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Crossbeam raises $25M to back startups built on ‘platform economies’

While many venture capitalists might hope to fund the next Amazon or Shopify, Crossbeam is a new firm focused on backing the startups built on top of these platforms. And it recently closed its $25 mi

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Trump loses trade war, wants Biden to pay for it

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Luxembourg snub highlights a diminished U.S. reputation

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Democrats barreling toward impeaching Trump in wake of Capitol siege

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to impeach Donald Trump on Wednesday unless he steps down or is removed before then, after drawing up charges accusi

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IBM leads U.S. patent list for 2020 as total numbers decline 1% in pandemic year to 352,000

One year in, the Covid-19 global health pandemic continues to have something of a dragging effect on many aspects of life, but today a key bellwether for how technology is developing underscored how t

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Man United, Arsenal through at FA Cup

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VCs discuss gaming’s biggest infrastructure investment opportunities in 2021

We last polled our network of investors on the topic of gaming infrastructure startups back in May just as it was becoming clear what pandemic opportunities were in store for gaming startups. Accel

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Tennis: Serena, Barty to headline Australian Open warm-up events

Serena Williams of the U.S. (R) is congratulated on victory by Ashleigh Barty of Australia (L) following their ladies singles second round match at the 2018 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris,

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Former Man City great Colin Bell dies aged 74

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Former Man City great Colin Bell dies aged 74

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2020 was a defining year for cannabis: What comes next?

To say that COVID-19 has dominated the past year would be an understatement. We’ve seen the pandemic reorient how we interact with businesses, each other and the world around us. It’s accelerated many

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Trump’s old tweet suggesting Clinton should accept defeat ‘with dignity’ returns to haunt him

An old tweet by Donald Trump suggesting that Hilary Clinton should “lose with dignity” has resurfaced to haunt him as he continues to refuse to accept the election resu

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CGTN's top 10 sports moments of 2020

NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others were killed on January 26, 2020 when their helicopter plunged into a steep hillside in dense morning fog in Southern California. His sudde

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Daily Crunch: Stimulus bill includes money for broadband and energy

We look at the tech implications of the new stimulus bill, Lockheed Martin makes a big rocket engine acquisition and Google Cloud expands. This is your Daily Crunch for December 21, 2020.The big story

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New stimulus bill includes $35.2 billion for new energy initiatives

The new economic stimulus proposal that has been approved by Congress includes roughly $35.2 billion for energy initiatives, according to summary documents seen by TechCrunch.“This is probably t

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Berlin rejigs 71st film festival due to COVID-19 pandemic

Berlin has become the first of next year's big European film festivals to bow to the coronavirus pandemic, as organizers announced on Friday that the Berlin International Film Festival would hold

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OneWeb launches 36 satellites to join its global broadband constellation on orbit

In a return to active launch, constellation satellite operator OneWeb has sent 36 new satellites to join its existing spacecraft on orbit. This is the third large batch of OneWeb satellites to be del