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Pentagon releases footage to confirm 'unidentified aerial phenomena'

The tapes, made in 2004 and 2015, were well known to UFO enthusiasts but the Pentagon has now confirmed them.

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Nearly 100 listed companies in China report doubled net profit in Q1

A total of 94 listed companies in China's A-share market have seen their net profit double in the first quarter (Q1) despite the bite of COVID-19, the China Securities

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Coronavirus lockdown is making the UK vibrate less

Experts find noise generated by people going about their daily lives has dropped by up to 50% during the last five weeks.

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India's air pollution plummets in battle against coronavirus

A nationwide lockdown enforced to control the coronavirus transmission in India has plummeted air pollution levels to a historic low, according to data released by NASA Earth Observatory.During ea

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Chinese graduates of UK universities donate two ventilators to NHS amid COVID-19 outbreak

Chinese graduates who have studied in British universities donated two ventilators to the National Health Service (NHS) to express their support and care for the Briti

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Google data centers watch the weather to make the most of renewable energy

Google’s data centers run 24/7 and suck up a ton of energy — so it’s in both the company’s and the planet’s interest to make them do so as efficiently as possible. One new met

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Daily Crunch: Facebook makes a big bet in India

Facebook makes a $5.7 billion investment in Reliance Jio, Netflix’s latest quarter was even better than expected and Patreon lays off 30 employees.Here’s your Daily Crunch for April 22, 2

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GM exits car-sharing business and shuts down Maven

GM’s experiment with car-sharing is over. The automaker Tuesday said its Maven car-sharing service, which launched in 2016, will shut down for good.Maven had paused service due to the COVID-19 p

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Extra Crunch Live: Join Precursor’s Charles Hudson for a Q&A this Thursday

The new Extra Crunch Live series is taking flight this week. Later today we’re talking to Cowboy Ventures’ Aileen Lee and Ted Wang. This Thursday we’re keeping the parade of well-kno

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Leaked pics reveal Google smart debit card to rival Apple’s

Would you pay with a “Google Card?” TechCrunch has attained imagery that shows Google is developing its own physical and virtual debit cards. The Google card and associated checking accou

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China's development, policy financial institutions issue more bonds amid support for economy

China's major development and policy financial institutions have increased bond issuance to replenish their capital while they provide more loans to support the econom

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Silicon Valley restructuring veteran says his firm is winding down up to 3 startups a day

Marty Pichinson gets called a lot of things: Silicon Valley’s undertaker, its terminator, a grave digger. These aren’t meant as slights; Pichinson is the founder of Sherwood Partners, a re

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Walmart Grocery app sees record downloads amid COVID-19, surpasses Amazon by 20%

Record demand for online grocery shopping amid the COVID-19 pandemic has sent the apps for grocery pickup and delivery services up the charts. Walmart Grocery, as a result, has now hit an all-time hig

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Coronavirus: Stimulus for coal plants to result in losses

Countries are rushing to increase power generation from coal-fired plants to deal with the economic crisis unleashed by the coronavirus pandemic. But more than half of these plants could run into

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Coronavirus disparity raises concerns over deep-seated inequality in U.S.

Public health experts on the White House's coronavirus response team confirmed Tuesday that while the COVID-19 pandemic poses threat to everyone, the disease shows a r

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Chinese city holds memorial service to mourn deceased firefighters in forest fire

The city of Xichang in southwest China's Sichuan Province held a memorial service Saturday to mourn the 19 firefighters who gave their lives battling a recent forest f

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19 died in southwest China forest fire

Nineteen people died while battling a forest fire in southwest China's Sichuan Province, local authorities said Tuesday. The victims include 18 firefighters and a loca