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Twitch launches Watch Parties to all creators worldwide

Twitch is doubling down on making its site more than just a place for live streaming gaming video. Last fall, the Amazon-owned company began testing a new feature called “Watch Parties,” w

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Cheap steroid drug reduces deaths in sickest COVID-19 patients, research finds

Studies reveal treatment with one of the three steroids led to an estimated 20% reduction in the risk of death.

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Will Samsung's new foldable gadget open a new chapter for the market?

Gif from online video. Samsung unveiled its latest foldable phone Galaxy Z Fold 2 on Tuesday a year after the delay of the launch of its first generation four months due to technical flaws.Fea

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Ford to cut 1,000 salaried jobs in U.S.

Ford Motor Co. is planning to eliminate 1,000 white-collar jobs in the United States by the end of the year, another step in its years-long 11-billion-dollar restructur

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Exxon weighs global job cuts after unveiling Australian layoff plan

A logo of the Exxon Mobil Corp is seen at the Rio Oil and Gas Expo and Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 24, 2018. /Reuters Exxon Mobil Corp is assessing possible worldwide job c

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Netflix is making a series based on ‘The Three-Body Problem’

Netflix just announced its plans to turn Cixin Liu’s “Three-Body Problem” trilogy into an original science fiction series.The show will be executive produced and written by David Be

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E-sports rake in cash even without an audience

03:19 This year marks the ninth anniversary of the game League of Legends, which had 800 million registered players worldwide last year.And from September 25 to October 31, the focus o

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Maersk to cut jobs in major reorganization, internal email says

Shipping group Maersk will cut job cuts as part of a major reorganization, an internal email sent to Maersk employees shows.Maersk, which handles about one in five containers shipped worldwide, ha

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Beijing film festival concludes with 33B yuan contracts inked

The shortest Beijing Intentional Film Festival (BJIFF) ended on Saturday with over 300 Chinese and foreign films screened and total deals worth 33.09 billion yuan signed, which could still be consider

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RealPage acquires real estate IoT startup Stratis

RealPage, a publicly traded full-service property management technology firm with over 12,200 clients worldwide, today announced that it has acquired Stratis IoT, a startup that provides IoT services

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OfferUp and letgo combine marketplaces, post-acquisition

Earlier this year, online marketplace OfferUp raised $120 million and acquired a top competitor, letgo as a part of the fundraise led by letgo’s majority investor, OLX Group. As a part of the deal, Of

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Some of the brightest minds in Europe are joining us at Disrupt

TechCrunch Disrupt is right around the corner. And this year, we’re trying something different — we’re taking Disrupt virtual. That’s why we’re excited to announce that we used this opportunity to inv

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5G smartphones to capture half of the global market by 2023: Report

A person compares the download speed between 4G and 5G smartphones. /CFP 5G smartphones are expected to capture 50 percent of the global market by 2023 as countries step up efforts on 5G techn

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Thai PM lends hand to struggling domestic aviation sector amid pandemic

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Friday told the media that he has agreed to assist the country's domestic low-cost airlines in their survival as air restrictions

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Business model weakens China's semiconductor sector: Expert

Products display at the World Semiconductor Conference that opens in Nanjing, east China, August 26, 2020. /CFP Too much dependence on a business model that separates chip design, manufacturin

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Facebook isn’t happy about Apple’s upcoming ad tracking restrictions

Apple’s upcoming operating system iOS 14 (currently in public beta) could have a big impact on publishers who work with Facebook’s — at least, according to Facebook.The company published

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IKEA remains committed to the Chinese market after pandemic

02:39 Even though the world is going through its change, IKEA remains committed to the Chinese market, the vice president of IKEA China, Francois Brenti, told CGTN.China's Ministry of