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ICYMI: The week's quirky news - Christmas edition

A diver in a Santa Claus suit swims in a fish tank at the Kaiyukan aquarium in Osaka, Japan, November 27, 2020. /Kyodo News via Getty Between travel restrictions, social distancing rules and l

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Dominion worker sues Trump campaign and conservative media

An election systems worker driven into hiding by death threats has filed a defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump s campaign two of its lawyers and some cons

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Fauci says most Americans will receive a COVID-19 vaccine by spring

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Monday that the general American public will likely begin receiving the COVID-19 vaccine by early spring – contradicting projections made by Pres

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Daily Crunch: Stimulus bill increases penalties for illegal streaming services

The stimulus bill includes significant changes to copyright law and enforcement, the Biden administration may have to build a presidential Twitter following from scratch and we round up the startups t

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Global Business: Google and Facebook team up, Arctic oil approval

"Cooperate and assist one another."The language might be functional but the sentiment could have a huge effect on the ongoing battle between "Big Tech" and Western powers. The quote was reported by t

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Will GCC be the next battleground for a China-U.S. 'Digital Cold War'?

The GCC states, that have good ties with both China and the U.S., have so far been able to balance their positions by slicing up their digital infrastructure between Chinese and CNI-approved U.S.

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Another two deals reached: $205mln for Gobert, $40mln for Kuzma

Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz. /CFP Utah Jazz French giant Rudy Gobert reached a five-year, $205-million contract extension with the team, confirmed Gobert himself to ESPN.It was not what the t

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Japan approves record $1 trillion budget for fiscal 2021

Japan's cabinet approved on Monday a record 106.6 trillion yen ($1.03 trillion) budget draft for the next fiscal year starting in April 2021, the Ministry of Finance said, as the coronavirus and s

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Explainer: Are new coronavirus strains cause for concern?

00:41 Reports from Britain and South Africa of new coronavirus strains that seem to spread more easily are causing alarm, but virus experts say it's unclear if that's the case or wheth

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COVID-19: Will Americans get vaccinated this time? | Facts Tell

05:00 The first shots of a newly authorized COVID-19 vaccine were given to frontline healthcare workers around the United States on December 14, almost a year after the virus first hit

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Orbital refueling and manufacturing go from theory to reality in 2021

The idea of satellites and other spacecraft being able to refuel, repair, or even add new capabilities while in orbit has generally seemed like a “nice in theory” one, but as leaders from

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V7 Labs raises $3M to help AI teams ‘automate’ training data workflows

V7 Labs, the makers of a computer vision platform that helps AI teams “automate” and future-proof their training data workflows as advances in AI continue, has picked up $3 million in fund

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Lucy Bronze and Robert Lewandowski win FIFA Best Player Awards

Manchester City's Lucy Bronze won the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) Best Women's Player Award and Bayern Munich's Polish forward Robert Lewand

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GoCardless raises another $95M as it bets on open banking alongside its recurring payments network

GoCardless, the London fintech that aims to become the one-stop shop globally for businesses that want to let customers pay via recurring bank payments, has raised $95 million in Series F funding.Acco

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Colorado administers first COVID-19 vaccines to health care workers

02:52 "Oh here we go!" In Denver, a box packed with vials of ​thePfizer/BioNTech vaccine arrives at the Colorado State Lab. It's the first installment of the COVID-19 drug that will ar

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Hightouch raises $2.1M to help businesses get more value from their data warehouses

Hightouch, a SaaS service that helps businesses sync their customer data across sales and marketing tools, is coming out of stealth and announcing a $2.1 million seed round. The round was led by Afore

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Adobe’s Document Services make PDFs easier to work with for developers

Over the course of the last year, Adobe has quietly continued to expand its tools for helping developers use PDFs in their applications. In April, the company launched a couple of SDKs, for example, w