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Travelogue: Tanghulu, appealing to the Chinese sweet tooth

As soon as the weather gets cold in northern China, you'll see a lot of vendors in the street selling a delicious traditional delicacy – Bing Tang Hu Lu, or Tanghulu fo

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America, mind your own business

04:01 Could you ever have imagined, with only days until the next American president's inauguration, all that's been talked about is impeaching the current one or forcing him out of of

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Cryptocat author gets insanely fast backing to build p2p tech for social media

The idea for Capsule started with a tweet about reinventing social media.A day later cryptography researcher, Nadim Kobeissi — best known for authoring the open source e2e encrypted desktop chat

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UK’s Bloom & Wild raises $102M to seed its flower delivery service across Europe

Bloom Wild, a London-based startup that takes an updated and online approach to the very traditional business of ordering and delivering flowers, has seen business blossom in the last year. And today,

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From sea to mountains, Dakar Rally explores new journey of adventure

Argentine racer Kevin Benavides (C) of Team Honda wins the bike race at Dakar Rally, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, January 15, 2021. /CFP The Dakar Rally 2021 concluded on January 15 in Saudi Arabi

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15 steps to fundraising a new VC or private equity fund

Launching is easy; fundraising is harder.I’ve been fortunate to be a partner at two different VC firms over the past nine years, and we’ve grown AUM 10x both times.Based on my experience, taking the 1

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Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson says wisdom lies with your developers

Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson knows a thing or two about unleashing developers. His company has garnered a market cap of almost $60 billion by creating a set of tools to make it easy for programmers to inser

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Sneaker enthusiast group SoleSavy raises $2M, setting the stage for a community-driven commerce boom

SoleSavy, a community built around buying hot sneakers and related items that are increasingly hard to acquire at retail, raised $2M in a round that closed late last year. SoleSavy is a group of commu

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These 6 browser extensions will protect your privacy online

The internet is not a private place. Ads try to learn as much about you to sell your information to the highest bidder. Emails know when you open them and which links you click. And some of the bigges

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Mambu raises $135M at a $2B+ valuation for a SaaS platform that powers banking services

Challenger banks, incumbent banks, and all of the many businesses that are making inroads into any kind of banking service all have something in common: when it comes to launching a new product like a

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Mambu raises $122M at a $2B+ valuation for an SaaS platform that powers banking services

Challenger banks, incumbent banks, and all of the many businesses that are making inroads into any kind of banking service, all have something in common: when it comes to launching a new product like

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The big question on every startup’s mind for 2021

My big question for 2021, and the one that is on every startup’s mind, is how will a cataclysmic event such as a global pandemic show up in post-pandemic innovation? I think we’re in the early i

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ICYMI: The week's quirky news from around the world

Between a global pandemic, natural disasters, humanitarian crises and terror attacks, there are plenty of bleak stories making headlines every day. So here is a pick of the week's funny, quirky an

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TIME's Kid of the Year says she just loves science

02:51 At age 15, Gitanjali Rao is already a promising young scientist and inventor.“This is what I love to do,” Rao told CGTN in a Zoom interview this week. “I love innovating and love

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Samsung hasn’t announced the Galaxy S21 yet, but you can already reserve one

For obvious reasons, many of us are spending the final week of 2020 looking forward. Samsung is hoping some folks are looking far enough ahead to reserve a spot in line for its still-unannounced Galax

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Steelers rally past Colts to end skid, lock up AFC North

Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger #7 of the Pittsburgh Steelers passes the ball in the game against the Indianapolis Colts at Heinz Field in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, December 27, 2020. /CFP Their

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Federer to miss 2021 Australian Open, Murray receives wild card

Roger Federer celebrates after winning an exhibition match against Spain's Rafael Nadal at Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa, February 7, 2020. /CFP February's delayed Australian Open