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Amazon aims to inject new life into Alexa with release of developer tools and features

Amazon is giving its Alexa voice platform a shot in the arm after seeing further declines in skill growth over the past year, indicating lagging interest from third-party voice app developers. At the

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China to U.S.: Tackling climate change is shared responsibility

China and the United States share a common responsibility in addressing climate change and should work together to set an example for other global efforts, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson

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Samsung will announce new foldables on August 11

Samsung just sent out invites for its next Unpacked event. There are those companies that like to sneak hints into their invites — and then there’s Samsung. The note leads with the big, bold wor

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Numerade lands $100M valuation for short-form STEM videos

Edtech entrepreneurs are using their moment in the sun to rethink the structures and impact of nearly every aspect of modern-day learning, from the art of testing to the reality of information retenti

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Rad Power Bikes reveals more user-friendly next gen e-bike RadRover 6 Plus for $1,999

Electric fat tire bike manufacturer Rad Power Bikes has unveiled the latest model of its flagship RadRover, and at $1,999, it appears to be cheaper than its predecessor, which goes for $1,699. The upd

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Commentators call on Biden to learn from Nixon's playbook

The Biden administration should take a page out of the playbook of former U.S. President Richard Nixon when it comes to foreign policy and the economy, two columnists wrote in recent opinion pieces.

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NBA highlights on July 17: Comeback win puts Bucks on top in Finals

Giannis Antetokounmpo (L) and Khris Middleton (R) of the Milwaukee Bucks celebrate their 123-119 win over the Phoenix Suns in Game 5 of the NBA Finals at Phoenix Suns Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, U

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Britons urged to count butterflies amid fears cold and wet spring has hit numbers

Conservationists warn that the UK is experiencing an increasing number of extreme weather events as a likely consequence of climate change, and they need the public's help to measure the impact on butterflies and moths.

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The new Anthony Bourdain documentary ‘Roadrunner’ leans partly on deepfaked audio

On July 16th, Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain will open in US theatres. Like many documentaries, the film pieces together archival footage, including interviews and show outtakes, to attempt

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Emergence Capital’s Doug Landis explains how to identify (and tell) your startup story

How do you go beyond the names and numbers with your startup pitch deck? For Doug Landis, the answer is one simple compound gerund: storytelling. It’s a word that gets thrown around a lot of late in S

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The CockroachDB EC-1

Every application is a palimpsest of technologies, each layer forming a base that enables the next layer to function. Web front ends rely on JavaScript and browser DOM, which rely on back-end APIs, wh

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Norwest’s Lisa Wu explains how to think like a VC when fundraising

At the TechCrunch Early Stage: Marketing and Fundraising event last week, Norwest Venture Partners‘ Lisa Wu took the stage to discuss how founders can think like venture capitalists in all facet

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India’s Inshorts raises $60 million following Public social network app growth

Indian startup Inshorts, which operates an eponymous news aggregator service, has raised $60 million in a new financing round as its two-year-old bet — launch of a new social media app called Pu

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Revolut confirms a fresh $800M in funding at a $33B valuation to supercharge its financial services superapp

The fintech funding continues to roll in at a rapid pace, a result of the huge shift underway in how consumers spend and manage their money. In the latest development, Revolut — the London-based

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WhatsApp is testing multidevice support that works without the phone

WhatsApp is finally pushing an improvement to a key feature that even the Facebook-owned instant messaging service acknowledges has been a top request from users for years.On Wednesday, WhatsApp said

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Amazon launches its mobile-first Kindle Vella serialized story platform

As it promised last month, Amazon has launched its serialized fiction Kindle Vella store that lets you unlock episodic, self-published stories via in-app purchases. The new platform is a way for reade

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China slams Japan for interfering in internal affairs

China voiced its strong dissatisfaction with Japan over its interference into the question of China's Taiwan region on Wednesday. The Defense of Japan white paper relea