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Messaging app Wire raises $21 million

Wire, the end-to-end encrypted messaging app and service, has raised a $21 million Series B funding round led by UVC Partners. As the company said a couple of years ago, the company is focusing on the

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Realworld raises $3.4M to help Gen Z navigate adulthood

Realworld has a big vision — founder and CEO Genevieve Ryan Bellaire told me her goal is “simplifying adulthood.” And the New York startup has raised $3.4 million in seed funding to make i

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US indicts California man accused of stealing Shopify customer data

A grand jury has indicted a California resident accused of stealing Shopify customer data on over a hundred merchants, TechCrunch has learned.The indictment charges Tassilo Heinrich with aggravated id

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Derek Chauvin stands trial accused of murdering George Floyd

A sketch of Chauvin trial in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., March 29, 2021. /Reuters Derek Chauvin, a white former Minneapolis police officer, appeared in court Monday on murder charges for the

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DPRK breaks ties with Malaysia over citizen's extradition to U.S.

Pyongyang announced Friday that it had broken diplomatic ties with Malaysia after that country extradited a Democratic People's Republic of Korea citizen to the United States.The announcement was mad

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Schwarz wins slalom globe, Lenzerheide set for gripping trophy races

Marco Schwarz of Austria in action during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup men's slalom in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, March 14, 2021. /Getty The race for crystal globes heated up this weekend a

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SkyMul’s drones secure rebar on the fly to speed up construction

There are many jobs in the construction industry that fall under the “dull, dirty, and dangerous” category said to be ripe for automation — but only a few can actually be taken on with tod

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Justin Trudeau says US leadership has been 'sorely missed' during first meeting with Biden

Justin Trudeau has praised Joe Biden for rejoining the Paris climate accord during their first bilateral meeting, saying: “US leadership has been sorely missed over the

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Arrest of 21-year-old Indian climate activist sparks outrage

Delhi Police's cybercrime unit has charged Disha Ravi with sedition, promoting enmity and criminal conspiracy among other offences. /via Twitter @Disha__Ravi The arrest of a 21-year-old Indian

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MIT is building a ‘one-stop shop’ for 3D-printing robots

Additive manufacturing has proven an ideal solution for certain tasks, but the technology still lacks more traditional methods in a number of categories. One of the biggest is the requirement for post

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Trump’s Trial to Be Held With Signs of Capitol Siege All Around

Former President Donald Trump’s Senate trial will be enveloped by a thick security cordon of razor-wire-topped fencing, National Guard troops and armed police officers

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How the GameStop stonkathon helped Robinhood raise $3.4B last week

Robinhood has shown an impressive ability to raise enormous amounts of capital in the past few weeks to ensure it has the funds needed to allow users to trade and, presumably, provide it with enough c

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In foreign policy address Biden says U.S. willing to work with China

In his first visit to the State Department as president, President Joe Biden called for a return to the “grounding wire of our global power.” He sought to buck up the diplomatic corps, many of who

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Myanmar latest: stock market crashes, currency collapses

The front facade of the Yangon Stock Exchange building is seen in Yangon, Myanmar, March 20, 2020. /CFP The outlook for Myanmar's future still hangs in the balance.Myanmar-listed shares took a

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Tech It Out: Super battery aimed at ultra-fast charging

06:17 In the past decades, the battery has reshaped our digital lives. Now they are going to bring a revolution to cars.New energy vehicles powered by lithium-ion batteries can reach o

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The 5 biggest mistakes I made as a first-time startup founder

June 4, 2019 should have been one of the happiest days of my life.At 11:30 a.m., a press release hit the wire announcing that the cybersecurity company I had spent more than eight years building was b

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Taiwan need not be a problem, unless someone decides to make it one

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