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China roundup: Games are opium, algorithms need scrutiny

Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world.The question for the tech news

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China intensifies efforts to ease fluctuations in hog market

Pigs in a slaughterhouse in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China, January 22, 2021. /CFPChinese authorities on Friday released guidelines on advancing the sustainable an

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Officials, experts praise China's push for COVID vaccine cooperation

A nurse shows a vial of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in Harare, capital of Zimbabwe, July 8, 2021. (Photo by Shaun Jusa/Xinhua) China's commitment and endeavor

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Australia’s v2Food aims to expand its plant-based meats to Europe and Asia with €45M raise

V2Food is one of many new contenders in the alternative protein space, founded in Australia but now setting its sights on Europe, Asia and beyond. It has a few key advantages over the competition, and

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COVID-19 vaccination slows down virus spread: Chinese expert

A resident takes nucleic acid test at a local hospital in Shanghai, August 2, 2021. /CFP Full vaccination helped slow down the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that caused COVID-19 pandemic, Zh

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What are China's proposals to bring COVID-19 under control?

What are China's proposals to bring COVID-19 under control.mp3 00:00 Editor's note: This 100-episode podcast explains how China works. Exploring Xi Jinping Thought and how the Chi

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Global COVID-19 cases top 200 million

A family member wearing a protective suit prays in front of the pyre to his relative before cremation at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, May 21, 2021. /Xinhua The total number of COVID-19 c

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U.S. tech companies require vaccinations for returning workers

Signage outside the Microsoft office building in Mountain View, California, U.S., July 22, 2021. /VCG Microsoft on Thursday joined the ranks of tech companies like Google and Facebook requirin

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Children suffer parental loss in Mexico amid the COVID-19 pandemic

02:41 A study released last month by the medical journal The Lancet calls it a 'hidden pandemic' within the COVID-19 crisis, the children orphaned by coronavirus deaths.Researchers esti

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Venture capital undermines human rights

The future of technology is determined by a handful of venture capitalists. The world’s 10 leading venture capital firms have, together, invested over $150 billion in technology startups. The venture

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Cybersecurity trainer HackerU acquires Cybint for $50M, say sources

Florida-based HackerU, which creates cybersecurity and other digital skills programs, is acquiring Cybint, a SaaS-based cyber education company. TechCrunch sources understand this to be a $50M acquisi

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Suma Brands raises $150M to acquire more third-party brands for its Amazon roll-up play

Amazon has become a lynchpin in the e-commerce machine over the years in part because it’s a site we consumers can visit to buy just about anything we want — sold either by Amazon or its 5

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Dubai-based buy now, pay later platform tabby raises $50M at $300M valuation

These past few years have seen the emergence of buy now, pay later services worldwide, with leading players raising buttloads of cash to serve an insatiable young adult population who don’t fanc

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Google Maps on iOS adds live location sharing in iMessage, home screen widget, dark mode

Google Maps announced today three feature updates to its iOS app. With live location sharing in the iMessage app, a traffic widget for the home screen and dark mode, Google Maps is positioning itself

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Politicization of the COVID-19

Editor's note: Ivona Ladjevac is the deputy director of the Institute of International Politics and Economics in Belgrade, Serbia. This edited commentary reflects the author's opinions and not necess

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Ministry of Defence makes first ever bounty payments to hackers

Just over two dozen security researchers took part in the MoD's first programme which provided them with direct access to its internal systems.

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The United States is facing a COVID-19 summer surge

FILE PIC: A COVID patient in being wheeled from an ambulance in the United States. /Xinhua The United States is facing a COVID-19 surge this summer as the more contagious delta variant spreads