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E-commerce platforms must embrace new warehouse technology

Editor's note: Barry He is a London-based freelance columnist. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily the views of CGTN.Alibaba's e-commerce amb

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Butlr Technologies, developing anonymous people sensors, inks $7.9M seed round

A new $7.9 million seed round boosts Butlr Technologies’ ability to apply its real-time people-sensing technology beyond commercial real estate and retail uses to monitor falls and other movements for

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YC-backed Deskimo, an on-demand coworking space app, launches in Singapore and Hong Kong

Arcc, a coworking space in Singapore available for bookings on DeskimoPart of Y Combinator’s current batch, Deskimo wants to make finding coworking spaces easier. Its on-demand booking app is currentl

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Female Founders Fund closes third fund with $57M for female founders

Female Founders Fund announced Tuesday the closing of its Fund III after raising $57 million to create what the seven-year-old New York-based early-stage fund considers “the largest fund for seed capi

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This startup just created a fast, accurate COVID test that only needs saliva and links to an app

We’re entering a phase in the COVID-19 pandemic where transmission is going to go through the roof because of the Delta variant. But as vaccinations ramp up around the world, the main cost to so

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Dropbox is reimagining the workplace with Dropbox Studios

The pandemic has been a time for a lot of reflection on both a personal and business level. Tech companies in particular are assessing whether they will ever again return to a full time, in-office app

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Malaysia rushing to vaccinate foreign migrant workers

Some Selangor companies are willing to buy COVID-19 vaccines for their staff and encourage them to get vaccinations, June 30, Selangor, Malaysia. /CGTN The vaccination center, in a gleaming ne

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Daylight raises millions to build a digital banking platform ‘designed for and by’ the LGBTQ+ community

Over the past year, there has been a surge of newly formed digital banks aimed at specific demographics. The banks in nearly all cases are trying to meet the needs of certain populations that they bel

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Is Japan’s remarkable vaccine drive in time for Olympics?

After months of frustration and delay, Japan has hit the remarkable benchmark of 1 million vaccines a day. But with the Olympics set to start in less than a month, and

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Addressing the cybersecurity skills gap through neurodiversity

Addressing the skills gap and strengthening your own security team means bringing in different minds and perspectives — and that starts with embracing neurodiversity. To even have a chance at closing

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Oyster, an HR platform for distributed workforces, snaps up $50M on a $475M valuation

The future of work is long on long-distance, and today a startup that’s built a platform to help organizations hire global talent and build out those remote workforces is announcing a round of f

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New Zealand announces vaccine rollout plan for general population 

New Zealanders aged over 60 will be offered vaccination from July 28 and those aged over 55 from Aug. 11, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday.The rollout of

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Your boss might tell you the office is more secure, but it isn’t

For the past 18 months, employees have enjoyed increased flexibility, and ultimately a better work-life balance, as a result of the mass shift to remote working necessitated by the pandemic. Most don’

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Japan's Suga faces no-confidence motion from opposition

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his wife Mariko return to Tokyo's Haneda airport from a trip to Cornwall, England, where the premier attended a Group of Seven summit, June 14, 2021. /C

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Step up HIV fight, to end AIDS 'epidemic of inequalities' by 2030

Warning that infection rates are not following the once-promised trajectory, UNAIDS chief Winnie Byanyima said: "AIDS is not over". /AP Although the world has made "great strides" since the fi

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Ethiopian PM inaugurates Chinese-built sugar factory

Representatives from Ethiopian and Chinese side visit the workplace of Tana Beles No.1 sugar factory in Amhara regional state, Ethiopia, on June 6, 2021. (Xinhua) Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy

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U.S. has poor record in workers' rights among major economies

There are systematic violations of rights in the U.S., which has a poor record among major developed countries, according to a 2020 survey by the International Trade Union Congress.There are as many