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Evinced raises $17M to speed up accessibility testing for the web

Making and keeping the web accessible is a full-time job, and like any other development role, accessibility tools need to evolve to keep up with the times. Evinced is a startup that promises both ric

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Yang Jiechi's call for cooperation could be transcendent

Yang Jiechi, Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, is in video conversation with the National Committee on United States-Chin

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Is Turkey's Erdogan shifting his approach toward EU?

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Amazon to pay $61.7M to settle FTC complaint over stolen Amazon Flex driver tips

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced today that Amazon will be required to pay $61.7 million to settle charges that it withheld some customer tips from its Amazon Flex drivers over a two and ha

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Is modern capitalism outdated?

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EU's vaccine shortcomings are an advertisement for Brexit

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Robinhood’s long weekend brings a total of $3.4 billion to its balance sheet

Popular, highly-scrutinized trading app Robinhood has raised $2.4 billion to its balance sheet from shareholders, as first reported by the Wall Street Journal and then confirmed by the company. The pr

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EU's vaccine shortcomings are an advertisement for Brexit

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English learning app ELSA lands $15 million Series B for international growth and its B2B platform

Speaking is one of the hardest parts of learning a new language, especially if you don’t have someone to practice with regularly. ELSA is an app that helps by using speech recognition technology to co

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New rule reins in China’s flourishing self-publishing space

Despite China’s history of stringent media control, an industry of uninstitutionalized, individual publishers has managed to flourish on social media platforms like Tencent’s WeChat and By

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Et tu, Brute – Who needs friends like this?

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Rebuilding transatlantic alliance is Biden's 'mission impossible'

Editor's note: Liu Kun is a journalist with China Plus and former Washington correspondent of CRI. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily the views of CGTN.Europe, in gener

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RNC planning to invite Trump to donor retreat

The Republican National Committee is planning to invite former President Trump to their spring donor meeting in April, two sources confirmed to CBS News. The news comes

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GameStop saga: Reddit vs. Wall Street, who wins?

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Single-shot COVID vaccine from Johnson & Johnson 85% effective

Unlike other jabs, which require two doses several weeks apart, the J&J shot is administered in a single injection.

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HK liaison office slams Bar chair's comments on national security law

The Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Friday slammed the comments by Paul Harris, chairman of

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A reading of the World Economic Outlook Update

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