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Stockeld Dreamery loves cheese so much that it raised $20M to make it out of legumes

Cheese is one of those foods that when you like it, you actually love it. It’s also one of the most difficult foods to make from something other than milk. Stockeld Dreamery not only took that task on

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North Carolina student dies in school shooting, suspect in custody

A North Carolina high school student was shot and killed on Wednesday by a fellow student, who was taken into custody hours after the incident, police said.Student William Chavis Raynard Miller, Jr.

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Cajoo raises $40 million for its instant grocery delivery service

French startup Cajoo is raising some money in order to compete more aggressively in the new and highly competitive category of food delivery companies. Interestingly, the lead investor in today’s fund

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Universal Beijing Resort starts trial run

The Universal Beijing Resort (UBR) started trial operation on Wednesday after more than three months' stress tests.According to the UBR, the Universal Studios Beijing theme park, the Universal Cit

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APD | The world is divided to recognize the Taliban

Author: Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan, Sinologist (ex-Diplomat), Editor, Analyst, Non-Resident Fellow of CCG (Center for China and Globalization), National University o

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Shell plans to double electric car charging points in the UK by 2050

The Shell logo reflected in the side mirror of a car in London in January 2015. /Reuters/ Toby Melville Royal Dutch Shell will install 50,000 new electric car charging points in the UK by 2050

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Chrome Beta to experiment with a more powerful New Tab page, web highlights, and search changes

Google is launching a new version of its Chrome Beta browser today that’s introducing some fairly notable changes to its user interface and design. The browser will introduce an updated New Tab

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Goodcall picks up $4M, Yelp partnership to answer merchant inbound calls

Even without staffing shortages, local merchants have difficulty answering calls while all hands are busy, and Goodcall wants to alleviate some of that burden from America’s 30 million small businesse

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SEC fines brokerage firms over email hacks that exposed client data

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has fined several brokerage firms a total of $750,000 for exposing the sensitive personally identifiable information of thousands of customers and clients a

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Taliban assumes control of Kabul after last U.S. soldier leaves

Afghans line up outside a bank to take out their money after the Taliban takeover in Kabul, Afghanistan September 1, 2021. Reuters/Stringer At first glance, the streets of downtown Kabul have

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Ball in Washington's court on China-U.S. relations, says Wang Yi

The ball is in Washington's court on China-U.S. relations, Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday during a video call with John Kerry, the U.S. special presidential env

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Get your pitch-off on with our Disrupt Startup Alley companies on upcoming episodes of Extra Crunch Live

Disrupt is right around the corner, and this year the show is packed to the brim with incredible panels and conversations, an absolutely stacked Startup Battlefield cohort of companies launching on ou

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TikTok adds educational resources for parents as part of its Family Pairing feature

TikTok is expanding its in-app parental controls feature, Family Pairing, with educational resources designed to help parents better support their teenage users, the company announced morning. The pai

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Carbon Robotics secures $27M for its autonomous field weeders

Agricultural robotics firm Carbon Robotics (not to be confused with our former Battlefield contestant) announced this week that it has secured $27 million in funding. The round — which features

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Venom from one of Brazil's largest snakes could reduce COVID's ability to multiply

The jararacussu is a highly venomous pit viper and is one of the largest snakes in Brazil. It lives in the coastal Atlantic Forest and is also found in Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina.

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Taliban: Doha against isolation, India talks, Tajikistan cautious

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (L) and Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed give a press conference in Doha, Qatar, August 31, 2021. /CFP Qatar warns isolating Taliban could further de

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Exclusive: Taliban working to restore order in Afghanistan

The Taliban have deployed security forces and technicians to the Kabul airport to repair the facilities, and are trying to restore order and work in Afghanistan's security, legal, health and banking