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Messenger hits the Mac App Store in several markets

At Facebook’s 2019 F8 developer conference, the company announced plans to introduce desktop apps for its popular communications app Messenger. Now, less than a year later, the Messenger Mac App

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Coronavirus: No decision yet whether to close all schools in Italy

Italy has not yet decided whether to close schools and universities over the novel coronavirus, Education Minister Lucia Azzolina has said, after Ansa and other Italian

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Xi Focus-Timeline: Xi leads China to fight COVID-19 with sci-tech

Chinese President Xi Jinping has said science and technology are mankind's most powerful weapon against diseases. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of

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Number of COVID-19 cases in Australia jumps to 41

The number of COVID-19 cases in Australia jumped to 41 on Wednesday, with a female aged care worker in Sydney becoming the third person infected while on Australian so

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IAEA admonishes Iran for denying access to 2 sites, warns of crisis

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi speaks during an interview in his office in Vienna, Austria, December 3, 2019. /Reuters Technicians work at the Arak heav

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IOC chief: Olympic preparations at 'full steam' – but WHO not so sure

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach at a news conference after the executive board meeting. /VCG As the International Olympic Committee (IOC) started a crucial executive boar

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Dear Sophie: I live in India and run a startup

Today we bring you another edition of “Dear Sophie,” an advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies.“Your questions are vital to the spread of knowle

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Equity Shot: What’s Elliott Management and why is it coming after Twitter and SoftBank?

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.After a long Shot hiatus, things keep happening that demand our attenti

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Nepal suspends visa on arrival for countries worst hit by COVID-19

The Nepali government has suspended the visa-on-arrival regime for nationals of five countries – China, South Korea, Japan, Italy and Iran, which were badly affected by the novel coronavirus (COVI

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Surge in coronavirus apps tracking spread and symptoms

As fears about the virus continue to rise, governments are deploying technology in an attempt to control their citizens movements.

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Beijing releases penalty on people involved in coronavirus-infected released inmate case

Several people in Beijing were punished for loopholes in their work and failing to fully perform their duties in a case where a released inmate from Wuhan, the center

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PLA approves first COVID-19 diagnosis laboratory

The clinical laboratory medical center of the 5th medical center of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital has been approved by the Logistics Support Department of the PLA Milita

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Leipzig apologizes to Japanese fans in relation to coronavirus

Fierce fight between Leipzig (in white and red) and Leverkusen during the Bundesliga match at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig, Germany, March 1, 2020. /VCG German soccer club Leipzig apologized

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Roundup: Over 1,800 test positive for coronavirus in Italy as death toll reaches 52

A total of 1,835 people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus so far in Italy, up by 258 cases compared to an official tally released on Sunday evening, the Civil Protection Department said

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Leipzig apologizes to Japanese fans in relation to coronavirus

Fierce fight between Leipzig (in white and red) and Leverkusen during the Bundesliga match at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig, Germany, March 1, 2020. /VCG German soccer club Leipzig apologized

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Connie Chan of Andreessen Horowitz discusses consumer tech’s winners and losers

Last week, I sat down with Connie Chan, a general partner with Andreessen Horowitz who focuses on investing in consumer tech. She joined the firm in 2011 after working at HP in China.From her temporar

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Thoma Bravo completes $3.9B Sophos acquisition

Thoma Bravo announced today that it had closed its hefty $3.9 billion acquisition of security firm, Sophos, marking yet another private equity deal in the books.The deal was originally announced in Oc