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Olympic recognition pushing climbing to new heights in Germany

02:56 The two 14-year-old girls scale the Olympic-regulation 15-meter wall, bouncing from foothold to foothold, while their hands grasp at any protruding polyurethane hold, known as a "

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Revolut confirms a fresh $800M in funding at a $33B valuation to supercharge its financial services superapp

The fintech funding continues to roll in at a rapid pace, a result of the huge shift underway in how consumers spend and manage their money. In the latest development, Revolut — the London-based

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No change here: London to retain masks on public transport

Mask-wearing will be required on London's transport network even after the legal obligation to wear them in England is lifted on July 19, the city's mayor said Wednesda

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China-Italy fashion competition turns to tech-inspired design

Fashion trends are notoriously difficult to predict. What is in fashion one moment may be out of fashion the next. Add to this uncertainty the age in which we live and technological innovation, such a

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Facebook adds a ‘Payout Time Bonus’ to help retain bug bounty hunters

When it comes to bug bounties, Facebook lags behind the likes of Microsoft and Google in terms of overall payouts and volume of tips received: last year, Microsoft and Google respectively paid out $13

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UK’s Johnson set to confirm England unlocking will go ahead

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to confirm Monday that all remaining lockdown restrictions in England will be lifted in a week’s time while urging people to

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Beyond Pride: The fight against tech’s brogrammer culture

I was 4 years old when I started playing what I’ve come to think of as “the game.” It was dressing-up time at school, and, as I ran over to a costume box, my teacher grabbed me by the shoulders. Right

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Exclusive: Xinjiang Flying Tigers respond to Zhou Qi's criticism

02:01 Abdusalam Abdurixit, captain of the CBA's Xinjiang Flying Tigers and the team's head coach Adiljan Jun responded to Xinjiang's All-Star center Zhou Qi's criticism

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Kashgar Technical Institute: Nurturing and integrating local talents

03:43 Editor's note:Abhishek G Bhaya is an International Editor with CGTN Digital. The article reflects the author's opinions and observations based on his visit to the Kashgar Technica

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Beyond ‘Netflix Party’: startups and their VCs bet we’ll browse more of the web together

Last year, during the pandemic, a free browser extension called Netflix Party gained traction because it enabled people trapped in their homes to connect with far-flung friends and family by watching

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Huawei to invest $150m in digital workforce

03:00 The Chinese telecom giant Huawei has announced it would invest $150 million in digital talents over the next five years to find innovative solutions to create a "

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Germany’s VC industry is ready to take off, but bureaucrats need to release the handbrake

The narrative suggests that Germany is lagging behind its European neighbors when it comes to building a globally competitive venture capital market. But I think that the next five years will be huge

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Popshop Live raises about $20M at a $100M valuation for its livestream shopping platform for hipsters

Legacy TV services like HSN and QVC may have put live shopping shows on the map for consumers, but livestream commerce got a completely new boost of life in the pandemic, with retailers and e-commerce

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Uygur residents refute accusations of 'genocide' in Xinjiang

02:09 Uygur residents in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have refuted accusations of the so-called "genocide" against Muslim minorities there, saying

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Liangzhu cultural products unpack the mystery of ancient China

Liangzhu refrigerator magnets. /Yang LiyaWhat could a cup of caffe latte reveal about the 5,000-year-old Liangzhu culture of the Yangtze River Basin? More than you'd th

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Dispatch from Bangalore

A startup founder, who hasn’t had much sleep all week, woke up on a recent Sunday to a phone call from his co-founder. A senior engineer was feeling burnt out and was contemplating leaving. For the fo

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Videos of tribe women being beaten by their families go viral in India

00:30 Disturbing videos spread across social media showing young women, in both cases from tribes and villages within India's state of Madhya Pradesh, being dragged by their hair, eithe