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BTS score a first for Korean band on Billboard chart with 'Dynamite'

K-Pop band BTS roared to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts in the United States on Monday, becoming the first Korean pop act to debut at No. 1."Dynamite," the first all-English langu

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Here’s the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2

Samsung promised five “power devices” for its virtually-only Unpacked event. We already know about the Note 20, Galaxy Watch 3, Tab S7 and Buds Live — so what’s left? We speculated based on an earlier

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Facebook launches commerce and connectivity-focused accelerator programs

Facebook launched two 12-week accelerator programs for startups on Monday as the social juggernaut looks for new ideas and solutions to expand its commerce and connectivity efforts.Facebook’s Commerc

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Talking virtual events and Disrupt with Hopin founder Johnny Boufarhat

Register now to attend the event on 8/6 at 10 AM PT. Registered attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions via Slido.Next in our series of talks with virtual event masterminds, we’ll be meet

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Tech giants' top executives grilled by lawmakers in antitrust hearing

Top executives of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google on Wednesday testified virtually before the U.S. House Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law Subcommittee, which hit them with tough qu

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India, U.S. closing in on a trade deal: minister

India and the United States are closing in on a trade deal, India’s Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday, after two years of negotiations.“In the long term, I

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Microsoft introduces Customer Voice, a real-time customer feedback tool

At Microsoft Inspire today, the company made several Dynamics 365 announcements, including Dynamics 365 Customer Voice, a real-time customer feedback tool that could compete with Qualtrics, the compan

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Africa Food Show opens to strengthen food value chains amid COVID-19 pandemic

Africa Food Show opened on Monday to strengthen food value chains amid the COVID-19 global pandemic, the event's organizers said. A press release from the organizers said that the event will virtu

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R&D Roundup: Tech giants unveil breakthroughs at computer vision summit

Computer vision summit CVPR has just (virtually) taken place, and like other CV-focused conferences, there are quite a few interesting papers. More than I could possibly write up individually, in fact

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South Korea reports local infections

South Korea is the latest country to report new locally transmitted infections after virtually eliminating the coronavirus.A further 48 cases were confirmed on Sunday,

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Trump to accept Republican presidential nomination in Florida's Jacksonville

Sitting U.S. President Donald Trump will accept the Republican Party's presidential nomination for a second term in Jacksonville, Florida, Republican National Committe

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U.S. to continue reducing military forces in Iraq in months

The United States will continue reducing its military presence in Iraq over the coming months, said a joint statement issued by the United States and Iraq on Thursday.

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AMC Entertainment reports 2.17-bln-USD quarterly loss amid pandemic

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., the largest U.S. movie theater chain owned by Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group, reported Tuesday a net loss of 2.176 billion U.S. dollars for the first quarter of

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New Zealand cuts research to keep Antarctica virus free

Antarctica New Zealand says it was developing a managed isolation plan with multiple government agencies to ensure COVID-19 does not reach the continent. /AFP New Zealand said Tuesday it would

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US court sets $1-$1.25 million bail for Derek Chauvin

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who has been charged with second-degree murder in connection to the killing of George Floyd. /REUTERS A judge has set a $1-$1.25 million ba

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Ex-police officer charged with Floyd murder appears in court

Video: This online snippet recorded by a bystander shows that police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd's neck for almost 9 minutes while the latter one said "

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Extra Crunch Live: Join Revolution’s Steve Case and Clara Sieg on May 21 at 3pm ET/12pm PT

On May 21 at 3pm ET/12pm PT, we’re hosting an Extra Crunch Live session with Steve Case and Clara Sieg of Revolution.This chat is the latest in our growing series featuring notable investors, en