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Why regulators love Nuro’s self-driving delivery vehicles

Nuro’s delivery autonomous vehicles (AVs) don’t have a human driver on board. The company’s founders Dave Ferguson (president) and Jiajun Zhu’s (CEO) vision of a driverless del

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Swiftarc Ventures launches beauty fund aimed at women-led startups

Swiftarc Ventures announced its $10 million Swiftarc Beauty Fund to support female founders leading the next wave of beauty and wellness brands.Swiftarc started in 2019 and this is its fourth fund, Si

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Federer to have knee surgery, out of action for 'many months'

Roger Federer will undergo another knee surgery after injuring it during the grass-court season and will miss the U.S. Open, given the rehabilitation process will rule

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Federer to have knee surgery, out of action for 'many months'

Roger Federer will undergo another knee surgery after injuring it during the grass-court season and will miss the U.S. Open, given the rehabilitation process will rule

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How the law got it wrong with Apple Card

Advocates of algorithmic justice have begun to see their proverbial “days in court” with legal investigations of enterprises like UHG and Apple Card. The Apple Card case is a strong example of how cur

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China's pro-West intellectuals have lost: CGTN reporter

Twenty years after starting its longest war in Afghanistan, the United States has lost. But in the battlefield of public opinion, the bigger losers are Chinese "public intellectuals" who have rele

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COVID-19 cases surge in Australian state with tougher restrictions announced

Australia's state of New South Wales (NSW), the worst-hit in the country's current COVID-19 outbreak, reported 466 new local cases on Saturday, a new peak and a nearly

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Mainland opposes U.S.-Taiwan deal with sovereignty implications

A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Friday reiterated opposition to any deal or activity between the United States and China's Taiwan region with implications of soverei

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3 lies VCs tell ourselves about startup valuations

I’m frequently asked by journalists whether I think venture capital valuations are too high in the current environment.Because the average venture capital fund returns only 1.3x committed capital over

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How Adia Sowho helped steer Thrive Agric through the pandemic crisis

Nigeria’s less than two-decade-old ecosystem is evolving fast. But behind the funding and legitimate hype, there’s without a doubt plenty of learning that needs to be done in running a sta

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China urges U.S. not to send wrong signals to Taiwan separatists

China on Thursday urged the U.S. Congress not to send any wrong signals to "Taiwan independence" forces after the U.S. Senate passed a bill last Thursday calling on the State Department to submit a p

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Apple drops its lawsuit against maker of iPhone emulation software

Apple has settled its 2019 lawsuit with Corellium, a company that builds virtual iOS devices used by security researchers to find bugs in iPhones and other iOS devices, the Washington Post has reporte

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VCs unfazed by Chinese regulatory shakeups (so far)

China’s technology scene has been in the news for all the wrong reasons in recent months. In the wake of the scuttling of Ant Group’s IPO, the Chinese government has gone on a regulatory offensive aga

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Can U.S., China break the stalemate amid new realities?

There's little sign of progress, if any, in the relations between the two titans across the Pacific. Tensions that were unfathomable a couple of years ago are taking an incendiary crescendo. When

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The art of startup storytelling with Julian Shapiro

Although he’s coming from a numbers-driven background, growth expert Julian Shapiro focuses on the emotional power of storytelling these days.“I like to think of successful brand-building

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Felt raised $4.5 million to get you to ‘think in maps’

From vaccine distribution plans to fire trackers to bar crawls for your best friend’s birthday, maps help people visualize space and express impact. And Felt, a new Oakland-based startup co-foun

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Harassment will happen at my startup and yours: Here’s how we prepare

Sexual harassment is, unfortunately, always in the news. Of late, it’s revelations at gaming giants and governments. Yet despite how prevalent harassment is, companies often adopt an “it can’t happen