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Reflections on the first all-virtual CES

I’ve spent more time than I care to mention over the last several years wondering aloud about the value of in-person trade shows. There’s something seemingly antiquated in the idea of jamming a bunch

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Google backs India’s Dunzo in $40 million funding round

Google is writing check to another startup in India. The Android-maker, which last year unveiled a $10 billion fund to invest in the world’s second largest internet market, said on Tuesday that

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Threat of inauguration violence casts a long shadow over social media

As the U.S. heads into one of the most perilous phases of American democracy since the Civil War, social media companies are scrambling to shore up their patchwork defenses for a moment they appear to

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The girl in a wheelchair: Up and giving

04:52 Editor's note: China Mosaic looks into the diversity and complexity of China. In the second episode, we focus on the lives ofthe disabled peoplein China. "When I jump from 3,000

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Merkel urges moderate leader on eve of key party chairman vote

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union Party (CDU) will elect a new leader on Saturday, in a key vote kicking off the race for Germany's top job as a deadly pand

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EMA warns over doctored COVID-19 vaccine data hacked and leaked online

The European Medical Agency (EMA) has warned that information on COVID-19-related medicines and vaccines, which was stolen in a cyber attack last December and leaked online earlier this week, includes

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Swimm raises $5.7M to help teams document their code

Most developers don’t enjoy writing documentation for their code and that makes life quite a bit harder when a new team member tries to get started on working on a company’s codebase. And

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Mosaic raises $18.5M Series A from GC to rebuild the CFO software stack

CFOs are the supposed omniscient owners of a company. While the CEO sets strategy, messages, and builds culture, the CFO needs to know everything that it is going on in an organization. Where is reven

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Google’s Fitbit acquisition is official

Following regulatory scrutiny on both sides of the pond, Google this morning announced that it has completed its acquisition of wearables pioneer, Fitbit. Google’s use of the vast amount of user healt

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Japanese brewer Sapporo to launch new beer despite 'embarrassing' typo

Beer bottle caps /CFP It's not what it says on the tin!An "embarrassing" spelling mistake is not standing in the way of a new limited-edition beer in Japan by one of the country's biggest brew

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$1,000 a Day Fine for Maskless Lawmakers Proposed by House Dems After 3 Reps Get Coronavirus

A group of Democratic lawmakers put forward legislation on Tuesday to fine members of Congress $1,000 if they refuse to wear masks on U.S. Capitol grounds amid the coro

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Trump admits he's partly to blame for violence at U.S. Capitol

President Trump admitted Monday that he is at least partially to blame for what transpired at the U.S. Capitol last Wednesday.That's according to House Minority Leader

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A deep dive on Steve Jurvetson and Maryanna Saenko’s $200 million new fund

Future Ventures — cofounded by renowned VC Steve Jurvetson and Maryanna Saenko, a colleague of Jurvetson at his last firm, DFJ, as well as an investor previously with Airbus Ventures and Khosla

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Visa will not acquire Plaid after running into regulatory wall

Visa and Plaid called off their agreement this afternoon, ending the consumer credit giant’s takeover of the data-focused fintech API startup.The deal, valued at $5.3 billion at the time of its

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Programmable genetics gets more cash as Tessera Therapeutics gets a $230 million infusion

Technologists are getting better at coding biology and venture firms are flooding a new generation of startups with cash so that they can commercialize their technology bringing in the next wave of ge

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Facebook says it will remove references to ‘stop the steal’ across its platform

In the wake of last week’s violence at the U.S. Capitol, Facebook today announced it will be taking additional steps to removing content referencing the phrase “stop the steal” on it

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Following riots, alternative social apps and private messengers top the app stores

Alternative social media apps including MeWe, CloutHub and other privacy-focused rivals to big tech, are topping the app stores following Trump’s ban from mainstream social platforms like Facebo