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Duolingo’s IPO could cast golden halo on edtech startups

Edtech giant Duolingo set an initial price range for its impending IPO today. The unicorn expects to price in its public debut at $85 to $95 per share, selling 3,700,000 in the deal.Another 1,406,113

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Robinhood targets IPO valuation up to $35B amid warning that crypto incomes are slipping

Robinhood released an S-1/A filing detailing its first IPO price range this morning. The company first filed to go public in early July after raising billions earlier in the year.The well-known U.S. c

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COVID-19 antibodies persist 'at least nine months after infection', study finds

Researchers test almost all the inhabitants of the small Italian town of Vo, which became the centre of the country's pandemic last year.

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Man faces 1st sentencing for felony in riot at US Capitol

A Florida man who breached the U.S. Senate chamber carrying a Trump campaign flag is scheduled to become the first Jan. 6 rioter sentenced for a felony, in a hearing th

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Japan, S.Korea leaders summit in limbo amid uproar over sexual innuendo

Plans to hold the first in-person summit between the leaders of Japan and South Korea have hit a snag over a disparaging comment by a Japanese diplomat about the South

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Athletes test COVID-19 positive days before start of Tokyo Olympics

The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games is due to take place on Friday. /AP A rising number of athletes and staff involved in the delayed Tokyo Olympic Games are being forced to self-i

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Many U.S. sectors struggling to adjust to reopening: Fed's Kashkari

The Federal Reserve in Washington, United States. /CFP Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said many U.S. economic sectors faced rapidly rising prices and were struggling to ad

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Expert says warming link to Europe floods 'plausible'

With extreme weather killing more than 150 people in Europe and searing heat across parts of North America, the debate around climate change has grown more fierce in recent weeks.But can global warmi

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Tourism industry criticizes UK travel list changes

02:35 Large parts of the travel industry have criticized the UK government's latest changes to its traffic-light system for travel.Only two destinations have been added

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How engineers fought the CAP theorem in the global war on latency

CockroachDB was intended to be a global database from the beginning. The founders of Cockroach Labs wanted to ensure that data written in one location would be viewable immediately in another location

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Airbnb listings lead to increased neighbourhood violence, study finds

"Airbnb removes social capital from the neighbourhood in the form of stable households, weakening the associated community dynamics," say the researchers.

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Khosla’s Adina Tecklu breaks down how to nail your pitch

Pitching is perhaps the single most important skill that any founder needs to hone, so not surprisingly, we kicked off our TechCrunch Early Stage 2021 — Marketing Fundraising event with a deep dive on

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Amazon launches its mobile-first Kindle Vella serialized story platform

As it promised last month, Amazon has launched its serialized fiction Kindle Vella store that lets you unlock episodic, self-published stories via in-app purchases. The new platform is a way for reade

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Airbnb listings lead to increased neighbourhood violence, study finds

"Airbnb removes social capital from the neighbourhood in the form of stable households, weakening the associated community dynamics," say the researchers.

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Fresh arrest made over social media racist abuse of England footballers

It follows the arrest of a man on Tuesday by police investigating a racist tweet aimed at Marcus Rashford after England's penalty shoot-out defeat to Italy in the Euro 2020 final.

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Build a digital ops toolbox to streamline business processes with hyperautomation

Reliance on a single technology as a lifeline is a futile battle now. When simple automation no longer does the trick, delivering end-to-end automation needs a combination of complementary technologie

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French official warns Lebanese leaders of upcoming sanctions

A French Cabinet minister criticized Lebanese leaders on Tuesday, warning them of upcoming sanctions from Paris that will target Lebanese officials blocking the formati