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Chinese ambassador highlights China-New Zealand ties as "front-runner"

Chinese Ambassador to New Zealand Wu Xi highlighted the bilateral relationship between the two countries as a "front runner" during her remarks delivered at the Chinese Lunar New Year reception held

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Nigeria’s Paga acquires Apposit, confirms Mexico and Ethiopia expansion

Nigerian digital payments startup Paga has acquired Apposit, a software development company based in Ethiopia, for an undisclosed amount.That’s just part of Paga’s news. The Lagos based s

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Public supports more drone use, in return for tighter controls

The report suggests the creation a traffic management system to help co-ordinate drone flights with other airspace use.

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New code aims to force tech giants to protect kids online

The provisions include privacy settings to high and turning off location settings by default and minimising data collection.

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South Korea to deploy anti-piracy unit to the Strait of Hormuz

South Korea’s military said on Tuesday it plans to expand the deployment of an anti-piracy unit now operating off the coast of Africa to the area around the Strait of H

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Huawei’s answer to life after Google Maps? TomTom

Losing access to Google software and services understandably threw Huawei for a loop. The Chinese hardware giant has clearly been working on a contingency plan to deal with the loss of access to thing

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Lame LPs, founder referenceability, and the future of VC signaling

I’m still going through some of the comments I received on last week’s articles about the heightened competition among VCs for the best (typically SaaS) venture deals. Some more notes on whether large

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Boom Supersonic partners with Flight Research to test its XB-1 supersonic aircraft

Supersonic aviation startup Boom is making progress on its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft, the airplane that will prove out its tech and pave the way for construction of its future production commercial s

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Disney’s Myth: A Frozen Tale should be a case study for anyone filmmaking in VR

This week, on my way to check out a little ride debuting at Disneyland in California, I stopped by Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank to check out Myth: A Frozen Tale. Myth is a new VR experien

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Intezer raises $15M for its DNA-style ‘genetic’ approach to identifying and tracking malware code

As the total cost of cybercrime reaches into trillions of dollars and continues to rise, a firm called Intezer — which has built a way to analyse, identify and eradicat

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Cann, the cannabis-infused drink company, moves 150,000 units and raises $5 million

Since its launch in May of last year, the cannabis-infused drink company Cann has sold 150,000 cans of its THC and CBD-infused, alcohol-free, intoxicants, in a sign of success that’s bucking cur

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Chinese, Romanian musicians perform in Bucharest to celebrate Spring Festival

A concert of the China Philharmonic Orchestra, hosted by the Romanian Athenaeum, wowed an audience here on Monday evening as part of a series of cultural events to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New

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WEF president praises China's poverty reduction progress, urges multilateralism

China's progress toward eradicating poverty is unprecedented and its effort to promote multilateralism should be embraced by all members of the global community for the sake of common development, t

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Gartner forecast: 2020 to see 0.9% bump in global device shipments thanks to 5G, then 2 more years of decline

The analysts at Gartner have published their latest global device forecast, and while 2020 looks like it may be partly sunny, get ready for more showers and poor weather ahead. Gartner predicts that a

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Norwegian coalition breaks up after disagreement on ISIL repatriation

Progress party leader Siv Jensen announces her decision (Credit: Fredrik Varfjell/NTB Scanpix/AFP) Norway's coalition government is close to collapse after a right-wing party pulled out over t

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Can Russia's Constitution be above international law?

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) meets Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow, Jan. 15, 2020. Medvedev later resigned amid changes in the government announced by Putin. /Xinhua Photo Edi