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Rootly nabs $3.2M seed to build SRE incident management solution inside Slack

As companies look for ways to respond to incidents in their complex microservices-driven software stacks, SREs — site reliability engineers — are left to deal with the issues involved in making everyt

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Kenya’s MarketForce raises $2M, plans to focus on its B2B retail marketplace RejaReja

A 2016 study by global consultancy PwC states that an estimated 90% of sales in Africa’s major economies come through informal channels like markets and kiosks. In sub-Saharan Africa, 90% of the

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China's Xinjiang policies can't be compared to Western colonialism

Editor's note: Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political analyst. The article reflects the author's views and not necessarily those of CGTN. CNN tried a new i

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China's Xinjiang policies can't be compared to Western colonialism

Editor's note: Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political analyst. The article reflects the author's views and not necessarily those of CGTN. CNN tried a new i

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For successful AI projects, celebrate your graveyard and be prepared to fail fast

AI teams invest a lot of rigor in defining new project guidelines. But the same is not true for killing existing projects. In the absence of clear guidelines, teams let infeasible projects drag on for

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Demand Curve: 10 lies you’ve been told about marketing

The harsh truth: Some of the advice you read about marketing is incorrect.While not always intentionally misleading, you’re often absorbing content written by:Marketers without a breadth of expe

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Tune in, SPAC on, drop LSD

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.For this week’s deep dive, Alex and Natasha and Danny decided that it w

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Acrylic raises debut $55M solo GP fund to paint the future of crypto

It’s been quite the year for crypto capital, what with Coinbase’s blockbuster debut earlier this year in a direct listing and A16Z raising $2.2 billion for its third crypto-focused fund. But as the nu

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AnyVision, the controversial facial recognition startup, has raised $235M led by SoftBank and Eldridge

Facial recognition has been one of the more conflicted applications of artificial intelligence in the wider world: using computer vision to detect faces and subsequent identities of people has raised

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Animators' new ambition to promote Chinese culture

A new original Chinese animated feature,Realm of Terracotta, involving great dedication from hundreds of Chinese animators has emerged motivated by an ambition to expand the story universe inspired by

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Juni, a ‘vertical’ neobank for e-commerce and online marketing companies, raises $21.5M

E-commerce in Europe is expected to grow 30% this year to $465 billion, and that’s giving rise to a new ecosystem of services built to cater to e-commerce merchants. In the latest development, J

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BRI would be the best thing to happen to post-withdrawal Afghanistan

A deserted Bagram airfield after the departure of all U.S. and NATO forces from Parwan province, eastern Afghanistan. /Xinhua Editor's note:Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political

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APD | Pakistan may approach the UN on Indian alleged terrorism in Pakistan

Author: Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan, Sinologist (ex-Diplomat), Editor, Analyst, Non-Resident Fellow of CCG (Center for China and Globalization), National University o

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Daily Crunch: Nothing sets July 27 rollout for noise-canceling Ear (1) earbuds

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here.Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for July 6, 2021. We’re back after

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Extra Crunch roundup: Video pitch decks, Didi’s regulatory struggles, Nothing CEO interview

The numbers don’t lie.According to DocSend, the average pitch deck is reviewed for just three minutes. And if you think a senior VC is studying the presentation your team crafted for months as i

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Nextdoor’s SPAC investor deck paints a picture of sizable scale and sticky users

The SPAC parade continues in this shortened week with news that community social network Nextdoor will go public via a blank-check company. The unicorn will merge with Khosla Ventures Acquisition Co.

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Max Q: Billionaire Blast-off Boys Club

Max Q is a weekly newsletter from TechCrunch all about space. Sign up here to receive it weekly on Mondays in your inbox.It’s a space race of the most indulgent kind, plus there’s a new co