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6 tips for establishing your startup’s global supply chain

Startups are hard work, but the complexities of global supply chains can make running hardware companies especially difficult. Instead of existing within a codebase behind a screen, the key components

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A popular smart home security system can be remotely disarmed, researchers say

A cybersecurity company says a popular smart home security system has a pair of vulnerabilities that can be exploited to disarm the system altogether.Rapid7 found the vulnerabilities in the Fortress S

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Inside Freshworks’ IPO filing

Freshworks, a customer engagement software company with roots in both California in the United States and Tamil Nadu in India, is going public. Its S-1 filing paints the picture of a company scaling r

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Jesse Lingard buys Rainbow Six Siege e-sports team and rebrands it JLINGZ

Lingard told Sky News that he had high hopes for the e-sports world: "It's only going to grow further. It's the right time to get involved."

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Quip’s new $100M round will usher in more than just clean teeth

Quip is on a mission to be the go-to platform for both personal and professional oral care, and a new $100 million cash infusion is giving the New York-based company fuel to do it.The new round from C

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Toyota restarts driverless shuttles after Paralympics accident forced athlete to withdraw from event

Aramitsu Kitazono, a Paralympic judo star from Japan who is visually impaired, was struck by Toyota's self-driving e-Palette vehicle while using a pedestrian crossing in the Olympic village in Tokyo.

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South Korea passes ‘Anti-Google law’ bill to curb Google, Apple in-app payment commission

After a number of delays, South Korea’s National Assembly today voted to approve the passage of its “Anti-Google law.” Nicknamed after the search giant but more wide-ranging, the law will prevent Goog

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Dance launches its e-bike subscription service in Berlin

German startup Dance is launching its subscription service in its hometown Berlin. For a flat monthly fee of €79 (around $93 at today’s exchange rate), users will get a custom-designed electric bike a

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Productivity in Indian parliament session marred by disruptions

A general view of the Indian Parliament building in New Delhi, July 19, 2021. /CFP The Indian parliament's monsoon session witnessed continuing disruptions as government and opposition lawmake

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Southeast Asia “omnichannel” health startup Doctor Anywhere gets $88M SGD

Doctor Anywhere, a startup that takes an “omnichannel” approach to healthcare, announced today it has raised $88 million SGD (about $65.7 million USD) in Series C funding. The round was led by Asia Pa

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Lessons from COVID: Flexible funding is a must for alternative lenders

Rachael runs a bakery in New York. She set up shop in 2010 with her personal savings and contributions from family and friends, and the business has grown. But Rachael now needs additional financing t

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Galaxies are the great polluters, new research finds

Until now, scientists haven't been able to observe the composition of inward and outward flows of matter in a galaxy other than the Milky Way.

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WHO calls for action to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates in Europe

Passengers wait to receive COVID-19 vaccine at the Fiumicino airport in Rome, Italy, July 29, 2021. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua) The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Eu

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Flip bags $28M to turn beauty, wellness social commerce on its head

Social commerce startup Flip is mixing live commerce mobile apps with real customer reviews to improve the buying experience and opportunity for the creator economy. Today, the Los Angeles-based compa

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Astra’s first commercial launch fails to reach orbit

Astra, now a public company, ran into a problem during its first commercial launch (the mission carried a test payload contracted by the U.S. Space Force as part of its Space Test Program) that meant

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Ola Electric in talks to raise at over $2.75 billion valuation

Ola Electric is in advanced talks to raise between $250 million to $500 million in a new financing round as the Indian firm looks to scale its electric vehicle manufacturing business in the South Asia

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Former IOC president Jacques Rogge passes away at 79

Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge passed away at the age of 79, the IOC announced on Sunday."It is with great sadness that the IOC an