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Verizon partners with Apple to launch 5G Fleet Swap

Apple and Verizon today announced a new partnership that will make it easier for their business partners to go all-in on 5G. Fleet Swap, as the program is called, allows businesses to trade in their

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First high level Sino-Africa media forum discusses convergence

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Hong Kong, Singapore look to the future

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Will the debate over winter heating systems in China continue?

Designer: Li JingjieBeijing turned on the city's central heating system on Monday, a relief for those ready to brace the plunge in temperatures expected in the coming w

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Michigan's largest county certifies election results after Republicans earlier blocked certification

A bipartisan panel in Michigan's largest county unanimously certified its presidential results on Tuesday night, a stunning reversal hours after Republicans had tempora

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Interlocking AIs let robots pick and place faster than ever

One of the jobs for which robots are best suited is the tedious, repetitive “pick and place” task common in warehouses — but humans are still much better at it. UC Berkeley researchers are

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With a 2021 IPO in the cards, what do we know about Robinhood’s Q3 performance?

After rising sharply in the second quarter of 2020, Robinhood’s income from routing its users’ orders to different parties for execution appears largely flat in the third quarter.To be cle

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Central banks' influence now limited, former U.S. officials say

02:01 Global central banks have flooded the capital markets with cash in order to pump up asset prices and economic activity amid the crisis wrought by the coronavirus pandemic.But the

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Graphics: How is China responding to asymptomatic coronavirus cases?

Recent media reports of scattered epidemic outbreaks in China have drawn wide attention to "asymptomatic" or "silent" carriers, as China's focus has now shifted to proa

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The crowd goes wild for Yiming

There’s no shortage of TikTok coverage in the news today as the app’s fate in the U.S. hangs in the air.What the press doesn’t always address is how TikTok gets here — how did a Chinese startup seize

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Arrival becomes latest electric vehicle startup to test the public markets with a SPAC

Arrival has gone from stealthy electric vehicle startup to prospective public company in a span of a year. The UK-based company, which operated in relative secrecy for several years until January whe

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Malaysia-based inventory management platform Food Market Hub raises $4 million from Go-Ventures, SIG

Food Market Hub co-founders Anthony See and Shayna TehMany restaurants still rely on spreadsheets to track their inventory of produce, meat and other ingredients. But using manual methods often result

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Panasonic explores a European battery deal with Norway’s largest energy and industrial companies

Panasonic, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of lithium ion batteries, has signed a preliminary agreement with the Nordic energy company, Equinor, and engineering and industrial company,

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UK to ban petrol, diesel cars from 2030 to net zero emissions

Cars seen parked at roadside in London, UK. /VCG Britain will move up a ban on new petrol and diesel cars and vans to 2030 and is eyeing 250,000 new jobs as part of a green industrial revoluti

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A Biden presidency doesn’t need a Green New Deal to make progress on climate change

Even without a Green New Deal, the sweeping set of climate-related initiatives many Democrats are pushing for, President-elect Joe Biden will have plenty of opportunities to move ahead with much of th

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Biden’s infrastructure plans could boost startups

As President-elect Joe Biden readies his transition team and sets the agenda for his first 100 days in office, startups can expect to see some movement on long-stalled infrastructure initiatives that

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Yeah, Apple’s M1 MacBook Pro is powerful, but it’s the battery life that will blow you away

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