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Migrants on the move again in Mexico and Central America

In the first Mexican shelter reached by migrants after trekking through the Guatemalan jungle, some 150 migrants are sleeping in its dormitories and another 150 lie on

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TikTok parent ByteDance joins patent troll protection group LOT Network

LOT Network, the non-profit that helps businesses of all sizes and across industries defend themselves against patent trolls by creating a shared pool of patents to immunize themselves against them, t

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Rapid coronavirus testing done wrong risks dangerous consequences

Lateral flow tests are small, portable and give fast results, but their speed comes at some cost in accuracy.

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Geothermal home heating gets a $30 million boost from Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures

There’s a low energy solution to home heating and cooling sitting right underneath most houses, but until recently no one has been able to tap it.That solution is geothermal energy, using the ea

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Ex-Postmates VP of global public policy on the future of gig work

Vikrum Aiyer, the now-former vice president of global public policy and strategic communications at Postmates, penned a memo to his former colleagues and other stakeholders in the gig economy outlinin

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Italy won't open its ski slopes due to virus fears

The Italian government on Sunday abruptly delayed opening Italy's beloved ski season because a coronavirus variant was detected in a good portion of recently infected persons in the country.Health Mi

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Finding new experiences while staying in Beijing for Spring Festival

Wang Ange (2nd L), a graduate student at Beijing University of Technology, makes dumplings together with his schoolmates and supervisor, Chaoyang District, Beijing, Chi

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9 investors discuss hurdles, opportunities and the impact of cloud vendors in enterprise data lakes

About a decade ago, I remember having a conversation with a friend about big data. At the time, we both agreed that it was the purview of large companies like Facebook, Yahoo and Google, and not somet

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ICYMI: The week's quirky news from around the world

There are plenty of bleak stories making headlines every day between a global pandemic, natural disasters, humanitarian crises, and terror attacks. So here is a pick of the week's funny, quirky and s

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CGTN Sports Talk: Who can stop Man City winning the Premier League?

CGTN Sports Talk EP29 City Liverpool.mp3 00:00 CGTN Sports Talk host Hu Zhicheng is joined by senior editor Josh McNally to look into Manchester City, who have moved five points

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Infinitus emerges from stealth with $21.4M for “voice RPA” aimed at healthcare companies

Robotic process automation (RPA) has found a strong foothold in the world of enterprise IT through its effective use of AI and other technology to help automate repetit

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Twitter expands Google Cloud partnership to ‘learn more from data, move faster’

Twitter is upping its data analytics game in the form of an expanded, multiyear partnership with Google Cloud.The social media giant first began working with Google in 2018 to move Hadoop clusters to

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Many Americans are strikingly tolerant of massive COVID-19 casualties

Editor's note: Maitreya Bhakal is an Indian commentator who writes about China, India, U.S. and global issues. The article reflects the author's opinions, and not necessarily the views of CGTN.App

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Why Europeans are still disenchanted with the U.S.

U.S. and EU flags in Dublin City Center, in Dublin, Ireland, January 17, 2019. /Getty Editor's note: Keith Lamb is a University of Oxford graduate with an MSc degree in Contemporary Chinese St

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Edtech valuations aren’t skyrocketing, but investors see more exit opportunities

Less than a year after we put out an initial temperature check survey, it’s clear that specialist investors are even more bullish on edtech. Bears are hard to find right now: the sector, once un

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Myanmar lawmakers say they’re under house arrest after coup

Hundreds of members of Myanmar’s Parliament remained confined inside their government housing in the country’s capital on Tuesday, a day after the military staged a cou

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Experts allay fears about getting COVID-19 from frozen, imported food

The coronavirus was recently detected on the surface of some frozen imported products. /CFP As concerns loom, experts say there is a very slim chance the COVID-19 virus detected on the surface