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Tinybird turns raw data into realtime API at scale

Meet Tinybird, a new startup that helps developers build data products at scale without having to worry about infrastructure, query time and all those annoying issues that come up once you deal with h

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TechCrunch July 4th event sale: 2-for-1 passes on all TechCrunch events

Calling all savvy shoppers across the startup stratosphere. We’re about to roll into a long holiday weekend here in the States, and we’re in the mood to celebrate. In true American style, we’re offeri

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Virus infections surging in Africa’s vulnerable rural areas

For Pelagia Bvukura, who lives in a rural part of north-central Zimbabwe, COVID-19 had always been a “city disease,” affecting those in the capital, Harare, or other, d

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Actions taken to protect biodiversity in China's Baihetan Dam area

Proactive measures such as building a botanic garden and a fish breeding station have been taken to protect the biodiversity in China's southwestern Baihetan Dam area,

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U.S. stocks strike new highs, Europe sinks

U.S. stocks hit new highs on Monday although elsewhere there was little steam left in last week's rally spurred by easing concerns over inflation. After another record

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Ending the mental health stigma in the tech community

The road to entrepreneurship is never easy. The process is stressful and requires a tremendous amount of hustle, risk-taking and comfort with ambiguity. The sacrifices are innumerable, and they someti

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Slice raises $20 million to go after the credit card industry in India

Slice, an Indian fintech startup that has built a “super card” for millennials in India, said on Monday it has raised $20 million in a new financing round and is adding new features to change how peop

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Slice raises $20 million to go after the credit card industry in India

Slice, an Indian fintech startup that has built a “super card” for millennials in India, said on Monday it has raised $20 million in a new financing round and is adding new features to change how peop

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Equity Extras: Q&A from the live show

Hey Equity fam, we have a small clip of extra for you today. After our live show — listen to the recording here, it was good fun — we got to take a few questions from the audience, audio t

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Amazon, Google face formal fake review inquiry in Britain

Britain's competition regulator started a formal investigation on Friday into whether Amazon and Google may not have done enough to prevent or remove fake reviews.Along

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Amazon and Google investigated over efforts to tackle fake reviews

Fake reviews can be big business in their own right and the CMA wants to stamp it out in a bid to protect consumers.

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Senators to pitch bipartisan infrastructure plan to Biden

A bipartisan gang of senators is seeking President Joe Biden’s support for a $953 billion infrastructure plan, raising hopes for a breakthrough agreement after arduous

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Companies navigate ethical minefield to build proof of vaccination apps

In the U.S, after you get vaccinated against COVID-19 you are given a small paper card issued by the CDC that is essentially the only evidence that you’ve received your shots. It might seem like

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Tokyo 2020 organizers ban alcoholic beverages at venues

A Japanese fan cheers for the team during the FIFA Women's World Cup France Group D game against Argentina at Parc des Princes in Paris, France, June 10, 2019. /CFP All kinds of consumption a

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Vercel raises $102M Series C for its front-end development platform

Vercel, the company behind the popular open-source Next.js React framework, today announced that it has raised a $102 million Series C funding round led by Bedrock Capital. Existing investors Accel, C

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Nicolas Sarkozy's lawyer tells court 'to make mistakes is not a crime'

/Christophe Archambault/AFP The defense has presented its closing statements in the trial of the former France President Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing."Nicolas Sarkozy has not

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If you love voice messaging, you’ll love Squad

Squad used to be an app that connected people with similar interests for in-person meetups. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit. While most social apps thrived under these conditions — people crav