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Tim Draper puts $1M into the Aragon blockchain project to create digital courts

In the murky world of crypto and blockchain, taking disputes to a traditional court would either land both the plaintiff and the defendant in jail or confuse the court to the point of total befuddleme

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India’s Swiggy raises $113M led by Prosus

Weeks after Zomato acquired Uber’s food delivery business in India, its chief local rival is bulking up some ammunition of its own.Swiggy, India’s largest food delivery startup, announced on Wednesda

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SentinelOne raises $200M at a $1.1B valuation to expand its AI-based endpoint security platform

As cybercrime continues to evolve and expand, a startup that is building a business focused on endpoint security has raised a big round of funding. SentinelOne — which provides a machine learnin

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Foreigners in Chengdu share solidarity in fighting coronavirus

Chengdu, the capital city of southwest China's Sichuan Province, may be located about 1,000 kilometers – by car and flight – away from Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel

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BluBracket scores $6.5M seed to help secure code in distributed environments

BluBracket, a new security startup from the folks who brought you Vera, came out of stealth today and announced a $6.5 million seed investment. Unusual Ventures led the round with participation by Poi

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Online learning marketplace Udemy raises $50M at a $2B valuation from Japanese publisher Benesse

The internet has, for better or worse, become the default platform for people seeking information, and today one of the companies leveraging that to deliver educational content has raised some funding

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Discovery suggests Neanderthals carried out funerals with flowers

The find, named Shanidar Z, were found in sediment containing ancient pollen and other mineralised plant remains.

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Google profiting from illegal weapon sales

The web giant is making money by redirecting consumers to sites selling illegal weapons including stun guns and pepper spray.

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Coronavirus slams footwear sales in China

German sportswear makers Adidas and Puma said Wednesday store closures in China because of the novel coronavirus outbreak had caused sales to plummet in recent weeks."Our business activity in Greater

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San Francisco business community confident about China's economic prospect

The U.S. business community here is optimistic about China's long-term economic prospect despite a temporary impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak in the country, business leaders said. The curre

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Is the U.S. open for business?

The White House. /VCG Editor's note: John Gong is a research fellow at Charhar Institute and a professor at the University of International Business and Economics. The article reflects the aut

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SpaceX aims to launch up to four tourists into super high orbit

SpaceX aims to launch up to four tourists into a super high orbit, possibly by the end of next year.The private company is working with Space Adventures Inc. for the flight, officials announced Tu

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China's consumer goods industry sees opportunities under pressure: report

The novel coronavirus epidemic has brought opportunities for the future development of China's consumer goods industry, although both consumer non-durable and durable

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China Focus: East and west, pairing-up aid sees reciprocal effect

Since 2010, the coastal city of Wenzhou in east China has provided funds, goods and personnel to support the development of the inland city of Golmud in the west, part

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S.Korea's appellate court sentences ex-president Lee to 17 years in jail over corruption

A South Korean appellate court on Wednesday sentenced former President Lee Myung-bak to 17 years in jail over a set of corruptions, including bribery and embezzlement.

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First baby born through new egg-freezing technique

The French infant, named Jules, was born to woman who was left infertile by chemotherapy for breast cancer.

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Shanghai reports no new confirmed case of coronavirus infection

Shanghai reported no new confirmed case of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, the municipal health commission said Wednesday. By the midnight of Tuesday, a total of 333