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Germany's EU 'climate club' proposal has vast potential

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Pragmatism and compromise necessary to safeguarding Korean peace

President Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea (ROK) waves from the steps of his plane as he leaves for the U.S. at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, south of Seoul, May 19, 2021. /AFP Editor's note

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Billboards? Nah, just buy a media company instead

Startups used to be obsessed with billboards. It was the first thing I noticed when I moved to San Francisco: venture-backed companies including Eaze, Airbnb, and notoriously, Brex, would post large b

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Watching startups eat markets is good fun

Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch, but free, and made for your weekend reading. Wan

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Proton, the privacy startup behind e2e encrypted ProtonMail, confirms passing 50M users

End-to-end encrypted email provider ProtonMail has officially confirmed it’s passed 50 million users globally as it turns seven years old.It’s a notable milestone for a services provider that in

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California Gov. Newsom proposes $3.2B in EV investment as part of economic recovery package

California Governor Gavin Newsom, a vocal proponent of electric vehicles, on Friday debuted a new proposal that would earmark $3.2 billion to boost EV infrastructure and adoption in the state.“This is

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The gaming industry needs more than just coders

While the COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on countless businesses across the globe, the $118 billion gaming industry not only survived, it thrived, with 55% of American consumers turnin

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What can we learn from China's 2020 Census?

VCG Editor's note:Zheng Zhenzhen is a professor at the Institute of Population and Labor Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The article reflects the author's opinions and not neces

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Russia picks cast for movie to be shot in space

Russia will send nonprofessional crew members and actors to make the first movie shot in outer space. /CFP Russia has picked four people to serve as nonprofessional crew members and actors in

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Driven by despair, Lebanese pharmacist looks to life abroad

The shelves are bare at the Panacea pharmacy north of Beirut. Its owner, Rita El Khoury, has spent the past few weeks packing up her career, apartment and belongings be

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Sylvera grabs seed backing from Index to help close the accountability gap around carbon offsetting

UK-based startup Sylvera is using satellite, radar and lidar data-fuelled machine learning to bolster transparency around carbon offsetting projects in a bid to boost accountability and credibility &#

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Amazon’s new Echo Buds are a nice upgrade

It’s hard to recall a consumer electronics category that matured quite as quickly as the fully wireless earbuds. Things went from a handful of plucky startups to virtually every hardware manufacturer

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Artist Drue Kataoka will auction her first NFT, with all proceeds going to Asian American causes

Drue Kataoka’s art has made it to collections in 30 countries and even the International Space Station. Now the artist, activist and current face of Clubhouse’s app icon is releasing her first NFT to

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Orbite offers a five-star ‘space camp’ for would-be space travelers

As private companies like Axiom Space, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic and SpaceX prepare to ferry private customers to the stars, a whole new market is opening up to train affluent would-be travelers fo

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One cent at a time: The decline of the U.S. dollar

VCG Editor's note: Bobby Naderi is a London-based journalist, guest contributor in print, radio and television, and documentary filmmaker. The article reflects the author's opinions, and not n

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One cent at a time: The decline of the U.S. dollar

VCG Editor's note: Bobby Naderi is a London-based journalist, guest contributor in print, radio and television, and documentary filmmaker. The article reflects the author's opinions, and not n

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PM Johnson promises to 'level up' UK with post-pandemic plans in 'Queen's Speech'

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to tackle inequality and "level up" the country on Tuesday with a post-pandemic raft of laws presented by Queen Elizabeth