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What is a universal coronavirus vaccine and is it achievable?

04:33 The vaccination of the world's population against COVID-19 is well under way in many parts of the globe, and its success is providing a ray of hope for a way out of the pandemic

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Mainland urges Taiwan's DPP authority to return to 1992 Consensus

A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Saturday urged Taiwan authorities to return to the common political foundation of the 1992 Consensus and stop making hostile moves, provocations and smearing acts.Z

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Climate change activists restart global Fridays For Future protests

Climate change activists are taking to the streets worldwide as the Fridays For Future protests restart.The weekly protests were put on hold due to the ongoing pandemic but activists from more than 6

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Blackstone just closed its inaugural growth equity fund, and it’s a doozy

The private equity giant Blackstone is today announcing the final close of its first growth equity fund — Blackstone Growth — with $4.5 billion in capital commitments from a wide range of

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New film sheds light on Japanese 'war orphans'

Chinese director Peng Fei told China.org.cn he chose the subject of Japanese war orphans to reflect on the destructive nature of war and the healing powers of parental love.Peng's Chinese-Japanese

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The story of the British 'Godfather of AI' - who's not sat down since 2005

Geoffrey Hinton has been "popping up like Forrest Gump" throughout the past few decades of AI achievements.

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Sperm whales taught each other how avoid 19th century whalers' harpoons

A study finds the more experienced animals would teach the younger ones how to flee or swim upwind from the hunters.

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How to recruit data scientists without paying top dollar

When it comes to building a data science team, many companies fail at the first step — creating a job posting. These mistakes have been amplified in the age of COVID-19.The increasing demand for AI an

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Okay, the GPT-3 hype seems pretty reasonable

This morning TechCrunch covered an interesting round for Copy.ai, a startup that employs GPT-3 to help other companies with their writing projects. GPT-3, or Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3, is a

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Pregame Y Combinator with Equity

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down and focus on a single t

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Oso announces $8.2M Series A to simplify authorization for developers

When we think about getting access to an application, we tend to focus on the authentication side — granting or denying people (or devices) entry. But there is another piece to this, and that

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Writing helper Copy.ai raises $2.9M in a round led by Craft Ventures

Copy.ai, a startup building AI-powered copywriting tools for business customers, announced a $2.9 million round this morning. The investment was led by Craft Ventures. Other investors took part in the

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Can Biden govern?

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris meet with a group of Republican Senators to discuss COVID-19 federal aid legislation inside the Oval Office at the White House in Washing

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Quad meeting shows where Biden's Asia policy will end up

President Joe Biden meets virtually with the Quad in the State Dining Room at the White House, March 12, 2021. /Getty Editor's note:Bradley Blankenship is a Prague-based American journalist,

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PM warned not to 'drop our guard' on military power as he boasts of boost to cyber defence

In a sign of potential clashes ahead, a senior Conservative warns that we "drop our guard on the conventional side at our peril".

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Dutch court rejects Uber drivers’ ‘robo-firing’ charge but tells Ola to explain algo-deductions

Uber has had a good result against litigation in the Netherlands, where its European business is headquartered, that had alleged it uses algorithms to terminate drivers

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US presents warring Afghan sides with draft peace agreement

Frustrated by a stalled peace process and escalating violence, the U.S. has presented an eight-page draft peace agreement to Afghanistan’s warring sides for review.The