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Snapchat launches a TikTok-like feed called Spotlight, kick-started by paying creators
After taking on TikTok with music-powered features last month, Snapchat this morning is officially launching a dedicated place within its app where users can...
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Digital marketing firms file UK competition complaint against Google’s Privacy Sandbox
Google’s push to phase out third party tracking cookies — aka its ‘Privacy Sandbox’ initiative — is facing a competition challenge in Europe. A...
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Resilience raises over $800 million to transform pharmaceutical manufacturing in response to COVID-19
Resilience, a new biopharmaceutical company backed by $800 million in financing from investors including ARCH Venture Partners and 8VC, has emerged from stealth to...
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Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine shows high efficacy, and is cheaper to make and easier to store
Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine, being developed in partnership with drugmaker AstraZeneca, has shown to be 70.4% effective in preliminary results from its Phase 3...
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The promise and challenge of Roblox’s future in China
In a much-anticipated move, California-based gaming firm Roblox filed to go public last week. One aspect driving the future growth of the children- and...
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Original Content podcast: ‘The Crown’ introduces its Princess Diana
“The Crown,” Netflix’s lavish historical drama about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, has returned for a fourth season that focuses on Elizabeth’s relationship...
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WhiteHat Jr’s founder files $2.6M defamation suit against critic
Karan Bajaj, an Indian entrepreneur who teaches meditation and in his recent book invites others to live a life away from the noise, is...
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Week in Review: Venture-backed loneliness
Hello everyone and welcome back to Week in Review! Natasha here, subbing in for Lucas while he’s out. This week, we’ll talk about loneliness...
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A bug meant Twitter Fleets could still be seen after they disappeared
Twitter is the latest social media site to allow users to experiment with posting disappearing content. Fleets, as Twitter calls them, allows its mobile...
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Human Capital: Uber’s Black employee base shrinks
Welcome back to Human Capital, where I break down the latest in diversity, equity and inclusion, and labor in tech.
TL;DR: This week, Apple announced...
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How the pandemic drove the IPO wave we see today
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Affirm, Airbnb, C3.ai, Roblox, Wish file for tech IPO finale of 2020
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Hulu UX teardown: 5 user experience fails and how to fix them
Hulu is the first major streaming platform to offer a social watching experience. And with most major league sports now being allowed to resume...
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Climate
John Kerry named as Joe Biden's special climate envoy
John Kerry, the former US secretary of state and Democratic presidential nominee, has been named as a special envoy on the climate crisis under...
Asia-Africa
Qatar identifies parents of baby girl abandoned in airport toilet
Public prosecutor says efforts under way to arrest ‘fugitive’ mother, adds airport police officers charged over examinations of female passengers.An investigation was launched after...
Asia-Africa
Former Republican officials call Trump refusal ‘serious threat’
More than 100 former Republican national security officials want Trump to ‘cease’ his ‘assault’ on the integrity of the election.Former CIA Director Michael Hayden,...