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Vaayu’s carbon tracking for retailers raises $1.6M, claims it could cut CO2 in half by 2030

Carbon tracking is very much the new hot thing in tech, and we’ve previously covered more generalist startups doing this at scale for companies, such as Plan A Earth out of Berlin.But there’s clearly

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'Copycats no more,' China accelerates development in hi-tech: report

The logo of an exhibitor at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China, July 9, 2021. /CFP China has in recent years enhanced investment in research and development (RD),

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Why is it so difficult to stop abuse on social media?

The hurt for most England fans wasn't the performance of the best of us on the pitch, but the behaviour of the worst of us off it.

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See how COVID-19 pandemic affects birth rates

03:13 The COVID-19 pandemic this week marked a grim milestone, claiming more thanfourmillion lives worldwide.But, data shows it has also prompted people to hold off on having babies, ra

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COVID-19: Delta variant a global warning to accelerate vaccination

Refilling oxygen cylinders inside an oxygen factory amid a countrywide lockdown due to the COVID-19 in Dhaka, Indonesia, July 8, 2021. /CFP The global fight against the coronavirus pandemic ha

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Biden's team doesn't understand China, and doesn't try to

Editor's note: CGTN's First Voice provides instant commentary on breaking stories. The daily column clarifies emerging issues and better defines the news agenda, offeri

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Biden's team doesn't understand China, and doesn't try to

Editor's note: CGTN's First Voice provides instant commentary on breaking stories. The daily column clarifies emerging issues and better defines the news agenda, offeri

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Latest hack to test Biden’s vow for consequences for Russia

President Joe Biden said he would “deliver” a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin about the latest ransomware attacks targeting American businesses, setting up

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The G20 must act now to vaccinate the world

Getty Editor's note: Jeffrey D. Sachs is a professor at Columbia University, director of the university'sCenter for Sustainable Development, and president of the UN Sustainable Development Sol

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Outbrain raises $200 million ahead of its IPO

Outbrain, an adtech company that provides clickbait ads below news articles, has raised $200 million in funding — Outbrain didn’t disclose the valuation of the company for this deal. The Baupost

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Juni, a ‘vertical’ neobank for e-commerce and online marketing companies, raises $21.5M

E-commerce in Europe is expected to grow 30% this year to $465 billion, and that’s giving rise to a new ecosystem of services built to cater to e-commerce merchants. In the latest development, J

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Verizon demos THOR, its new vehicle for frontline rapid humanitarian response

The increasingly intense heats bearing down feverishly across the globe are accelerating the number, scale, and complexity of disasters worldwide. Just in the past few weeks, we have seen record heat

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Meet Super.mx, the Mexico City-based insurtech that raised $7.2M from VCs and unicorn CEOs

Super.mx, an insurtech startup based in Mexico City, has raised $7.2 million in a Series A round led by ALLVP.Co-founded in 2019 by a trio of former insurance industry executives, Super.mx’s self-proc

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Russian-speaking hackers claim major ransomware attack which has hit hundreds of US firms

The REvil gang, a Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate, has demanded $70m to restore the data.

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What is driving China's declining out-of-pocket health spending?

Out-of-pocket (OOP) health payments by people in China are increasing, even as such spending drops as a share of the country's current health expenditure.It may seem li

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What is driving China's declining out-of-pocket health spending?

Out-of-pocket (OOP) health payments by people in China are increasing, even as such spending drops as a share of the country's current health expenditure.It may seem li

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A new ‘digital violence’ platform maps dozens of victims of NSO Group’s spyware

For the first time, researchers have mapped all the known targets, including journalists, activists, and human rights defenders, whose phones were hacked by Pegasus, a spyware developed by NSO Group.F