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China's 2020 box office tops 15 bln yuan

China's 2020 box office revenue has exceeded 15 billion yuan (about 2.27 billion U.S. dollars), with the top three earners contributing almost half of the earnings.The

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Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine is looking 90% effective

Pfizer said Monday that early results from its coronavirus vaccine suggest the shots may be a surprisingly robust 90% effective at preventing COVID-19, putting the comp

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Nervous? Here, watch Philadelphia count votes on a live stream, that should help

No matter whom you support for President, it’s a nerve-wracking morning as many states come down to mere tens of thousands of votes. And perhaps no state looms larger than Pennsylvania, where a

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VCs poured capital into European startups in Q3, but early-stage dealmaking appeared to suffer

The global recovery in venture capital activity did not miss Europe, new data indicates.According to a PitchBook report, European venture capital activity rose in Q3 2020, putting the continent on pac

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Film 'Joker' and HBO series 'Succession' gain top honors at 20th WSA

The 20th World Soundtrack Awards (WSA) marked the closing night of Film Fest Ghent in Belgium on October 24, with Hildur Gudnadottir and Nicholas Britell, respectively Film Composer and TV Compose

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OnePlus’s 8T handset brings faster charging and a 120Hz display for $749 

OnePlus continues its twice-yearly smartphone cycle with today’s arrival of the 8T. The latest device isn’t a huge upgrade over April’s OnePlus 8, but continues the company’s longstanding tradition o

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Here’s how fast a few dozen startups grew in Q3 2020

Earlier this week I asked startups to share their Q3 growth metrics and whether they were performing ahead of behind of their yearly goals.Lots of companies responded. More than I could have anticipat

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Transportation sector confident of meeting 5-year goals

Electric motor tricycles of express delivery firms on the street, Beijing, China, February 24, 2020. /VCG China's transportation authorities say the sector had more than meet the goals it set

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MindLabs raises £1.4 million for its new platform, a “Peloton for mental health”

Ideally, mental wellness should be considered part of a healthy daily routine, like exercise. But even exercise is difficult to turn into a regular habit. Peloton addressed physical fitness by combini

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Tiliter bags $7.5M for its ‘plug and play’ cashierless checkout tech

Tiliter, an Australian startup that’s using computer vision to power cashierless checkout tech that replaces the need for barcodes on products, has closed a $7.5 million Series A round of fundi

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Lockheed picks Relativity’s 3D-printed rocket for experimental NASA mission

Relativity Space has bagged its first public government contract, and with a major defense contractor at that. The launch startup’s 3D-printed rockets are a great match for a particularly compl

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iPhones won’t come with headphones or power adapters in the box from now on

That drawer full of bad headphones and extra power adapters for your phone won’t get any more cluttered if you decide to pick up a new iPhone 12. Apple will no longer include those items in the

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Apple is extending some AppleTV+ subs through February 2021 for free

Apple told me today that it will be extending AppleTV+ subscriptions that are set to end November 1, 2020 through January 31, 2021 through their billing date in February of 2021.The basic situation is

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Pearl Studio's 'Over the Moon' to hit theaters in China

Pearl Studio's latest animated musical feature, Over the Moon, is slated for release on Oct. 23 in China, announced its production house.The film will join two other domestic productions, Legend o

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NASA commissions report to show its economic impact: $64B and 312K jobs

Perhaps anticipating budget pushback from the federal government, NASA has released its first ever agency-wide economic report, documenting the agency’s impact on the nation’s jobs and ca

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Netflix finally comes to the Amazon Echo Show

Amazon announced the Echo Show line in 2017, and today, it’s finally gaining access to Netflix. The video service joins Hulu and Prime Video as the only officially supported video streaming apps

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Which 5 cloud startup categories are the hottest?

Hello from the midst of Disrupt 2020: after this short piece for you I am wrapping my prep for a panel with investors from Bessemer, a16z and Canaan about the future of SaaS. Luckily, The Exchange thi