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Microsoft in talks to back India’s Oyo

Indian budget hotel chain Oyo may have lost a significant portion of its business amid the pandemic, but it is inching closer to finding a new investor: Microsoft.Microsoft is in advanced stages of ta

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BizBeat Ep. 182: China outlines future of e-CNY

03:30 Recently, China Central Bank released a white paper on the digital yuan, which is the first time that it has disclosed the development of the virtual currency to

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COVID restrictions keep gaming conference virtual again

03:07 One of the largest gaming conferences for developers has gone virtual this year. The Game Developer's Conference is holding hundreds of online sessions this week, which many focus

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LiveControl raises $30M to help venues livestream events

One thing seems certain: The past year-and-a-half has fundamentally transformed the world of live events. The pandemic left plenty of venues scrambling for alternative revenue streams and, in many cas

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IOC approves adding "together" into Olympic motto

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved adding "together" into the Olympic motto.The decision to add "together" into the Olympic motto of "faster, higher, stronger" was unanimously app

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Digital celebs rival real-world stars in glitz and glamour

02:20 Among the technologies creating buzz at the 20th China Internet Conference in Beijing are virtual characters. In recent years, some of these computer-generated ce

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Zomato targets $1.3 billion IPO at as high as $8.6 billion valuation

Zomato, a food delivery startup in India, said on Thursday it has boosted its plan to raise $1.3 billion in its initial public offering, which opens on July 14 and closes July 16.The loss-making start

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Premier Li: A stable China-UK tie conducive to free trade

A stable relationship between China and the United Kingdom is conducive to safeguarding free and fair trade and promoting a world economic recovery, said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday.Li made

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Free Extra Crunch membership included with TC Early Stage tickets

TechCrunch Early Stage is coming up this week, and all attendees can get 3 months of free access to Extra Crunch as a part of a ticket purchase. Extra Crunch is our members-only community focused on f

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Indonesia approves Moderna vaccine as COVID-19 cases surge

Indonesia has given its emergency use approval to the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine as the world's fourth most populous country faces a surge of infections and deaths.The Na

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To guard against data loss and misuse, the cybersecurity conversation must evolve

Data breaches have become a part of life. They impact hospitals, universities, government agencies, charitable organizations and commercial enterprises. In healthcare alone, 2020 saw 640 breaches, exp

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Bitcoin Slips Toward $30,000 as Strategists Flag Near-Term Risks

Strategists are struggling to see a turnaround ahead for Bitcoin, at least for now, as the digital coin hovers around the $30,000 level.The near-term setup is “challeng

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China's central bank summons financial institutions for harder cryptocurrency crackdown

China's central bank on Monday said it had recently summoned banks and payment institutions, including top state-owned banks and Alibaba-backed Alipay, to order harder

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Hybrid events platform Brella raises $10M Series A led by Connected Capital

Hybrid event platform Brella has raised a $10 million Series A funding round led by Connected Capital. Normally used as an offline networking app, Brella pivoted from live events into a virtual event

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Tesla will accept bitcoins when miners use more clean energy: Musk

Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award in Berlin, Germany, December 1, 2020. /CFP Elon Musk, CEO of electric vehicle maker Tesla, tweeted on Sunday tha

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The fintech endgame: New supercompanies combine the best of software and financials

If money is the ultimate commodity, how can fintechs — which sell money, move money or sell insurance against monetary loss — build products that remain differentiated and create lasting v

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Health clouds are set to play a key role in healthcare innovation

The U.S. healthcare industry is amidst one of the biggest transformations any industry has seen since the dot-com boom of the late 1990s. This massive change is being stimulated by federal mandates, t