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Eat this, not that, exercise now; new personalized software predicts and helps prevents blood sugar spikes

Not everyone has Type 2 diabetes, the disease that causes chronically high blood sugar levels, but many do. Around 9% of Americans are afflicted, and another 30% are at risk of developing it.Enter sof

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Greetings from Mars: NASA releases new pictures captured by the Perseverance rover

The £1.9bn effort has already achieved more than most, given how approximately half of all mankind's missions to Mars have failed.

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Larissa Iapichino breaks world U20 indoor long jump record

Larissa Iapichino is considered one of Italy's most promising athletes. /CFP Larissa Iapichino is finally emerging from her famous mother's shadow. Fiona May may have been a two-time world lon

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A behind-the-scene look at how Beijing's Daxing Intl Airport was built

01:04 Asked to name Beijing's most famous landmark, most people would probably identify Tian'anmen Square in the heart of China's capital. But just under 50 kilometers

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Chinese literature takes center stage in new documentary series

For decades now, contemporary Chinese literature has been enriching the world-wide literary landscape with its distinctive Chinese features. Many contemporary Chinese writers are getting international

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YC-backed Queenly launches a marketplace for formalwear

Queenly, a marketplace for formalwear, launched into a world where its core product of dresses and gowns had a massive competitor, bigger and more elusive than Poshmark: quarantine.The coronavirus pan

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Apple TV+ arrives on Google TV devices, starting with Chromecast

Google announced today the Apple TV+ streaming service has now arrived on the Google TV platform, starting with Chromecast with Google TV. It will also become available on Google TVs from both Sony an

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Outfit wants to make DIY home improvements easier to tackle

Doing home renovations yourself can be more cost-effective than hiring a contractor, but many people don’t know where to begin. Ian Janicki, the founder and CEO of DIY home renovation startup Ou

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Tired of ‘Zoom University’? So is edtech

The rise of “Zoom University” was only possible because edtech wasn’t ready to address the biggest opportunity of the past year: remote learning at scale. Of course, the term encapsulates

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Far-right movements swiftly becoming a transnational threat in Europe

Thousands took part in an annual far-right march in Warsaw to mark Poland's Independence Day. November 2020. / Getty The far-right movement in Europe is "undergoing a broader and more fundame

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Event networking app Grip raises $13M, as pandemic forces events to stay virtual

With offline events now firmly moved to online for the foreseeable future, startups in the networking space had to pivot fast in the face of the pandemic. One of those was Grip, previously better know

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A respectful rebuttal to Professor Mearsheimer's China predictions

University of Chicago Professor John Mearsheimer shared his views on "why a cold war between China and the United States is inevitable" with Pakistani journalist Ejaz Haider via video during an e

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Artie raises $10M for app-less mobile games

Artie, a startup looking to rethink the distribution of mobile games, announced today that it has raised $10 million in funding.There are some big names backing the company — its latest investors incl

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Reducing the spread of misinformation on social media: What would a do-over look like?

The news is awash with stories of platforms clamping down on misinformation and the angst involved in banning prominent members. But these are Band-Aids over a deeper issue — namely, that the problem

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YouTube to expand Shorts to the U.S., add 4K and DVR to YouTube TV, launch in-video shopping and more in 2021

YouTube has a host of big product updates coming this year, and it just detailed a lot of them in a blog post from Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan. Google’s streaming video site plans to expand

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UEFA Champions League preview: PSG vs. Barcelona

When Tottenham Hotspur trounced Everton 3-0 in the Premier League on September 9, 2017, did anybody think the next time then-managers Mauricio Pochettino and Ronald Koeman's next game against each

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Tencent backs digital rights startup Pex in $57M round

Pex, a startup aiming to giving rightsholders more control over how their content is used and reused online, has raised $57 million in new funding.The round comes from existing investors including Sus