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GGV Capital gave this real estate startup founder a term sheet 48 hours after meeting

Realm, which aims to help homeowners maximize the value of their property with its data platform, has raised $12 million in Series A funding led by GGV Capital.Existing backers Primary Venture Partner

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UNESCO watching as Venice grapples with over-tourism

Away from the once-maddening crowds of St. Mark’s Square, tiny Certosa island could be a template for building a sustainable future in Venice as it tries to relaunch it

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Deepfake tech takes on satellite maps

While the concept of “deepfakes,” or AI-generated synthetic imagery, has been decried primarily in connection with involuntary depictions of people, the technology is dangerous (and intere

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Agro-ecology: Helping subsistence farmers to reap maximum yields

experts are conducting practical fieldwork by helping farmers to engage in agroecology. This is basically diversification of agriculture where farmers are encouraged to practice inter-cropping ra

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Stability & safety: That's what everyone wants

06:31 Editor's note:Mario Cavolo is a senior fellow at the Center for China and Globalization. In this video, he shares his own observations about China's development while refutes Wes

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There’s a housing crisis, and Abodu wants to solve it fast with quality backyard homes

Housing prices have soared in many markets across the United States over the past decades as populations have grown, square footage has increased, and new unit construction has languished. Houses that

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That Whole Foods is an Amazon warehouse; get used to it

Earlier this week, in Brooklyn, near the waterfront, Amazon opened what looks from the outside like a typical Whole Foods store. It isn’t open to the public, however; it’s a fulfillment c

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PadSplit uses the Airbnb model to tackle the country’s affordable housing crisis

The United States is currently in the middle of an affordable housing crisis that’s putting the nation’s most economically insecure citizens at risk of becoming homeless even as a pandemic

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Turkey draws another EU rebuke for latest plans at sea

Turkey drew another rebuke from the European Union on Sunday when it said its Yavuz energy drill ship would extend operations in disputed Mediterranean waters off Cyprus until mid-September. /Soc

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Saving Beirut's pets, left homeless after the blast

04:22 Just two hours after the explosion that rocked through Beirut last week, volunteers started to go through the wreckage near the city's port to look for traumatized pets that were

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Apple allocates its first $400M from $2.5B commitment to address California’s housing crisis

Apple announced this morning it’s allocating more than $400 million toward affordable housing projects and other homeowner assistance programs in California, as a part of its earlier multi-year

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Tech companies: It’s time to show that Black lives really matter to you

Over the past couple of weeks, in the wake of the protests over extrajudicial killings of Black people, tech companies have made tens of millions of dollars in commitments to racial equity organizatio

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Italy's Conte inquiry, Russia tops 500,000 cases: COVID-19 bulletin

TOP HEADLINES- The French government has said the European Union must reach an agreement on the $853 billion COVID-19 economy recovery plan by July.- Italy is to open an inquiry into Prime Minister G

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When regulation presents a (rare) opportunity

Every time we realize something new about the coronavirus, it’s always worse than we thought: maybe we don’t develop immunity to it; maybe six feet of social distancing isn’t far enough; maybe the spr

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Would Boris Johnson's return allay Britain's COVID-19 fears?

British Prime Minster Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street for Prime Minister's Questions, in London, Britain, March 25, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Hamzah Rifaat Hussain is a former visiti

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Would Boris Johnson's return allay Britain's COVID-19 fears?

British Prime Minster Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street for Prime Minister's Questions, in London, Britain, March 25, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Hamzah Rifaat Hussain is a former visiti

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Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix faces more changes

Mercedes' British racer Lewis Hamilton wins the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, December 1, 2019. The Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix will face a series of changes including track layout and weekend race ev