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China to launch platform for online museum products

China's National Cultural Heritage Administration on Monday said it will launch a platform in collaboration with Xinhua News Agency to show the best of the online prod

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Chinese driver Zhou wins F2 virtual Grand Prix

Chinese racing driver Zhou Guanyu has won another victory in the second round of F2 Virtual Racing on Sunday. Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, who won the F1 Virtual Gr

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VCs see opportunities for gaming infrastructure startups and incumbents

As the infrastructure for developing games becomes more advanced, studios have turned to buying best-in-class technology from others instead of building everything from scratch (often with inferior qu

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Unity snaps up Vancouver-based studio building AR/VR tech

Unity announced today that they are acquiring Finger Food Advanced Technology Group, a Vancouver-based studio best known for their AR/VR services. The 225-person team will be joining Unity with CEO Ry

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Nintendo sells a lot more Switches, as people stay and home playing Animal Crossing

A couple of weeks ago, we noted some new NPD numbers pointing to a very good March for the Switch. Nintendo’s financials this week bear out the predicted surge in popularity for the three-year-old con

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See the latest in COVID-19 studies on vaccines, treatment

Clinical trialsThere are 26 federally-funded studies to find a vaccine, drug, or medical treatment for COVID-19, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Around the world, there are mor

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TechCrunch’s top 16 picks from Techstars April virtual demo days

Like other accelerators, Techstars, a network of more than 40 corporate and geographically targeted startup bootcamps, has had to bring its marquee demo day events online.Over the last two weeks of Ap

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Yelp is making it easier for businesses to highlight their virtual services

As businesses struggle to reinvent themselves in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Yelp is launching new features to help highlight these changes.For one thing, it’s adding a new information

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WHO reiterates novel coronavirus is "natural in origin"

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday reiterated that the novel coronavirus which causes COVID-19 is "natural in origin." Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO Health Emergencies Progr

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Valve drops VR support for macOS

Valve is calling it quits on macOS support for its virtual reality platform. A Valve employee posted an update to the company’s SteamVR forums noting that “SteamVR has ended macOS support

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NASA, ESA and JAXA launch virtual hackathon for COVID-19 solutions

In an impressive display of international collaboration, NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have come together to launch a virtual hackathon runnin

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Biden says to keep U.S. embassy in Jerusalem if elected

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Wednesday that he would keep the U.S. embassy in Israel in Jerusalem if elected. "The move shouldn't have happened in t

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WHO chief urges European countries to take aggressive measures while easing COVID-19 containment

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday urged the European countries to find, isolate, test and treat all cases of COVID-19 while easing their contain

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17 French VC firms hold virtual office hours to give advice to startups

Several French VC firms want to remain available to support the tech ecosystem at large during the lockdown with virtual office hours. If you’re a startup and you’re currently struggling, chances are

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NFL's virtual draft smashes ratings records amid COVID-19 crisis

An NFL logo is on display at Commissioner Roger Goodell's Super Bowl LII press conference at Hilton Minneapolis Grand Ballroom, Minneapolis, U.S., January 31, 2018. /VCG It must be a bitterswe

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Rwanda President hold phone talks with Trump

The Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Saturday held a phone conversation with his American counterpart Donald Trump./Twitter. The Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Saturday held phone conversati

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UN Security Council voices concern over impact of COVID-19 on Sudan

The Security Council on Friday voiced concern over the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Sudan, particularly on the socio-economic and humanitarian situation in the c