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Lebanon's disappearing middle class

02:25 Angry and desperate Lebanese are on the streets again, protesting against the Central Bank, the government, the economy and corruption. They are burning banks, clashing with secu

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Tesla turns Q1 profit on cost reductions, rising car margins, credits

Tesla reported Wednesday that it earned $16 million and generated $5.985 billion in revenue in the first quarter, results buoyed by improved automotive margins and reductions in operating expenses.Te

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FCC updates orbital debris rules for the first time since 2004

The FCC has finally gotten around to updating its 15-year-old orbital debris rules, adding new requirements and streamlining the approval process. With hundreds of satellites going up every year into

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500 Startups moves to rolling admissions instead of cohorts

500 Startups is scrapping its cohort model for accelerating companies and moving to a rolling admissions process, the accelerator said during its latest demo day.One of the progenitors of the accelera

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Even in the age of COVID-19, you need to stay focused on the customer

It’s easy to think, as we find ourselves in the midst of a truly unprecedented situation, that the rules of building a successful business have suddenly changed. While the world may be topsy-tur

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Spectro Cloud launches with $7.5M investment to help developers build Kubernetes clusters their way

By now we know that Kubernetes is a wildly popular container management platform, but if you want to use it, you pretty much have to choose between having someone manage it for you or building it you

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Lawmakers look to bridge ‘homework gap’ with subsidized Wi-Fi hotspots for students

Schools around the country are closing, and while some universities are able to switch to online classes, that’s not really an option for K-12 students, many of whom lack the necessary equipment

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Germany tries to halt U.S. interest in firm working on virus vaccine

An employee of German biopharmaceutical company CureVac, demonstrates research workflow on a vaccine for the COVID-19 disease at a laboratory in Tuebingen, Germany, March 12, 2020. /Reuters Be

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This is no time for military escalations in the Gulf

Firefighters disinfect a street against the new coronavirus, in western Tehran, Iran, March 13, 2020. /AP Editor's note: Hannan Hussain is a security analyst at the London School of Economics-

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Horizon raises another $5M to put virtual items on the blockchain and launch its first game

If a player picks up an item in an online video game, who owns that item? The player, or the company that made the game?In most cases, the answer is probably closer to the latter. The item may be in t

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Sustainable microgrids are the future of clean energy

Across the U.S., sustainable microgrids are emerging as a vital tool in the fight against climate change and increasingly common natural disasters. In the wake of hurricanes, earthquakes, and wildfire

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Week in Review: Ad Nauseam

Hey everyone, welcome back to Week in Review where I dive deep into a bit of news from the week or just share some thoughts and go over some of the more interesting stories of the week.If you’re

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You need a minimum viable company, not a minimum viable product

Hi, I’m Ann.I was one of the first investors in Lyft, Refinery29 and Xamarin. I’ve been on the Midas List for the past three years and was recently named on The New York Times’ list of The Top 20 Vent

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Cruise calls for a new way to determine commercial readiness of self-driving cars

Cruise co-founder and CTO Kyle Vogt said Friday that disengagement reports released annually by California regulators are not a proxy for the commercial readiness or safety of self-driving cars.Vogt,

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Where FaZe Clan sees the future of gaming and entertainment

Lee Trink has spent nearly his entire career in the entertainment business. The former president of Capitol Records is now the head of FaZe Clan, an esports juggernaut that is one of the most recogniz

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Trump Says Soleimani Plotted 'Imminent' Attacks, but Critics Question Just How Soon

After President Donald Trump said the top Iranian general killed in a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad was plotting "imminent" attacks on U.S. interests, some U.S. national se