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Join ECL on Wednesday to pitch your startup to Fifth Wall’s Brendan Wallace and Hippo’s Assaf Wand

Have you ever dreamed about the opportunity to find yourself in, say, an elevator with an investor who is open to hearing your pitch? Well, then the next episode of Extra Crunch Live is for you.If you

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Tottenham in crisis as Mourinho sacked six days before Cup Final

Jose Mourinho has been sacked by Tottenham after just 17 months in charge. /CFP Jose Mourinho was sacked by Tottenham on Monday just six days before they play Manchester City in the League Cup

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Japan's irresponsible plan to poison the seas

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It is way too early to talk about the politics of digital currency

03:30 Editor's note: The video column does what the name says – take note of ideas that may make people uncomfortable. By taking notes and breaking down various opinions, we try to pro

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Russian delegate says progress in Iran nuclear talks

Talks in Vienna aimed at bringing Washington back into the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran are moving ahead with experts working on drafting proposals this week, Russia's delegate said Monday, while addi

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Clubhouse closes an undisclosed $4Bn valuation Series C round, as tech giants’ clones circle

Buzzy ‘social audio’ app Clubhouse has raised a Series C funding round, reportedly valuing the company at $4 billion. Clubhouse said the new round of financing was led by Andrew Chen of Andreessen Hor

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Peloton responds to concerns over Apple GymKit integration

Third-party hardware integration can be a tricky thing. Peloton this week raised some eyebrows by dropping Apple GymKit compatibility for its Bike Bootcamp program. Users were, naturally, quick to rea

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E-commerce investor Upper90 raises $55M for equity investments

It might be strange to hear this from a firm that just raised a $55 million equity fund, but the team at Upper90 would like to remind you that equity isn’t the only funding that’s availabl

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Consumer groups and child development experts petition Facebook to drop ‘Instagram for kids’ plan

A coalition of 35 consumer advocacy groups along with 64 experts in child development have co-signed a letter to Facebook asking the company to reconsider its plans to launch a version of Instagram fo

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Twisting Gao Fu's remark shows spite against China's COVID-19 vaccines

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Denmark Becomes First in Europe to Strip Syrian Refugees of Residence

Denmark has become the first European country to deny residence permits to Syrian refugees.In recent weeks, 94 Syrians were informed that they will have their residence

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Why expensive workout gear is actually cheap

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.For this week’s deep dive Natasha and Alex wanted to dig into the

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The case for Biden's Afghanistan exit

A U.S. soldier keeps watch at an Afghan National Army base in Logar Province, Afghanistan, August 5, 2018. /Reuters Editor's note:Hannan Hussain is a foreign affairs commentator and author. He

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Japan's Fukushima solution egregious, but still backed by U.S.

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Cyber sabotage isn't the way to resolve the Iran nuclear issue

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, December 4, 2018. /VCG Editor's note: Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political analyst. T

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Biden aims for bipartisanship but applies sly pressure

President Joe Biden has begun publicly courting Republicans to back his sweeping infrastructure plan, but his reach across the aisle is intended just as much to keep De

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Bandwango raises $3.1M to power tourism- and experience-focused deals

You might think that a startup whose primary customers are tourism bureaus would have had a pretty rough 2020, but CEO Monir Parikh said Bandwango‘s customer base more than doubled in the past y