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Entrepreneurs try to fill gaps in vaccine distribution inequalities

02:42 These are busy times on the vaccine distribution front. An average of close to two million Americans a day are now being inoculated. And yet for those next in line, the wait for

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Sequoia Capital India’s Surge invests $2M in sales engagement platform Outplay

Outplay’s team members on a video callSales engagement platforms (SEP) help sales teams automate and track the large number of tasks they need to do each day as they contact leads and hone in on

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Piano acquires analytics company AT Internet

Piano is expanding its platform for digital publishers with the acquisition of AT Internet, a 25-year-old analytics company based in France.Even if you don’t recognize Piano as a company, TechCrunch r

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Australia Passes Law Requiring Google, Facebook Pay For News

Google Australia Managing Director Melanie Silva told Aussie senators last month that the news media bill, as it stood at the time, would result in a revocation of the

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Streamlabs launches a ‘link in bio’ website builder that includes tipping

A number of online creators and influencers have adopted mobile-friendly “link in bio” websites, like Linktree, to point their fans to their social profiles or other content they want to p

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Private equity firm Marlin snatches up e-commerce optimization platform Lengow

French startup Lengow has a new landlord as Marlin Equity Partners has acquired a majority stake in the company. Lengow operates a softare-as-a-service platform to optimize e-commerce listings. Terms

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Klarna launches bank accounts in Germany

Fintech startup Klarna is turning its mobile app into a banking app in Germany. Customers living there can now open a consumer bank account and get a Visa debit card.For now, Klarna is launching bank

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Highest number of scams on record in 2020 - but more than half of people who fall victim don't report them

While the number of scams was up, more than half of people who have fallen victim to one would be too embarrassed to report it.

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Highest number of scams on record in 2020 - but more than half of people who fall victim don't report them

While the number of scams was up, more than half of people who have fallen victim to one would be too embarrassed to report it.

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Silver prices surge to five-month high as retail buyers pile in

One-kilogram silver bars at Gold Investments Ltd., London, UK, July 29, 2020. /CFP Silver prices leapt to a five-month high on Monday and small silver miners listed in Australia surged after s

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Apple says iOS 14.4 fixes three security bugs ‘actively exploited’ by hackers

Apple has released iOS 14.4 with security fixes for three vulnerabilities, said to be under active attack by hackers.The technology giant said in its security update pages for iOS and iPadOS 14.4 that

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Bloomreach raises $150M on $900M valuation and acquires Exponea

Bloomreach, an API company that helps eCommerce customers with search and web site creation, announced a $150 million investment today from Sixth Street Growth. Today’s funding values the compan

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E-commerce infrastructure startup Nacelle closes $18M Series A

Consumer online shopping habits have led to a windfall of revenues for these web storefronts, but COVID-era trends have also breathed new life into the market for developer tools that help e-commerce

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NGO uncovers 15-year Indian disinformation campaign against China

A report released by a Brussels-based NGO early December said it uncovered two Indian organizations creating and spreading disinformation against China to reinforce anti-China sentiment in India.Titl

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Chinese President Xi Jinping to give 2021 New Year speech

Chinese President Xi Jinping will deliver a New Year speech to ring in 2021 at 7 p.m. BJT on Thursday.The speech will be broadcast by major TV and radio channels of the

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Spotify resets user passwords after a security bug exposed private account information

Spotify said it has reset an undisclosed number of user passwords after blaming a vulnerability in its systems for exposing private account information to its business partners.In a data breach notif

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France imposes 135 mln euros in fines on Google, Amazon

France's CNIL data privacy watchdog said Thursday it had fined two Google units a total of 100 million euros ($120.9 million) and an Amazon subsidiary 35 million euros ($42.3 million) over advertisin