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Samsung heirs to pay $11 billion, donate artworks to settle tax bill

File photo of Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee, April 22, 2008. /CFP The heirs to South Korea's Samsung group announced their plans to pay more than 12 trillion won (about $10.78 billion) in

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Streamer breaks Twitch record after broadcasting live for 31 days

He began streaming on 14 March as part of a "sub-athon", which saw him extend his stream by 10 seconds with every new subscriber.

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Authentic Artists is building virtual, AI-powered musicians

Chris McGarry, who previously led music integration at Facebook’s Oculus, is taking a new approach to bringing music into the virtual world with his startup Authentic Artists.McGarry pointed to

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Firefighter cries on stand at trial of former officer Derek Chauvin

03:40 Hear the testimony of Minneapolis firefighter Genevieve Hansen, who was off duty, but at the scene of George Floyd’s detainment.Hansen described her experience of Chauvin and oth

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If Coinbase is worth $100 billion, what’s a fair valuation for Stripe?

Mere days after we discussed Coinbase at $77 billion and Stripe at $115 billion in the private markets, those same semi-liquid exchanges have provided a new valuation for the cryptocurrency company. I

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E-sports booming in China

29:11 From video game competitions to global events, E-sports has grown into a billion-dollar industry in just twenty years. Today, tournaments are watched by millions of fans worldwid

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2021 Spring Festival Gala dazzles viewers with high-techs

China Media Group's Spring Festival Gala, the world's most-watched annual TV broadcast, has been using the latest technologies to amaze both its Chinese and foreign viewers across the globe. And this

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Super Bowl draws 96.4 million viewers, lowest in 14 years

Tom Brady hoists the Lombardi Trophy after leading the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to win the Super Bowl LV game with a 31-9 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in Tampa, U.S., February 7, 2021. /CFP

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Super Bowl 2021 played to reduced stadium crowd due to COVID-19

02:32 More than 100 million people watched the most important sporting event in the United States, the Super Bowl via either television or online streaming services on Sunday night due

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WHO: Africa to receive 90 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in February

Testing a passenger at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, January 5, 2020. /CFP Nearly 90 million COVID-19 vaccine doses negotiated through the COVAX facility will

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WHO: Africa to receive 90 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in February

Testing a passenger at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, January 5, 2020. /CFP Nearly 90 million COVID-19 vaccine doses negotiated through the COVAX facility will

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China's industrial profits up by 4.1% in 2020

China's economy grew by 2.3 percent in 2020, the only major economy to see positive growth in a world ravaged by the pandemic. /CFP Profits for China's major industrial enterprises edged up 4.

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Watch SpaceX’s first dedicated rideshare rocket launch live, carrying a record-breaking payload of satellites

SpaceX is set to launch the very first of its dedicated rideshare missions – an offering it introduced in 2019 that allows small satellite operators to book a portion of a payload on a Falcon 9 launch

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Watch SpaceX launch its first dedicated rideshare mission live, carrying a record-breaking number of satellites

SpaceX is set to launch the very first of its dedicated rideshare missions – an offering it introduced in 2019 that allows small satellite operators to book a portion of a payload on a Falcon 9 launch

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Americans watched U.S. President Joe Biden's inauguration

(Scroll to the right to see more)See how people around the United States watched U.S. President Joe Biden's inauguration.

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Turkey's Erdogan says Turkey ready to reopen border with Armenia

At a military parade in Baku, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday renewed a call for a change of leadership in Armenia, while offering the country the chance o

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Loon’s stratospheric balloons are now teaching themselves to fly better thanks to Google AI

Alphabet’s Loon has been using algorithmic processes to optimize the flight of its stratospheric balloons for years now – and setting records for time spent aloft as a result. But the company is