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Where top VCs are investing in open source and dev tools (Part 2 of 2)

In part two of a survey that asks top VCs about exciting opportunities in open source and dev tools, we dig into responses from 10 leading open-source-focused investors at firms that span early to gro

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Where top VCs are investing in open source and dev tools (Part 1 of 2)

The once-polarizing world of open-source software has recently become one of the hotter destinations for VCs.As the popularity of open source increases among organizations and developers, startups in

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How Microsoft runs its $40M ‘AI for Health’ initiative

Last week, Microsoft announced the latest news in its ongoing “AI for Good” program: a $40M effort to apply data science and AI to difficult and comparatively under-studied conditions like

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Uber issued permit to test self-driving vehicles on California public roads

Uber Advanced Technologies Group has been issued a permit that would allow the company to put its autonomous vehicles back on public roads in California nearly two years after the company scaled back

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Disney aims to launch Hulu internationally in 2021

Hulu will finally expand outside of the U.S., likely as soon as next year. This tidbit of news was confirmed by Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger on this week’s earnings call with investors. Disn

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I am not coronavirus: The protest of a young Chinese-Italian

Massimiliano Martigli Jiang was born in Wenzhou, China but moved with his parents to Italy when he was still a child. The 29 year-old grew up in Italy and considers himself as much Italian as Chinese

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Hard-hit Chinese city steps up epidemic quarantine

The city of Huanggang, hard-hit by the novel coronavirus in central China's Hubei Province, is taking measures to ensure centralized hospitalization and quarantine for

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Tier Mobility, the European e-scooter rentals startup, adds new COO and CCO to executive team

Following Tier Mobility’s $60 million Series B late last year, the e-scooter rentals startup has been busy bolstering its C-suite.The Berlin-based company is announcing that Moritz Werner has jo

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WTO chief calls for structural changes amid Appellate Body impasse

Roberto Azevedo, director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), on Tuesday called for political leadership to modernize the multilateral trade institution amid the continued impasse over it

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Belgian tests positive for coronavirus after Wuhan evacuation

Belgium's first coronavirus case is being treated at the Saint-Pierre Hospital in Brussels. (Credit: CGTN) Belgium has confirmed its first case of coronavirus. The individual was one of nine B

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At least 7 mln lives could be saved from cancer over next decade: WHO

At least seven million lives could be saved from cancer over the next decade by stepping up cancer services especially in low and middle-income countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on

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Huawei marks 2 decades in Europe after EU allows its 5G participation

Chinese technology firm Huawei marked its two decades in Europe on Tuesday, on the heel of positive regulatory decisions in the United Kingdom and European Union that defied pressure from the Unit

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WHO chief: World has 'window of opportunity' on coronavirus prevention

The strong measures taken by China at the epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak have prevented significant spread abroad, providing a "window of opportunity" to halt transmission, said Tedros Adh

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Taiwan confirms 11th case of novel coronavirus infection

Taiwan on Tuesday confirmed the 11th case of novel coronavirus infection. The patient is one of the 247 Taiwan residents who returned Monday from Hubei Province, where

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Layoffs hit another Softbank co as $3.2B Flexport cuts 50

Fearing weak fundraising options in the wake of the WeWork implosion, late stage startups are tightening their belts. The latest is another Softbank-funded company, joining Zume Pizza (80% of staff la

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At least 7 mln lives could be saved from cancer over next decade: WHO

At least seven million lives could be saved from cancer over the next decade by stepping up cancer services especially in low and middle-income countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on

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Disney+ already has 26.5M subscribers

The Walt Disney Company just announced that its streaming service Disney+ has 26.5 million paying subscribers — ahead of the already-impressive 25 million predicted by Wall Street analysts.Disney+ lau