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The Tula Mic is a powerful portable recorder that doubles as a great USB-C microphone

Tula is a new company founded with the specific purpose of developing user-friendly hardware and software for sound capture, and its debut product, the Tula Mic, is now shipping after a successful cro

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First virtual Chinese opera influencer debuts on TV

A virtual character debuted on China's TV variety show to perform Peking opera, causing a buzz online.The virtual character, named Ling, is a social media KOL (key opinion leader) created by Next

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GitHub gets a dark mode

It’s GitHub Universe week and unsurprisingly, the ubiquitous code management service is announcing a slew of updates. Companies can now become GitHub Sponsors and invest in open-source projects

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Bolt unveils its fourth-generation scooter

Bolt is better known for its ride-hailing service. But the company also operates an electric scooter service in 45 cities across Europe. Designed by the company’s in-house hardware team, the new model

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Google tests a helpful app comparison feature on Google Play

Google is testing a new feature that could improve discovery for Android apps on Google Play. The company confirmed it’s experimenting with a “Compare Apps” option that would allow

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Dataloop raises $11M Series A round for its AI data management platform

Dataloop, a Tel Aviv-based startup that specializes in helping businesses manage the entire data lifecycle for their AI projects, including helping them annotate their datasets, today announced that i

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Google adds ‘Stories’ to its search app for iOS and Android

Google announced today it’s introducing a Stories feature to its Google app for iOS and Android, which now reaches over 800 million people per month. In a new carousel within the app, users in

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As low-code startups continue to attract VC interest, what’s driving customer demand?

Investor interest in no-code, low-code apps and services advanced another step this morning with Airtable raising an outsized round. The $185 million investment into the popular database-and-spreadshe

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Near-term benefit from TikTok ban 'isn't worth risk of split internet'

Adam Mosseri, chief executive officer of Instagram Inc. /CFP Any short-term benefit that Instagram would see from a potential TikTok ban is greatly outweighed by the risks of a fragmented inte

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CIFTIS 2020: Autonomous vehicles shine at services fair

02:53 Autonomous vehicles are on full display at the ChinaInternational Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS). Analysts saythe rise of vehicle automation will reshape mobility by emphasi

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Beijing 2022 announces shortlist for visual design of uniform equipment

Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games announced on Friday a shortlist of 10 designs for the visual appearance of Games uniform equipment. BOCOG has entrus

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Malawian NGO equips visually impaired elders with braille education

Malawi Union of the Blind ventures into a programme of educating elderly people with visual impairment on the use of braille. /VCG Images The Malawi Union of the Blind (MUB) in conjunction wit

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Extra Crunch Partner Perk: Members save 20% on Canva Pro

We’re excited to announce an update to an existing Partner Perk from design platform Canva. Starting today, annual and two-year members of Extra Crunch can receive 20% off an annual plan for Can

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Minecraft: Education Edition comes to Chromebooks

Microsoft today announced that Minecraft: Education Edition is now available on Chromebooks.Now, if you were hoping that this means that the standard Minecraft game is now available on Chromebooks, t

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Extra Crunch members get 20% off an annual Canva Pro plan

Extra Crunch is excited to announce an update to our Partner Perk from design and publishing platform Canva. Starting today, annual and two-year members of Extra Crunch can receive 20% off an annual C

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CDC says some sickened after swallowing hand sanitizer

Fifteen cases of methanol poisoning caused by swallowing alcohol-based hand sanitizers were reported in Arizona and New Mexico in May and June, leading to four deaths, the U.S. Centers for Disease

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Beyonce delights fans with stylized visual album 'Black Is King'

Pop royalty Beyonce on Friday released her much-hyped visual album "Black Is King," an aesthetically ambitious video billed as a companion to her 2019 album of songs inspired by Disney's live-acti