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Berlin’s Remagine secures $24M to finance high-growth and impact-led startups

Remagine, a financing platform offering banking services to high-growth companies with an ‘impact’ twist, has raised €20 million ($24M) in a Seed funding round. The Berlin-based startup has been opera

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A look at the soaring valuations of Rivian and Cruise with transportation VC Reilly Brennan

Reilly Brennan loves cars. The native Michigander happily did grunt work for an automotive magazine as an undergrad at the University of Michigan before landing a gig as a trackside communications man

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Google claims almost no change in ad revenue from targeting proposals in its Privacy Sandbox — but privacy upside less clear

As Google’s Privacy Sandbox remains under scrutiny over competition concerns, the tech giant has released an update claiming experimental ad-targeting techniques it’s developing as part of

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Epidemiologists in Shijiazhuang race against time tracing COVID-19

A worker is seen in the office of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Shijiazhuang City, north China's Hebei Province, January 13, 2021. /Xinhua"There was

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Hong Kong imposes first COVID-19 lockdown on virus-hit district

01:53 About 10,000 residents in China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region were put under lockdown Saturday in an unprecedented move to contain a worsening COVID-1

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Turkey hopes Mediterranean talks can calm choppy waters with EU

After a five-year hiatus marked by grievances over their rival claims to Mediterranean waters, Turkey resumes talks with Greece on Monday in the first test of its hopes

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Johnson, Biden discuss COVID-19, climate in their first phone call

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to U.S. President Joe Biden from London, Britain, January 23, 2021. /Reuters British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and U.S. President Joe Biden on Sa

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Beijing–Shenyang high-speed railway starts full-line operation

The last stretch of the Beijing-Shenyang high-speed railway opened on Wednesday, marking the full-line operation of the railway.The project is key to the revitalization of China's northeastern reg

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DHS to pause some deportations during Biden's first 100 days to review policies

The Biden administration late Wednesday ordered a pause on some deportations for 100 days starting no later than Friday as it reviews enforcement policies.Acting Homela

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How Bitcoin is helping middle-class users survive the pandemic

Regulators may still want to imply Bitcoin is merely a tool for criminals, but for many middle-class users, it’s proving to be a lifeline.Even as politicians like European Central Bank President Chris

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MIT aims to speed up robot movements to match robot thoughts using custom chips

MIT researchers are looking to address the significant gap between how quickly robots can process information (relatively slowly), and how fast they can move (very quickly thanks to modern hardware ad

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Softr scores $2.2M seed for its no-code website and web app platform powered by Airtable

No-code — software that lets you accomplish tasks that previously required coding skills — is an increasingly hot space, even if the basic premise has been promised and not fully realised

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Clinton, Pelosi blasted by left for continuing to push 'Russiagate': 'They're never going to give up'

Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi are facing backlash from their own side of the aisle over their ongoing pursuit to find any ties between President Trump and Russia. Cl

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The inevitability of German stimulus

The new party chairman of the CDU, Armin Laschet speaks during the digitally hosted 33rd party conference of the CDU in Berlin, Germany, January 16, 2021. /Getty Editor's note: Melvyn Krauss i

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10 things to expect in Biden's first 100 days

Joe Biden is the new president of the United States as of noon on Wednesday, and the Democrat is determined not to waste any of his early leverage.From stimulus checks and a mask mandate to reversing

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American COVID-19 vaccination stuck at the last step: WSJ

A woman gets a COVID-19 vaccine in Harlingen, Texas, U.S. /AP "The biggest challenge inAmerica's COVID-19 vaccination effortis getting shots into the arms of the right people," read an article

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Why hit and miss on Xinjiang by U.S. will be rebuffed

Screenshot of the CECC annual report on China on its website. Editor's note: Hamzah Rifaat Hussain is a former visiting fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington and currently serves as assi