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SiriusXM partners with TikTok on a new music channel, Pandora Playlists, and more

SiriusXM is leaning into TikTok. The satellite radio company and Pandora parent today announced a partnership with the social video platform to power several new initiatives, including a TikTok channe

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Toys for the aged a new market in China

After retirement, Qin Xiaosi sought entertainment that enriched his life. He came upon a traditional Chinese toy calledhuarongdao, or the Chinese variant of Klotski, a

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Britain's Prince William receives first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Prince William said Thursday he has received his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine as Britain’s National Health Service expands it inoculation program to younger people.Wi

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Privacy.com rebrands to Lithic, raises $43M for virtual payment cards

When Privacy.com was founded in 2014, the company’s focus was to let anyone generate virtual and disposable payment card numbers for free.The goal was to allow those users to keep users’ actual credit

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Indian variant can "spread like wildfire" among people not vaccinated

Commuters arrive in the morning rush hour at London Waterloo train station in London, Britain, on April 9, 2021. /Xinhua According to the British Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Sunday, the C

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China's aging population: Trends and policy response

An elderly Chinese man waits for a meal to be delivered in Beijing, China, May 11, 2021. /AP Editor's note: Chen Wei is a professor of demography at the Center for Population and Development S

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TikTok gets Finnish kids started in the morning - study

TikTok 'may have been taken over as children's favorite morning entertainment.' /AP/Kiichiro Sato, File The social media video-sharing platform TikTok has significantly altered the morning rou

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What can we learn from China's 2020 Census?

VCG Editor's note:Zheng Zhenzhen is a professor at the Institute of Population and Labor Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The article reflects the author's opinions and not neces

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Delaying second COVID-19 vaccine doses can help reduce deaths - study

Giving a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine but delaying a second dose among people younger than 65 could lead to fewer people dying of the disease, but only if certain con

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Roku will launch original programming fueled by Quibi’s content on May 20

Roku today announced the launch of its own original programming, which will initially become available to viewers in the U.S., U.K., and Canada through the media platform’s free streaming hub, T

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Jabs for 16-year-olds in Malta, $15m Alitalia bailout: COVID Bulletin

Bosnian Muslims attend Eid al-Fitr. /AP Photo/Kemal Softic TOP HEADLINES• The European Commission has cleared Italy to give 12.8 million euros ($15.4 million) in state aid to the floundering A

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TikTok removes 500k+ accounts in Italy after DPA order to block underage users

Video sharing social network TikTok has removed more than 500,000 accounts in Italy following an intervention by the country’s data protection watchdog earlier this year ordering it to recheck t

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France nurses strike, antibodies 'last eight months': COVID Bulletin

TOP HEADLINES• The catastrophic scale of the COVID-19 pandemic could have been prevented had the warning signs been heeded, the World Health Organization panel investigating the world's coronavirus r

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Handshake raises $80M at a $1.5B+ valuation as its diversity-focused recruitment network for grads passes 18M users

Job-hunting for those close to leaving or just out of college is a different ballgame these days than it used to be. Gone (at least for now) are the open job fairs and so-called milk rounds where pros

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Snowman, the studio behind Alto’s Adventure and others, launches a kids app company, Pok Pok

Snowman, the small studio behind award-winning iOS games Alto’s Adventure, Alto’s Odyssey, Skate City, and others, is spinning out a new company, Pok Pok, that will focus on educational ch

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Tennis: Generation shift is coming

At the age of 24, Alexander Zverev of Germany wins the Madrid Open men's singles title in Madrid, Spain, May 9, 2021. /CFP The recent success of younger players on the men's tour points to an

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Engageli nabs $33M more for its collaborative video-based teaching platform

As schools move more widely into reopening their doors for in-person learning, many educational institutions have also learned a critical lesson in the last year. Having better tools to teach remotely