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Actress Zhang Ziyi's TV debut applauded overseas

The Rebel Princess, the first TV drama starring the A-list actress Zhang Ziyi, who shot to international fame through Ang Lee's Oscar-winning film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, has recently won

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Walking with Dolly

A walk is, more often than not, a solitary experience. As far as the age of COVID-19 is concerned, that’s probably more bug than feature. It’s a way to escape the confines of a shutdown for a few glor

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Taboola is going public via SPAC

Taboola is the latest company seeking to go public via special purpose acquisition corporation — more commonly known as a SPAC.To achieve this, it will merge with ION Acquisition Corp, which went publ

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Clubhouse announces plans for creator payments and raises new funding led by Andreessen Horowitz

Buzzy live voice chat app Clubhouse has confirmed that it has raised new funding – without revealing how much – in a Series B round led by Andreessen Horowitz through the firm’s partner Andrew C

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This Week in Apps: TikTok viral hit breaks Spotify records, inauguration boosts news app installs, judge rules against Parler

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy.The app industry is as hot as ever, with a rec

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Pinterest launches an AR-powered Try-on experience for eyeshadow

Pinterest is expanding its virtual makeup try-on capabilities with today’s launch of a new augmented reality feature that allows online shoppers to virtually try on new eyeshadow. Initially, Pin

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YouTubers under fire for "pro-China" content talk back

09:21 British YouTubers who post about their lives in China are under fire. Their alleged crime? Posting positive stories about their lives in China. A January 9 headline in the Britis

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Daily Crunch: Apple might be working on a VR headset

A new report suggests there’s a pricey Apple VR headset in the works, Facebook’s Oversight Board will examine one of the social network’s most consequential decisions and we review t

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Bodyguard is a mobile app that hides toxic content on social platforms

If you’re somewhat famous on various social networks, chances are you are exposed to hate speech in your replies or in your comments. French startup Bodyguard recently launched its app and service in

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YouTube launches hashtag landing pages to all users

YouTube is embracing the hashtag. The company has been quietly working on a new feature that allows users to better discover content using hashtags — either by clicking on a hashtag on YouTube o

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Remote workers are greener, but their tech still has a real carbon cost

The massive shift to remote work due to COVID-19 has resulted in a huge reduction in emissions from vehicles and other sources, but it comes with costs of its own. A new study puts tentative carbon co

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Mystery of butterfly flight finally cracked by scientists

The "fascinating" and "elegant" mechanism "is far more advanced than we imagined" said one of the scientists behind the findings.

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Chicago gun violence: Safety concerns over Chinese students

29:39 30-year-old doctoral Chinese student Fan Yiran was one of the three victims killed in a random shooting spree last Saturday near Chicago. Meanwhile, Donald Trump was once again i

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Thai court gives record 43-year sentence for insulting king

A court in Thailand on Tuesday sentenced a former civil servant to a record prison term of 43 years and six months for breaching the country's strict law on insulting o

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Elon Musk said it was ‘Not a Flamethrower.’

After two days locked up in an Italian prison, American Max Craddock was finally able to make his case to a judge.“It’s not a weapon of war,” his lawyer told the investigating magist

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Uppbeat launches a freemium music platform aimed at YouTubers

A new music platform, Uppbeat, aims to make it easier for YouTubers and other content creators to find quality free music to use in their videos. The system, which is designed to navigate the complexi

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Paramount+, the successor to CBS All Access, launches March 4 in the U.S., Canada, and Latin America

Last year, ViacomCBS announced its CBS All Access streaming service would soon rebrand as Paramount+, to better reflect the expanded content lineup following the Viacom-CBS merger in 2019. Today, the