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‘Get used to me’: Postmaster evokes Trump style in Biden era

Louis DeJoy is uninterested in the niceties of Washington. The wealthy longtime businessman with an outer borough New York accent prides himself as a problem solver rea

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watchOS 8 brings new mindfulness features and respiratory tracking

You weren’t expecting to make it through this year’s WWDC without some big watchOS news, were you? Apple’s wearable isn’t quite doing iPhone numbers, but Watch has been massively successful for the co

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UK gov't uses dating apps to encourage people to get COVID-19 jabs

People dine under a canopy at a restaurant in London, Britain, June 1, 2021. (Xinhua/Han Yan) Leading online dating apps have teamed up with the British government to encourage more adults to

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Kawhi Leonard extends series against Mavericks to G7 with 45 points

Kawhi Leonard (#2) of the Los Angeles Clippers shoots in Game 6 of the NBA Western Conference first-round playoffs against the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, U.S.,

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Um, where is the SEC when it comes to SPACs and conflicts of interest?

Today, my colleague Kirsten Korosec reported that the autonomous vehicle startup Aurora is close to finalizing a deal to merge with one of three blank-check companies that have been formed to date by

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Tokyo 2020: Victory ceremony items unveiled as 50-day countdown begins

Organizers of Tokyo 2020 on Thursday marked the 50-day countdown to the opening of the Olympic Games by unveiling the items that will be used during the victory ceremon

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Tokyo 2020: Victory ceremony items unveiled as 50-day countdown begins

Organizers of Tokyo 2020 on Thursday marked the 50-day countdown to the opening of the Olympic Games by unveiling the items that will be used during the victory ceremon

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Twitter launches its premium subscription, Twitter Blue, initially in Canada and Australia

Twitter today is officially launching its first-ever subscription service, Twitter Blue, initially in Australia and Canada. The subscription will allow Twitter users to access premium features, includ

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Opontia raises $20M to roll up e-commerce brands in Africa and the Middle East

Razor Group. Branded. Thrasio. These are big names in the new wave of e-commerce companies taking the world by storm. Their business of acquiring small e-commerce brands that look promising and consol

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Russian upper house votes to exit from overflight treaty

The Russian parliament's upper house voted Wednesday to withdraw from an international treaty allowing surveillance flights over military facilities following the U.S.

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How Expensify hacked its way to a robust, scalable tech stack

Take a close look at any ambitious startup and you’ll find pugnacity nestled in its core. Stubbornness and a bullheaded belief in the worth of what a company wants to bring to fruition is often

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Naomi Osaka fined $15,000, risks being defaulted from French Open

Naomi Osaka of Japan looks on in the French Open women's singles match against Patricia Maria Tig of Romania at Roland Garros in Paris, France, May 30, 2021. /CFP World's No. 2 women's singles

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Ex-premier’s graft case a test of justice in oil-rich Kuwait

Where is Sheikh Jaber? Kuwait was abuzz with the question as citizens on social media demanded to know the whereabouts of their 79-year-old former prime minister. He’d

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Café helps hybrid organizations schedule in-office time

Meet Café, a new French startup founded by two brothers that wants to help companies switch to a hybrid remote-and-office workplace model. Café isn’t a traditional desk-booking tool. Instead, the comp

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GOP set to block 1/6 panel, stoking Senate filibuster fight

Senate Republicans are ready to deploy the filibuster to block a commission on the Jan. 6 insurrection, shattering hopes for a bipartisan probe of the deadly assault on

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Paired pulls in $3.6M to encourage more couples to get cosy with app-based relationship care

Can an app improve your romantic relationships? The founders behind Paired, a “relationship care” app for couples, believe it can. And since launching in October, with $1M to kick things o

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Emotion-detection software startup Affectiva acquired for $73.5M

Smart Eye, the publicly traded Swedish company that supplies driver monitoring systems for a dozen automakers, has acquired emotion-detection software startup Affectiva for $73.5 million in a cash-and