunesse, who was head of international relations at Googl

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Lowkey.gg is an esports tournament platform for adult gamers

It’s tough to be a competitive gamer once you’re an adult. Simply fitting tournament time into a busy schedule is challenge enough, but even if you can make the time, where do you go to fi

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Study: AI better in breast cancer screening, reduces human error

A Google artificial intelligence system proved as good as expert radiologists at detecting which women had breast cancer based on screening mammograms and showed promise at reducing errors, resear

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Yearender: Chinese students move on from U.S. visa obstacles

Students study at a library of Columbia University in New York, the United States, on Dec. 7, 2019. (Xinhua/Li Rui)Over the past year, many Chinese students have put U

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APD | Rouhani urges U.S. to return to right track for talks with Iran

By APD writer Muhammad SohailIranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday voiced his country’s readiness to resume talks with the United States under the condition tha