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Now streaming on Hotstar in India: Disney+

Disney+, with its original catalog, has arrived in India weeks ahead of its scheduled launch date. Disney revamped Hotstar app and populated the on-demand video streaming service, which has amassed ov

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The Robinhood app went down again as stocks got routed on Wall St.

Investors using the trading app from Robinhood were once again locked out of trading after the app went down on another heavy (bad) day of trading on Wall Street.After about an hour of downtime, func

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The key quotes: Assessing the EU's post-Brexit trade talks

04:12 The European Union and the UK wrapped up their first round of post-Brexit trade talks on Thursday. It was no surprise to find they were difficult. That was widely expected. And e

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Elizabeth Warren, big tech’s sworn foe, drops out of 2020 race

After a campaign characterized by early stratospheric highs and devastating recent lows, Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren will drop out of the 2020 Democratic race.Warren vaulted to the top of

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Chargify acquires Keen to bring event-based billing to its platform

Chargify, the subscription billing platform, announced today that it has acquired event streaming company, Keen for an undisclosed amount. One interesting aspect of this deal is that both companies ar

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IMF, World Bank to hold April meetings in 'virtual format'

The spring gathering of finance ministers and central bankers held in Washington in April will be shifted to a "virtual format" due to the coronavirus epidemic, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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Robinhood blames record trade volume & itself for outages

It wasn’t the leap year, a coding blip, or a hack that caused Robinhood’s massive outages yesterday and today that left customers unable to trade stocks. Instead, the co-CEOs write that &#

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'Made in Italy': What does the label mean for Italian fashion?

03:04 'Made in Italy' has become a synonym for the timeless elegance, impeccable style and glamour that characterize Italian fashion, a promise of high quality products and traditional

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Chicago’s M1 Finance, a consumer-focused fintech platform, reaches $1B under management

Eagle-eyed readers will recall that we mentioned M1 Finance earlier today in our look at a few trends in the fintech industry. We’re back with the firm this afternoon as it has a bit of news tha

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Swine flu a bigger worry than coronavirus in India, say health experts

A file photo of India's Supreme Court in New Delhi. /Reuters Health experts in India say swine flu, or H1N1 virus, remains a bigger worry for the country despite the recent global concerns ove

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PC shipments expected to drop this year because of coronavirus outbreak

The coronavirus outbreak could result in at least a 3.3% drop — and as high as a 9% dip — in the volume of PCs that will ship globally this year, research firm Canalys reported Thursday ev

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China Focus: Travelers, businesses still confident in China's epidemic-hit tourism

Chinese travelers and businesses have expressed confidence in the development of the country's tourism industry, although it was hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak.

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Gaming-focused investment firm Bitkraft closes in on at least $140 million for its second fund

Esports, video games and the innovations that enable them now occupy a central space in the cultural and commercial fabric of the tech world.For the investment firm Bitkraft Esports Ventures, the surg

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China's stock exchange moves to support fight against coronavirus

VCG PhotoThe Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) stepped up efforts to support the country's fight against the new coronavirus epidemic.The SSE encouraged enterprises dealing

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Facebook asks for a moat of regulations it already meets

It’s suspiciously convenient that Facebook already fulfills most of the regulatory requirements it’s asking governments to lay on the rest of the tech industry. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerber

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Gyms turn to social media to make up for coronavirus losses

02:40 Similar to many other industries and businesses across China, the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak are being felt in what are now empty weight rooms and fitness centers.Much of t

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Shutterstock founder and CEO Jon Oringer steps down after 16 years

It’s an end of an era, and you might just want to snap a photo and upload it for others to purchase.Jon Oringer, who founded New York City-based Shutterstock in 2003, announced today that he would be