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Washington governor alarms increase of COVID-19 transmission

Photo taken on Nov. 14, 2019 from the Space Needle shows the downtown Seattle, Washington, the United States. (Xinhua/Qin Lang)An official report in U.S.state ofWashing

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Enterprise automation platform JIFFY.ai raises $18 million Series A

Enterprise automation startup JIFFY.ai announced today it has raised $18 million in Series A funding for product development and expansion into new markets around the world. The round was led by Nexus

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China confirms launch of fast lane arrangement with Singapore to facilitate travel

China confirmed Monday's launch of a fast-lane arrangement with Singapore to facilitate essential business and official travel between both countries. Foreign Ministry

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Enterprise investors remain flexible as they navigate COVID-19

One would think it’s a given that investment strategies would change in the strange times we find ourselves. With the economy staggering and so much general uncertainty, it seems caution would b

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Some 100 diplomats likely to attend UN General Debate in September: UNGA president

President of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Tijjani Muhammad-Bande said Monday that some 100 diplomats are likely to attend the UN Gene

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The accelerating digital transformation, redux

Earlier this week, TechCrunch covered a grip of earnings reports showing that some companies helping other businesses move to modern software solutions are seeing accelerated growth. Inside the Softwa

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And that’s really it for Google+

Last year, Google launched the beta of Currents, which was essentially a rebrand of Google+ for G Suite users, since Google+ for consumers went to meet its maker in April 2019. While Google+ was mea

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Searchable.ai nabs additional $4M seed to continue building AI-driven search

Searchable.ai is an early-stage startup in the alpha phase of testing its initial product, but it has an idea compelling enough to attract investment, even during a pandemic. Today the company announc

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AI "knows" how to improve concentration in working places: Aussie researchers

Artificial Intelligence (AI) proved not just useful for human in finding cancer cures or driving their cars, but also improving their concentration level at work, Australian scientists have claimed.

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Black tech leaders issue call to action to combat racial injustice in the Bay Area

As a tumultuous week of protests draws broad attention to America’s open wounds of racist police violence, a coalition of Black founders, advocates, investors and other leaders are issuing a cal

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Tictrac secures $7.5M to expand employee wellbeing platform as WFH baloons

“Employee Wellbeing” SaaS platforms have been around for some time. Both regulation and increasing stress levels and health problems in the workplace have fed the rise of this sector of tech, and with

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Bonusly, the platform for employee recognition, raises $9 million Series A

Bonusly, a platform that involves the entire organization in recognizing employees and rewarding them, closed on a $9 million Series A financing round led by Access Venture Partners. Next Frontier Cap

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6 VCs share their bets on the future of work

As tech companies like Twitter and Facebook gear up for longer-term remote work solutions, the future of work is becoming one of the more exciting opportunities in venture capital, Charles River Ventu

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Hong Kong reports 2 new COVID-19 cases, 1,084 in total

Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported two local COVID-19 cases on Sunday, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 1,084. The new cases involved

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A year later, motive of Virginia mass shooting still unclear

The rampage at a Virginia Beach city government building was the latest in a string of high-profile mass shootings nationwide, between the high school killings in Parkl

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COVID-19 leads to dramatic unemployment, young people suffer the most

More than one in six young people have stopped working since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic while those who remain employed have seen their working hours cut by 23 percent, according to the la

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Myanmar female delivery rider stays strong in pursuit of prosperous life amid COVID-19 pandemic

The restriction of sit-in dining at the eateries across Myanmar during the COVID-19 pandemic have let food delivery services ride the waves since a couple of months ago. Khin Min Shin is one of the