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Tory MPs Reportedly on Brink of 'Warpath' Amid Scandal Over UK's 'Unfair' A-Level Grading System

The scandal around England's A-Level grading system and its controversial algorithm spiraled over the weekend, as the exams regulator withdrew its earlier announced pol

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In conversation with European B2B seed VC La Famiglia

Earlier this month, La Famiglia, a Berlin-based VC firm that invests in seed-stage European B2B tech startups, disclosed that it raised a second fund totaling €50 million, up from its debut fund of €3

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Google warns users in Australia free services are at risk if it’s forced to share ad revenue with “big media”

Google has fired a lobbying pot-shot at a looming change to the law in Australia that will force it to share ad revenue with local media businesses whose content its platforms monetize — seekin

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Is there light at the end of the tunnel for Britain?

Editor's note: Tom Fowdy is a British political and international relations analyst and a graduate of Durham and Oxford universities. He writes on topics pertaining to China, the DPRK, Britain, an

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UK eyeing disclosure labels for online political campaigning

The UK government is considering changes to the law that would require online political campaign material to carry labels disclosing who is promoting and funding the messaging.The proposal, which is b

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Zin Boats reinvents the electric speedboat in a bid to become the Tesla of the sea

The automotive industry is knee deep in the vast transition to electric, but one place where gas is still going strong is out on the water. Seattle startup Zin Boats wants to start what you might call

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Airbnb could file to go public this month

According to the Wall Street Journal, Airbnb could file confidentially to go public as early as this month. The same report states that Airbnb could follow that filing with an IPO before year’s

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Mozilla lays off 250

Mozilla today announced a major restructuring of its commercial arm, the Mozilla Corporation that will see about 250 employees lose their jobs and the shuttering of the organization’s operation

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Startups Weekly: What countries want your startup?

Editor’s note: Get this free weekly recap of TechCrunch news that any startup can use by email every Saturday morning (7am PT). Subscribe here.They say business needs certainty to succeed, but new tec

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"China will rise": Zambian student writes songs to thank China

"China will rise!" Zambian student Gift writes songs to thank China for its effective anti-virus measures. The young man has just graduated from Southwest University w

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Daily Crunch: Twitter and Facebook take action against Trump

Facebook and Twitter are taking a stronger stand against pandemic misinformation, we preview the latest version of macOS and a mental health startup raises $50 million. Here’s your Daily Crunc

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TikTok announces first data center in Europe

TikTok, the Chinese video sharing app that’s found itself at the center of a geopolitical power struggle which threatens to put hard limits on its global growth this year, said today it will bu

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Interview: Chinese Nobel laureate Mo Yan strives for evergreen writing creativity

Eight years after being entitled a Nobel laureate in literature, Mo Yan came back with his latest book "A Late Bloomer" in late July. Though 10 years have passed since Mo published his previous book,

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Chinese Nobel laureate Mo Yan strives for evergreen writing creativity

Eight years after being entitled a Nobel laureate in literature, Mo Yan came back with his latest book A Late Bloomer in late July.Though 10 years have passed since Mo published his previous book, the

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Vectrix is developing cloud security marketplace built for and by security pros

In a typical security team, engineers write one-off scripts to track a particular problem on a cloud vendor such as an unauthorized user on your GitHub account, and while engineers are capable of writ

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The five-eyed monster has its sights on TikTok

Editor's note:Tom Fowdy is a British political and international relations analyst and a graduate of Durham and Oxford universities. He writes on topics pertaining to China, the DPRK, Britain and

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It looks like Sequoia has hired a second partner in Europe: Revolut product lead George Robson

Silicon Valley venture capital firm Sequoia Capital recently set up shop in Europe after hiring Luciana Lixandru away from Accel’s London office. Now, according to a tweet by Revolut product lea