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British esports franchise EXCEL gets backing from City heavyweights

EXCEL ESPORTS, which is endorsed by the footballer Dele Alli, is being backed by ICAP founder Lord Spencer, Sky News learns.

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Goodbye CVs — As work went remote, companies flocked to a startup dumping CVs for skill tests

As companies scrambled to re-orient themselves last year during the pandemic, one thing was clear: the shift to remote working had come sooner than anyone expected. With this came a fundamental shift

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Scientists find new organ in throat while testing for prostate cancer

The new set of salivary glands lubricate the upper throat behind the nose and mouth.

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Postcard reveals site of Van Gogh's final works before suicide

Stuck at home during lockdown, Dutch researcher Wouter van der Veen finally found time to look through old postcards of the French village where Vincent Van Gogh died and made a remarkable discove

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Jamf’s IPO underscores hot demand for tech shares

After the bell yesterday, Apple-device management company Jamf announced its final IPO pricing. We’ve been tracking the Jamf IPO for some time, as it is yet another example of a technology compa

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Startups Weekly: How will we build the city of the future?

Editor’s note: Get this weekly recap of TechCrunch news that any startup can use by email every Saturday morning (7am PT), just subscribe here.Commercial real estate, the traditional heart of most cit

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Paper-rich startup employees look for ‘pre-wealth’ help to lock down stock options

For Silicon Valley’s potential startup millionaires, compensation packages staked on future promises of wealth are where the action is, but what happens when these employees get laid off or have