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Jesse Lingard buys Rainbow Six Siege e-sports team and rebrands it JLINGZ

Lingard told Sky News that he had high hopes for the e-sports world: "It's only going to grow further. It's the right time to get involved."

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Spotify officially launches Blend, allowing friends to match their musical tastes and make playlists together

Spotify today is officially rolling out its shared playlist feature called Blend to global users, with a few changes. Earlier this summer, Spotify had first launched the new shared playlist experience

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Toyota restarts driverless shuttles after Paralympics accident forced athlete to withdraw from event

Aramitsu Kitazono, a Paralympic judo star from Japan who is visually impaired, was struck by Toyota's self-driving e-Palette vehicle while using a pedestrian crossing in the Olympic village in Tokyo.

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TikTok owner ByteDance buys a top virtual reality hardware startup

TikTok parent company ByteDance seem to be looking to one-up Facebook anywhere it can. After taking over the mantle of most-downloaded social media app in the world with TikTok, ByteDance is coming fo

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Apple buys classical music service, Primephonic

In a bid to expand its classical music offering, Apple today announced that it has Primephonic. The Amsterdam-based service, which launched in 2014, will bring a laser focus on a music genre that’s be

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Ragnarok ransomware gang shuts down and releases its decryption key

Ragnarok, a ransomware gang operational since 2019 that gained notoriety after launching attacks against unpatched Citrix ADC servers, has shut down and released a free decryption key for its victims.

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TikTok bans viral ‘milk crate challenge’ over safety concerns

TikTok has banned the popular ‘milk crate challenge’ from its platform due to concerns that users participating in the trend could be seriously injured. The challenge saw TikTok users stacking milk cr

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Corporate venture capital follows the same trend as other VC markets: Up

As the global market for startup investing presses to new heights in terms of dollars invested this year, and deal volume ticks up in several regions, corporations are diving into the action.Data from

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Australia ends Afghanistan evacuation efforts ahead of Kabul blast

The first Australian citizens and visa holders evacuated from Afghanistan disembark at Perth International Airport in Australia from a government-sponsored charter flight, August 20, 2021. /CFP

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Israel’s maturing fintech ecosystem may soon create global disruptors

“Even with its vast local talent, it seems Israel still has many hurdles to overcome in order to become a global fintech hub. [ … ] Having that said, I don’t believe any of these obstacles will preven

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Tuna raises $3M to address complexity of e-commerce payments in Latin America

Tuna is on a mission to “fine tune” the payments space in Latin America and has raised two seed rounds totaling $3 million, led by Canary and by Atlantico.Alex Tabor, Paul Ascher and Juan

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U.S. obstructs COVID-19 origin-tracing by mobilizing spy agencies

The U.S. mobilizes intelligence agencies, instead of scientific experts to trace the origins of the COVID-19 virus, which will only obstruct the development of origin-tracing for the international co

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Taktile makes it easier to leverage machine learning in the financial industry

Meet Taktile, a new startup that is working on a machine learning platform for financial services companies. This isn’t the first company that wants to leverage machine learning for financial products

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TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 kicks off in less than a month

We’re less than one month away from kicking off our flagship global event, TechCrunch Disrupt 2021. And we’re feeling the adrenaline rush that can only come when more than 10,000 startup icons, expert

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Extinction Rebellion targets London banks with 14-day climate protest

Extinction Rebellion activists have returned to the streets of London. /Henry Nicholls/Reuters Environmental activists from Extinction Rebellion (XR) have occupied a junction in one of London'

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GM says it will seek reimbursement from LG Chem for $1B Chevy Bolt recall losses

American automaker General Motors expanded its recall of Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles on Friday due to fire risks from battery manufacturing defects. The automaker said it would seek reimbursement

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Instagram is ditching ‘swipe-up’ links in favor of stickers

Instagram is ditching the “swipe-up” link in Instagram Stories starting on August 30. The popular feature has historically allowed businesses and high-profile creators a way to direct thei