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UN says Libyan authorities shot dead 3 Sudanese migrants

Libyan authorities shot dead three Sudanese migrants in a western coastal town who tried to escape after they were intercepted by the coast guard in the Mediterranean S

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Silicon Valley is built on immigrant innovation

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.We wound up having more to talk about than we had time for but we packe

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Google acquires smart glasses company North, whose Focals 2.0 won’t ship

Google confirmed today via blog post that it has acquired Canadian smart glasses company North, which began life as human interface hardware startup Thalmic Labs in 2012. The company didn’t rev

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U.S. raises coronavirus risk group for pregnant women

Pregnant women account for about 9 percent of lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in women of childbearing age. /CFP The U.S.'s top public health agency on Thursday revamped its list of which America

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Microsoft kills Mixer, will push users to Facebook Gaming

Microsoft is killing its Twitch competitor Mixer next month and is partnering with Facebook to push its users towards the Facebook Gaming service.The app is winding down on July 22. The sudden move co

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Bose calling it quits on audio AR platform, report says

Headphone-maker Bose is calling it quits on their Bose AR platform play, noting that they’ll be winding down support for third-party developers on their platform next month.In a statement to Pro

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The Acura NSX: A supercar with a great cell phone holder

The Acura NSX is a fun sports car with a hybrid powertrain that lays out an impressive amount of power. But I’m not here to talk about the car’s performance. One of the car’s best features is its cell

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31 counties in southwest China's Yunnan cast off poverty

Relocation vehicles drive on a winding road towards Maojiawan resettlement area for impoverished people in Ludian County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 15, 2

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Trump says U.S. coronavirus task force to continue "indefinitely" with possible personnel changes

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the White House Coronavirus Task Force will continue "indefinitely" with possible personnel changes, one day after offi

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OMERS Ventures announces a new $750M fund for investing in North America, Europe

OMERS Ventures, the venture capital arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS), has put together a new, $750 million fund to invest in both Europe and North America.The capital v

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Casper winds down European operations and lays off 78 people

Mattress company Casper is shutting down its European operations and laying off 78 people as it focuses on “achieving profitability,” according to a statement by the company. The layoff impacts 21% o

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Silicon Valley restructuring veteran says his firm is winding down up to 3 startups a day

Marty Pichinson gets called a lot of things: Silicon Valley’s undertaker, its terminator, a grave digger. These aren’t meant as slights; Pichinson is the founder of Sherwood Partners, a re

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Self-driving car engineer Anthony Levandowski files motion to force Uber into arbitration

Anthony Levandowski, the star self-driving car engineer who was at the center of a trade secrets lawsuit, has filed a motion to compel Uber into arbitration in the hopes that his former employee wil

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India, Pakistan investigate Muslim group emerging as COVID-19 cluster

Soldiers implement the lockdown in Lahore – but one group may have been skirting the regulations. /KM Chaudary/AP Photo India and Pakistan sealed off centres belonging to a Muslim missionary g

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Country music star Joe Diffie dies of coronavirus

Joe Diffie, a Grammy award-winning country music singer who had several chart-topping hits in the 1990s, has died of coronavirus. He was 61. Diffie's death was announce

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Raising in a recession

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California’s self-driving car reports are public. Here’s what they don’t mean.

The California Department of Motor Vehicles released its annual cache of autonomous vehicle testing and disengagements data that, depending how one chooses to interpret the data, shows either stunning