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Challenger bank Starling is out raising a new £200M funding round

Starling founder Anne Boden recently told TechCrunch that the U.K. challenger bank is on track to be profitable by Christmas, but this doesn’t mean it isn’t out raising additional capital

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India, Italy to hold virtual summit

A virtual bilateral summit will be held between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte on Nov. 6, announced India's ministry of

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Apple’s next big event is November 10

Apple just sent out invites for its latest — and last — big event of 2020. Set for 10AM PT on November 10, the “One More Thing” event will almost certainly focus on the long-a

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Wise raises another $12 million to double down on embedded business banking

Fintech startup Wise has raised a $12 million Series A round. The company offers business bank accounts with an interesting go-to-market strategy. Wise partners with other companies so that they can

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PBOC draft law provides legal basis for digital currency

China has launched a pilot program for digital renminbi in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. /CFP China's central bank has included the digital yuan in the latest version of a proposed ba

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Facebook launches its own dating app in the UK to rival Tinder and Hinge

The dating feature is launching in the UK and Europe and already operates in 20 other countries.

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Juniper Networks acquires Boston-area AI SD-WAN startup 128 Technology for $450M

Today Juniper Networks announced it was acquiring smart wide area networking startup 128 Technology for $450 million.This marks the second AI-fueled networking company Juniper has acquired in the last

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Live from Apple’s virtual 2020 iPhone event

Apple’s big iPhone event is finally here – virtual, which is to be expected these days. This is already the second virtual event Apple has hosted this fall, following one in September at which

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Kong launches Kong Konnect, its cloud-native connectivity platform

At its (virtual) Kong Summit 2020, API platform Kong today announced the launch of Kong Konnect, its managed end-to-end cloud-native connectivity platform. The idea here is to give businesses a singl

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Top five mobility startups to showcase at TC Sessions: Mobility 2020

Tonight, 10 disruptive mobility companies pitched on the virtual TechCrunch stage for a spot at TC Sessions: Mobility 2020. Each company pitched for one minute followed by a QA with our expert panel o

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Thousands take part in virtual London marathon - including baby Elsie

01:50 Tens of thousands of people braved heavy rain to take part in the 40th London Marathon on Sunday, including baby Elsie.Apart from the elite runners taking part in their COVID-sec

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Trump's campaign postponed or held virtually after COVID-19 test

Trump's campaign postponed or held virtually after COVID-19 test. /Getty Images President Donald Trump's scheduled campaign events, including two next week in Arizona, will either be postponed

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Cui Tiankai: China-U.S. relations must be put on the right track

A screenshot of the First 2020 Presidential Debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Editor's note: Bradley Blankenship is a Prague-based American journalist, political analyst and freelanc

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Watch Google’s Pixel 5 event live right here

Google is holding an event to unveil its new phone, the Google Pixel 5. It is going to be a virtual event, and you can steam it live. The event starts at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. in New York, 7 p.m. in Lo

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Huawei opens IT innovation center in Serbia

Huawei has opened an innovation center in Belgrade, providing another boost to Serbia's flourishing tech industry.The Huawei Digitalization and Innovation Center will focus on id

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This is the newer, rounder $100 Amazon Echo

Amazon kicked things off at today’s big (virtual) hardware event in Seattle by introducing a very new and very round take on the Echo. The biggest change appears to be aesthetic, turning the sma

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Ohio-based collaboration service for biotech and pharma research, Within3, raises $100 million

Within3, a collaboration and communication service for the biotech and pharma industries, has raised over $100 million in new financing, the company said.The investment came from Insight Partners with