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Canadian YouTuber hits out at Western media bias

15:07 Gweilo60 is a YouTube channel that shares the life experiences of foreigners in China.In this video, Kirk Apesland, who runs the channel, and a Canadian who has lived in both Can

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Quibi launches its mobile streaming service in the middle of the quarantine era

Quibi, the much-hyped mobile app promising to deliver “quick bites” of video entertainment, is finally here.The company has been in the headlines for more than two years, thanks to the inv

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The pandemic is already reshaping tech’s misinformation crisis

Since 2016, social media companies have faced an endless barrage of bad press and public criticism for failing to anticipate how their platforms could be used for dark purposes at the scale of populat

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5G mast set on fire after 'baseless’ conspiracy theory link to coronavirus

Several videos claiming to show 5G towers on fire were posted to a page on Facebook, which encouraged copycat attacks.

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Join prolific enterprise/SaaS seed investor Jonathan Lehr April 6 at 2pm EDT for a live conference call

It’s a tough fundraising environment out there, but one of the few glimmers of hope lies in the enterprise and SaaS markets. Critical customer problems + recurring revenues is probably where you want

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27 TV show recommendations from TechCrunch while you’re stuck at home

With shelter-in-place orders worldwide, it’s never been a better time to curl up on the couch and loss oneself in a TV show. That’s what we’re doing.Some TechCrunch staffers are watc

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Enjoy ginger, but it's not a 'cure' for COVID-19, says WHO

01:48 The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that while natural remedies such as ginger can have a "positive impact on your health," they are by no means a medically proven treat

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Apple accidentally confirms the existence of an unreleased product, AirTags

Whoops! Apple inadvertently revealed the existence of an unreleased product, AirTags, in a support video uploaded to its YouTube account today. The video, “How to erase your iPhone,” offer

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Consumers spent record $23.4 billion on apps in Q1 2020, thanks to being stuck indoors

Time spent in mobile apps has been surging, as people stuck at home due to the coronavirus outbreak have been turning to apps to do their shopping, manage their finances, find new exercises, work from

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Disney+ beat Netflix in recent US downloads (report)

Netflix may still dominate global streaming, but Disney+ has made a huge splash in the United States, where it launched in November.That much was pretty clear already, and other reports have already

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“Content network effect” makes TikTok tough to copy

Many TikTok videos don’t start from scratch, so neither can its competitors. TikTok is all about remixes where users shoot a new video to recontextualize audio pulled from someone else’s

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Audible has the first Harry Potter audiobook (as read by Stephen Fry!) up for free right now

If you’ve ever tried to buy the Harry Potter audiobooks, you probably noticed something kind of tricky: there’s two very different versions. The version most widely available in the US is

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Daily Crunch: Zoom faces security scrutiny

Researchers reveal a number of security issues with videoconferencing app Zoom, investors warn Indian startups of tough times ahead and Uber Eats expands its grocery options internationally. HereR

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Spotify and Warner Music Group renew their global licensing deal, resolve issue in India

Spotify and Warner Music Group have renewed their global licensing partnership, the two said on Wednesday, confirming that the giant music label’s songs will now be ava

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Brandless founder Tina Sharkey joins the board of PBS

Tina Sharkey, the founder and former CEO of the recently closed D2C brand Brandless, has today been appointed to the board of directors of PBS. Sharkey is an independent board member.Before her time

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APD | ESport thrives amid COVID-19 lockdowns

By APD writer AliceThe eSports sector is attracting a large number of fans when traditional sports events are forced to postpone or cancel and bans on mass gatherings h

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'It's not a Chinese virus,' says South Korean expert

The world should fight the coronavirus together because the virus attacks everyone, said Jerome Kim, head of the International Vaccine Institute (IVI)."Together we need to find treatments that work.