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Facebook to launch a ‘Researcher API’ for the academic community

Facebook said it’s preparing to launch a new application programming interface (API) designed specifically for access by the research community. The API was announced during Facebook’s F8

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Shef raises $20M to expand its homemade meal delivery marketplace

It’s still a bit of a legal maze, but more cities are coming around to the idea of letting local home chefs bring in more income by selling homecooked meals to those nearby.Shef is a marketplace

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China suspends high-risk outdoor sports events for security concerns

Athletes (L) competing in cross-country marathon and athlete (R) suffers cold whether. /CFPThe General Administration of Sport of China said on Wednesday it will look i

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Huawei officially launches Android alternative HarmonyOS for smartphones

Think you’re living in a hyper-connected world? Huawei’s proprietary HarmonyOS wants to eliminate delays and gaps in user experience when you move from one device onto another by adding in

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Just one more week to go until TC Sessions: Mobility 2021

Seven days, 168 hours or 10,080 minutes — no matter how you count it, there’s just one week left until the global mobility tech community gathers on June 9 for TC Sessions: Mobility 2021. If you’re on

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Why sports tech is bigger than a game

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.For this week’s deep dive, Alex and Natasha dug into the burgeoning of

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Facebook opens its Messenger API for Instagram to all businesses

F8 Refresh, Facebook’s annual developer conference with a new twist — it’s more pared down than in years past, and virtual — is going to be kicking off later today, and ahead o

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FlixMobility raises $650M+ at a $3B valuation to double down on buses and other transport in the US

As consumers around the world slowly start to get moving again — and fingers crossed that new waves of Covid-19 cases do not set that back — one of the big players in on-demand mass transp

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Tesla files trademark, hinting at Elon Musk’s restaurant concept plans

Tesla has recently filed a new trademark for its brand under restaurant services, a sign the company might be finally gearing up to deliver on an idea that CEO Elon Musk and other company executives h

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France and Germany 'seeking full clarity' from US and Denmark on spying report

France and Germany are "seeking full clarity" on a report claiming that one of Denmark's intelligence agencies helped the United States spy on several senior European o

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U.S. presuming Chinese lab leak shows ulterior motives

Photo via CFP It seems that some U.S. officials indulge in coming to a conclusion and then finding arguments for the conclusion in tracing COVID-19 origins.Last year, certain American politici

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UK offers mass jabs in rugby arena to counter virus variant

British health authorities were aiming to vaccinate 15,000 people at London’s Twickenham rugby stadium on Monday as part of a race to contain a fast-spreading coronavir

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National Museum receives donation of late artist's works

The National Museum of China received a donation of more than 100 works by late artist Wu Shi from his family on Friday. A catalog of Wu's body of works compiled by the National Museum was also pu

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Facebook, WhatsApp, Google and other internet giants comply with India’s IT rules

Google, Facebook, Telegram, LinkedIn and Tiger Global-backed Indian startups ShareChat and Koo have either fully or partially complied with the South Asian nation’s new IT rules, according to two peop

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England's estimated COVID R number likely over 1, epidemic growing

The rate of new infections in England has risen since last week, the latest government figures show, suggesting that every ten people with COVID-19 will infect between 10 and 11 people. /Xinhua

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FM Capital steps up automotive investments with new $150M fund

First Move Capital, the Boulder-based venture firm that has invested in used car marketplaces Frontier Auto Group and Vroom as well as mobility-as-a-service startup Via, has closed a new $150 million

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Vlogger shoots contrasting videos to expose Xinjiang media narratives

05:39 Andy Boreham, a New Zealand vlogger, traveled to Xinjiang in May. He exposed how Western media manipulates audience feelings about Xinjiang by filming two differe