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Washington governor backs bills to remove Boeing tax benefit amid tariffs dispute with Europe

Governor Jay Inslee of the U.S. state of Washington on Wednesday voiced support for proposed bills to suspend a tax break for Boeing Company in order to avoid punitive tariffs from Europe. Washingto

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The debut of electric pickups signals a new EV era

Several companies rolled out electric pickups in 2019. Tesla’s Cybertruck got most of the attention, but don’t sleep on General Motors and Ford — bringing electric pickups to market is cri

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SpaceX’s spin-outs are helping build LA’s startup ecosystem

During the days when Snapchat’s popularity was booming, investors thought the company would become the anchor for a new Los Angeles technology scene.Snapchat, they hoped, would spin-off entrepre

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How ‘The Mandalorian’ and ILM invisibly reinvented film and TV production

“The Mandalorian” was a pretty good show. On that most people seem to agree. But while a successful live-action Star Wars TV series is important in its own right, the way this particular s

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The rise of the winged pink unicorn

Like most investors, I am a little too obsessed with unicorns.But not just the Silicon Valley kind. As the mother of a five-year-old daughter, my interests also veer in a pink, sparkly direction. So i

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A ‘stalkerware’ app leaked phone data from thousands of victims

A spyware app designed to “monitor everything” on a victim’s phone has been secretly installed on thousands of phones.The app, KidsGuard, claims it can “access all the informat

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WarnerMedia’s new streaming service HBO Max is coming to YouTube TV, along with HBO & Cinemax

WarnerMedia and YouTube TV today announced a distribution deal that will bring HBO and Cinemax to the Google-owned live TV streaming service for the first time as well as, notably, WarnerMedia’s

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DigitalOcean raises $100M in debt as it scales toward revenue of $300M, profitability

DigitalOcean, a cloud infrastructure provider targeting smaller business and younger companies, announced today that it has secured $100 million in new debt from a group of investors, bringing its 201

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Twitch to top 40 million U.S. viewers next year, forecast says

Twitch, the Amazon-owned streaming service for gamers, is poised to surpass 40 million monthly active viewers in the U.S. as of next year, according to a new forecast from eMarketer out on Thursday. B

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ChartHop grabs $5M seed led by a16z to automate the org chart

ChartHop, a startup that aims to modernize and automate the organizational chart, announced a $5 million seed investment today led by Andreessen Horowitz.A big crowd of other investors also participat

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Should Boston Celtics retire Ray Allen's No. 20 jersey?

Ray Allen of the Boston Celtics in the Game 5 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida, U.S., June 5, 2012. /VCG As the Bost

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First batch of Hong Kong residents aboard virus-hit cruise ship back home

The first chartered flight arranged by the government of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) arrived in Hong Kong on Thursday morning, bringing back 106 Hong Kong residents stran

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China's new bank loans beat forecast, hit $477 billion in January

China's new yuan-denominated loans jumped to a record 3.34 trillion yuan (about 477 billion U.S. dollars) in January, exceeding analysts' forecast, data released by the People's Bank of China (PBO

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Knee injury forces Roger Federer to miss 2020 French Open

Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates after winning The Match In Africa Exhibition Match at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, February 7, 2020. /VCG Roger Federer, 20-time Grand

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Xinhua Headlines: China's new economy sees growth while helping fight against epidemic

Chinese tech firms have brought their newest medical products and services to aid the fight against the novel coronavirus epidemic and many internet firms have seen str

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Coronavirus stalls aviation industry in Asia

Bangkok Airways ATR 72-600 at the 2020 Singapore Airshow. /CGTN Last week, the Singapore Airshow, Asia's largest international aerospace and defense exhibition, was held under the shadow of th

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India says locust swarms under control

00:56 The Indian government says it has gained control over swarms of desert locusts that encroached upon the western region of the country, ravaging crops and causing immense damage t