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Cuckoo Internet closes Seed funding to disrupt UK broadband market

Cuckoo Internet is a new UK start-up that aims to disrupt the UK broadband market. It has now raised £425,000 in seed funding, which includes funding from work.fund, a new Silicon Valley fund operator

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U.S. faces drop in Chinese students amid COVID-19 worries

11:39 The COVID-19 pandemic is adversely affecting the appetite for much sought-after U.S. degrees among Chinese students, who were already "reconsidering" and "diversifying" their aca

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Smartwatch shipments grew during the first quarter of 2020, with Apple Watch still in first place

Despite the worldwide impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, global smartwatch shipments continued to grow during the first three months of the year, driven by online sales, says a new report by research fi

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Young May Day travelers raise hope for China's tourism

China's tourism sector showed encouraging signs of recovery over the May Day holiday with 115 million trips made, many by car and by younger people emerging from weeks of coronavirus lockdown, accord

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Feature: Young faces in China's anti-epidemic battle

Chinese youths from all walks of life have risen to challenges and played an important role in the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic. Monday was China's Youth Day, a

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Otters juggle stones because they are excited about food - study

The behaviour might help younger otters to learn the skills they will need to extract food from prey such as mussels and clams.

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Pluto TV expands with addition of CBS Sports HQ, new deals with TiVo and Verizon

Free streaming service Pluto TV is expanding. The company has today gained access to streaming sports network, CBS Sports HQ, as a result of the ViacomCBS merger. It has also forged new distribution d

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Hustle CEO Sam Parr & SmartNews co-founder Rich Jaroslavsky on the future of media

Welcome to this edition of The Operators, a recurring Extra Crunch column, podcast and YouTube show that brings you insights and information from inside the top tech companies. Our guests are execs wi

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Tumblr now removes reblogs in violation of its hate speech policy, not just the original posts

Tumblr is making a change to how it deals with hate speech on its blogging platform. The company announced today it will also remove the reblogs (repostings) from any b

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“Here Kitty!” is an adorable way to pass the time while staying at home

If you’ve got kids with you through this stay-at-home stretch, there’s a good chance you’re running low on new ways to keep them entertained. All the coloring pages have been colored in; the freeze da

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As lockdowns ease, some countries report new infection peaks

While millions of people took advantage of easing coronavirus lockdowns to enjoy spring weather, some of the world’s most populous countries reported worrisome new peak

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We need more video games that are social platforms first, games second

During these long, mundane physically-distant days, stretching on into an uncertain future like an ever-lengthening beigeish corridor, it’s impossible not to miss hanging out with friends. Espec

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Knowde could make billions building the digital marketplace for the $5 trillion chemicals industry

Ali Amin-Javaheri grew up in the chemicals business.His father had worked for Iran’s state-owned chemical company and when the family fled the country in the nineteen eighties during the Iran-Ir

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UK ethnic minorities more likely to die from COVID-19: think tank

People from some ethnic minorities in Britain are dying in disproportionate numbers from COVID-19, possibly because they are more likely to work in healthcare and other sectors most exposed to the co

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Five skin conditions linked to coronavirus identified, study finds

Researchers say the conditions may be caused by COVID-19 or indicate complications - but warned people against self-diagnosis.

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COVID-19 quarantine boosts smart speaker usage among U.S. adults, particularly younger users

The coronavirus outbreak has driven more consumers to turn to their smart speakers for news, information, music and entertainment, according to new data released today

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Chinese New Zealand students join global chorus for COVID-19 frontline workers

A group of Chinese New Zealand students joined a global rally to sing for the resilience and solidarity showed by the overseas Chinese community and the frontline medi