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Substack acquires team from community consulting startup People & Company

New media poster child Substack announced today that they’ve added a small community-building consultancy team to its ranks, acquiring the Brooklyn-based startup People Company.The small firm ha

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Juul inventor’s Myst lands funding as institutional investors turn to China’s e-cigs

Over the past several years, institutional investors had largely shied away from China’s e-cigarette makers, an industry that was teeming with shoddy workshops and lacked regulatory oversight. B

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Gatheround raises millions from Homebrew, Bloomberg and Stripe’s COO to help remote workers connect

Remote work is no longer a new topic, as much of the world has now been doing it for a year or more because of the COVID-19 pandemic.Companies — big and small — have had to react in myriad

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Google to offer 40,000 developer scholarships in Africa; continues accelerator program

Google today announced the launch of 40,000 new developer scholarships in Africa. Google will offer the scholarships — created in partnership with tech talent companies Pluralsight and Andela &#

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Arc opens its remote career platform to all software developers

The COVID-19 pandemic threw remote work into the spotlight, but tech companies have hired in other locations for years to deal with talent shortages. Arc announced today it is opening its remote hirin

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In London, rail-side gardening blossoms during pandemic

A busy commuter train station is an unlikely place to find a haven for flowers, bees and hedgehogs.But a decade-old project in London bringing an eco-friendly combination of gardening, horticultur

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Robo-advisor StashAway gets $25M Series D led by Sequoia Capital India

Investment app StashAway has raised a $25 million Series D led by Sequoia Capital India, with participation from returning investors Eight Roads Ventures and Square Peg. After regulatory approvals for

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China to celebrate its 6th national Space Day in Nanjing

01:23 Following its recent milestones in lunar exploration and ahead of the imminent landing of its first Mars probe, China is set to celebrate its sixth national Space

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Iran's supreme leader: Vienna offers 'not worth looking at'

Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday dismissed initial offers at talks in Vienna to save Tehran's tattered nuclear deal as “not worth looking at,” attempting to pressure

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Butter is building an ‘all-in-one’ platform to run virtual workshops

Butter, a startup registered in Denmark but operating fully remote, is building an “all-in-one” platform for planning and running virtual workshops.Offering video software and other featur

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Investment app for millennials Groww raises $83 million at over $1 billion valuation

More than 200 million people in India transact money digitally, but fewer than 30 million invest in mutual funds and stocks.An Indian startup that is attempting to change this figure by courting mille

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Riyadh light festival to nurture Saudi local artists

Noor Riyadh, an annual light festival to exhibit illuminative artworks across the Saudi capital, will help discover and nurture local talents and artists, said an official at the Royal Commission for

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China to raise retirement age gradually

01:39 China will raise the statutory retirement age in a gradual, flexible and differentiated manner as part of its efforts to adapt to an aging society, according to t

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Hong Kong artisan crafts a future for mahjong

02:31 Cheung Shun King, a third-generation craftsman in Hong Kong, has been running his mahjongstore for more than 50 years. The store is named after his father and is regularly featur

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Guangzhou garment plants now struggle over hiring workers

02:18 Following the end of the Spring Festival, employers from garment factories lined up in Guangzhou's suburb Datang, one of south China's main textile hubs, hoping to hire workers.

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Hear from Black Female Founders, Latinx founders, Startout and Socos Labs next week at TC Sessions: Justice 2021

We’re less than a week away from TC Sessions: Justice 2021, a deep, day-long exploration of diversity, inclusion and equity in tech. On Wednesday, March 3, leading experts, founders, social justice wa

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Only a few hours left to buy early bird passes to TC Early Stage 2021

By now you probably know that we’re hosting two TC Early Stage events this year — one on April 1-2 and another on July 8-9 — each with its own set of topics, speakers and content — both designed to he