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Productivity platform ClickUp raises $35 million from Craft Ventures

The productivity software space is filled with niche startups designing premium tools with very particular customers in mind. On the flip side a growing class of startups are beginning to focus more o

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Beijing's food market COVID-19 spread "basically controlled"

Beijing's recent COVID-19 infections related to the Xinfadi food market is "basically under control," a municipal official said on Wednesday. Xu Hejian, spokesperson f

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Roundup: Italy's active coronavirus infections drop under 20,000

Active coronavirus infections have dropped below 20,000 over the past 24 hours in Italy, the country's Civil Protection Department said Tuesday. The active infections decreased to 19,573, down by

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9 top VCs discuss the future of New York startups

New York City was an initial U.S. hotspot for the COVID-19 pandemic, and it’s also one of the most expensive cities in the world — so you might think startups would be anxious to leave.However,

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Daily Crunch: Microsoft acquires CyberX

Microsoft acquires a security startup, Canva raises $60 million and Apple kicks off a virtual WWDC.Here’s your Daily Crunch for June 22, 2020.1. Microsoft confirms acquisition of CyberX to boos

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Ideas for a post-COVID-19 workplace

As a workplace strategist, I am constantly asked, “What is the workplace of the future?”It’s a question I dread, because a subtext typically lingers underneath, e.g., “I hate the open office,” “All th

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Will a four-day working week become the norm in a post-pandemic world?

In only a few months, the coronavirus pandemic has revolutionized the way we live, including the way we work. Millions of people around the world holding office-type jobs have been working from home

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Female leadership boosts company value: Aussie report

A woman's touch could help companies recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report which showed that profitability, performance and productivity all in

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CBA president Yao Ming confident of spectacular conclusion to season

Former NBA star, president of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), Yao Ming is confident of a spectacular conclusion to the season, which will restart on Saturday following a nearly five-mont

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French Сourt Receives 84 Complaints Over Government's Handling of COVID-19 Crisis

The Court of Justice of the French Republic (CJR) has received 84 complaints to date against the government regarding its management of the coronavirus crisis, Attorney

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Join us June 17 for a live discussion on COVID-19 contact tracing and safe reopening strategies

Contact tracing is a practice almost as old as epidemiology itself, but today’s technology means the way that we go about tracking the spread of a contagious illness within and between communities is

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No-code industrial robotics programming startup Wandelbots raises $30 million

Dresden, Germany-based Wandelbots – a startup dedicated to making it easier for non-programmers to ‘teach’ industrial robots how to do specific tasks – has raised a $30 million Series B f

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Singapore to remove most coronavirus restrictions from Friday

Singapore will allow small gatherings and the reopening of restaurants and shops from June 19, its health ministry said on Monday, in a major easing of the city-state’s

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IoT solutions are enabling social distancing

If you’re a business owner or investor and are wondering about the long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the business world, you’re not alone.Today’s business leaders have been plunged into th

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Australians uncomfortable with mass gatherings as restrictions ease: survey

A majority of Australians remain uncomfortable about attending mass gatherings because of coronavirus, according to the fifth Household Impacts of COVID-19 Survey published by the Australian Bureau

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Swiss women stage protests over domestic violence, pay gap

A demonstrator holds a sign during a march to demand more equality and the end of violence against women, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Zurich, Switzerland June 14, 2020. /

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Global COVID-19 Roundup: Fears food markets are new 'hotbed'

Editor's note:This is the 76th article in the COVID-19 Global Roundup series. Here is thepreviousone. 02:40 Beijing registered 36 new domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases as of Satu