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Decrypted: Google finds a devastating iPhone security flaw, FireEye hack sends alarm bells ringing

In case you missed it: A ransomware attack saw patient data stolen from one of the largest U.S. fertility networks; the Supreme Court began hearing a case that may change how millions of Americans use

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EU leaders must hold the green line

Editor's note: Pascal Lamy is a former director-general of the World Trade Organization and EU trade commissioner. Enrico Letta is a former prime minister of Italy. Laurence Tubiana, a former Fren

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Battery gigaplant at old coal-fired power station could create 8,000 jobs

Plans are about to be submitted to bring the site into the 21st century and much-needed jobs to the region.

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With another $2.5 million in funding, Julia Collins’ Planet FWD launches climate-friendly snack brand

Planet FWD, the climate-friendly food startup founded by Zume co-founder Julia Collins, is today launching its first product, Moonshot Snacks. The climate-friendly snack is carbon neutral, organic, k

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Japan to extend tax breaks to green investment, low-emission cars

A school student holds a sign as she takes part in the global students strike for action on climate change in Tokyo, Japan, March 15, 2019. /Reuters Japan will extend tax breaks on low-emissio

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Iraqis slowly rebuild Mosul, with little aid from government

Anan Yasoun rebuilt her home with yellow cement slabs amid the rubble of Mosul, a brightly colored manifestation of resilience in a city that for many remains synonymou

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Squire, a barbershop tech startup, triples its valuation to $250M in latest round

Squire, a startup that sells software to barbershops, has raised $59 million in a round led by Iconiq Capital. The raise is $45 million in equity capital, and $15 million in debt financing.The round c

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"You can 'will yourself' to longer life" - CGTN meets Peter Diamandis

10:56 CGTN's Yue Zou spoke to Greek-American entrepreneur and engineer Peter Diamandis as part of Web Summit 2020.Diamandis is famous for his X Prize Foundation, which aims to encourag

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Qomolangma and beyond: The China-Nepal relations defined

Editor's note:Hamzah Rifaat Hussain is a former visiting fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington and currently serves as assistant researcher at the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) i

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Why China's CPI growth rate is at its lowest level since 2009

A store at a shopping mall in Yantai, Shandong Province, China, December 9, 2020. /Getty Editor's note:Chen Jiahe is the chief investment officer at Novem Arcae Technologies. The article refl

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Green COVID-19 recovery plan crucial to meet climate goals: UN

The novel coronavirus pandemic might have temporarily curtailed continually rising carbon dioxide emissions to a certain extent, but the reduction won't be enough to meet the climate agreement goa

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China to embrace new fintech challenges with innovation, prudence

Faced with rapidly evolving financial technology (fintech), China will continue to maintain an innovative and prudent approach in embracing new challenges, a Chinese official said Tuesday.As the o

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Cybersecurity firm FireEye says it was hacked by a nation-state

FireEye, normally the first company that cyberattack victims will call, has now admitted it too has fallen victim to hackers, which the company called a “sophisticated threat actor” that

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Skyflow raises $17.5M more to help companies protect your personal data

Startups that raised earlier in 2020 are finding success again before the year closes.Today it’s Skyflow, a startup that TechCrunch covered in May when it announced a $7.5 million round. The com

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Xayn is privacy-safe, personalized mobile web search powered by on-device AIs

As TC readers know, the tricky trade-off of the modern web is privacy for convenience. Online tracking is how this ‘great intimacy robbery’ is pulled off. Mass surveillance of what Interne

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Trump's parting gift to Biden is an intensified hybrid war with China

The Pentagon is seen from an airplane over Washington D.C., U.S., July 11, 2018. /Xinhua Editor's note:Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political analyst. The article reflects the aut

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3 questions to ask before adopting microservice architecture

As a product manager, I’m a true believer that you can solve any problem with the right product and process, even one as gnarly as the multiheaded hydra that is microservice overhead.Working for Verte