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Major flooding slams Hawaiian island of Maui

00:50 Residents in Maui were asked to evacuate their homes or shelter in place as major flooding caused a dam failure on the eastern part of the Hawaiian island. The entire state was p

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A bug in a popular iPhone app exposed thousands of call recordings

A security vulnerability in a popular iPhone call recording app exposed thousands of users’ recorded conversations.The flaw was discovered by Anand Prakash, a security researcher and founder of

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As Coinbase looks to list, Robinhood rides the crypto boom

The impending Coinbase direct listing is a fintech debut to watch. The cryptocurrency-focused consumer trading concern is set to become a public company on the back of a strong 2020, and a particularl

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Former music industry outsider Napster to join London stock market

Napster launched as a controversial peer-to-peer filesharing service – but is now legitimate and has floated on the stock market. /Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo One of the music industry's most i

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We need to be 'a little patient' on 5G development: GSMA

03:18 5G is different than previous generations of mobile tech and people should give it some time to grow up, Sihan Bo Chen, greater China head of the Global System fo

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Flower blooms for one night only

A rare moonflower has bloomed in Cambridge, U.K. and is believed to be the first time the flower has ever bloomed in the country.The moonflower, whose scientific name is Selenicereus wittiiis, is

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Trump Plaza Casino demolished

01:00 The building that was once the popular Trump Plaza Casino was demolished in Atlantic City Wednesday morning. Former President Trump opened it in 1984 but it began to decline afte

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YouTube to expand Shorts to the U.S., add 4K and DVR to YouTube TV, launch in-video shopping and more in 2021

YouTube has a host of big product updates coming this year, and it just detailed a lot of them in a blog post from Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan. Google’s streaming video site plans to expand

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WHO has alerted six African countries after Ebola outbreaks

The World Health Organization has alerted six countries to watch out for potential Ebola cases after fresh outbreaks in Guinea and Democratic Republic of Congo, a spoke

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Original Content podcast: Netflix’s ‘Lupin’ is a twisty delight

The new Netflix series “Lupin” is a loose adaptation of the Arséne Lupin stories by Maurice Leblanc, but it’s set in the present day, with a hero who’s inspired by the exploits

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Daily Crunch: Reddit raises $250M

Reddit raises more funding, Shopify expands payments to Facebook and a study suggests that the Apple Watch might be able to predict COVID diagnoses. This is your Daily Crunch for February 9, 2021.The

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Fourth 2021 Spring Festival Gala rehearsal guarantees fluency

Four days away from the Spring Festival's Eve, the fourth joint rehearsal of the 2021 Spring Festival Gala was held in Beijing on Sunday.China Media Group's Spring Fest

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Will Apple’s spectacular iPhone 12 sales figures boost the smartphone industry in 2021?

You’d be forgiven for being skeptical about the iPhone 12’s stellar performance this past quarter. It’s been a rough couple of years for smartphones — a phenomenon from which not even Apple was immune

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China will not withdraw monetary support prematurely: PBOC governor

The People's Bank of China HQ in Beijing, China. /CFP China's monetary policy will stay steady in support of economic growth, Yi Gang, governor of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), said at th

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Czech artists offer performances behind closed windows amid pandemic

Artists from contemporary circus company Cirk La Putyka put on a performance inside a closed bar in Prague, Czech Republic, January 21, 2021. /VCG Passers-by at streets can watch the pe

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New ventilator could mean fewer COVID patients need intensive care

Its maker says it "opens up alternative treatment options" that may allow more patients to be cared for outside of intensive care.

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Watch Virgin Orbit launch a rocket to space from a modified 747 for the first time

Virgin Orbit scored a major success on Sunday, with a test flight that not only achieved its goals of reaching space and orbit, but also of delivering payloads on board for NASA, marking its first com