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Spatial raises $14M more for a holographic 3D workspace app, a VR/AR version of Zoom or Hangouts

The worlds of virtual and augmented reality have yet to land on the applications and hardware to truly spark mass-market, consumer interest in the space, but meanwhile a startup building mixed reality

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Scopely lands a triple-word score with launch of new Scrabble game

Los Angeles-based mobile gaming company Scopely​ unveiled its newest game, ScrabbleGo, now available for pre-order on Android and coming to iOS later this year.Working with Hasbro in North America and

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Thiem floors Nadal, Zverev ousts Wawrinka as youngsters gun into semis

Austria's Dominic Thiem with Spain's Rafael Nadal after winning their quarter final match in Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, January 29, 2020. /VCG Photo Dominic Thiem shocked top seed R

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Woman, 55, first patient to recover from coronavirus in Guangzhou

01:19 Health officials in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, have announced the city's first successfully treated case of the new coronavirus.The 55-year-old female patient,

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Codility raises $22M for its tech recruiting platform

Codility, a platform that helps tech recruiters and hiring managers asses candidates through online coding tests, today announced that it has raised a $22 million Series A round led by Oxx and Kennet

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Gender-neutral Santa and crying smiley face among 117 new emojis

The new colourful icons will include more gender-neutral figures and feature the transgender flag for the first time.

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Djokovic powers past Federer into Australian Open final

Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates his victory over Roger Federer of Switzerland in the semifinal of the men's singles on day eleven of the 2020 Australian Open at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, A

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Trump's Middle East plan: A win for hatred, a loss for peace

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend a joint press conference in the White House in Washington D.C., U.S., January 28, 2020. /Xinhua Photo Edito

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APD | South Korea’s tourism to be hit hard by Wuhan coronavirus outbreak

By APD writer AliceSouth Korea's tourism industry is forecast to be hard hit by the outbreak of new coronavirus in Wuhan as locals cancel their overseas trips and visit

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APD | Department of Health confirms first 2019-nCOV in the Philippines; one fatality reported Wednesday

By APD writer Melo M. Acuña MANILA, Jan. 30 (APD) – Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III confirmed the first 2019-nCOV case in the Philippines late Thursday afterno

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Final moments of Kobe Bryant's fatal helicopter crash revealed

Moments before Los Angeles basketball great Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and the seven others perished in a helicopter crash, the pilot had tried to climb out of layer of clouds, but the

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Djokovic powers past Federer into Australian Open final

Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates his victory over Roger Federer of Switzerland in the semifinal of the men's singles on day eleven of the 2020 Australian Open at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, A

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Beijing's retail sales up 4.4 pct in 2019

Beijing's retail sales of consumer goods, a major indicator of consumption growth, totaled some 1.23 trillion yuan (about 178.7 billion U.S. dollars) in 2019, up 4.4 p

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Asian markets fall as WHO mulls declaring global virus emergency

Asian markets fell Thursday with tech stocks and airlines among key losers as the World Health Organization (WHO) called an urgent meeting on whether to declare a global health emergency over the cor

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Will WHO cause more panic around China's coronavirus?

For the rapidly spreading coronavirus, which has been ravaging much of China, a potential escalation of a global response is looming on the horizon.China has confirmed

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Isabel dos Santos: Angola's 'princess' with a troubled business empire

2020 has started turbulently for Africa's richest woman, Isabel dos Santos.The 46-year-old business tycoon and former Angolan president's daughter, who is worth more than 2 billion U.S. dollars, p

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Trump signs new trade deal with Canada, Mexico into law

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the revised United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) into law in an outdoor ceremony on the White House South Lawn. Hundreds of guests were