Tech
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OneWeb launches 36 satellites to join its global broadband constellation on orbit
In a return to active launch, constellation satellite operator OneWeb has sent 36 new satellites to join its existing spacecraft on orbit....
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Avenue 8 raises $4M to rebuild the traditional real estate brokerage model
We’ve seen a big wave of proptech startups emerge to reimagine how houses and bought and sold, with some tapping into the...
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Troubles rise for China’s biggest chipmaker SMIC
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), China’s top chipmaker, is under mounting pressure as reports of its CEO’s looming departure and a potential...
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Sony pulls Cyberpunk 2077 from PlayStation Store after bugs complaints, offers refund
Sony has pulled “Cyberpunk 2077,” one of the most anticipated games in recent years, from its PlayStation Store after a flood of...
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Alibaba ‘dismayed’ by its cloud unit’s ethnicity detection algorithm
Chinese tech giants have drawn international criticism after research showed they have technologies that enable the authorities to profile Muslim Uyghurs. The...
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Twitter bots and memorialized users will become ‘new account types’ in 2021
After a period of public feedback, Twitter adjusted some its plans for a new verification process, set to roll out next year....
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Aurora sends offers to majority of Uber ATG employees, but not the R&D lab
Autonomous vehicle company Aurora Innovation sent offers Thursday to more than 75% of employees at Uber Advanced Technologies Group, just a week...
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The venture firm SOSV has hired former TechCrunch COO Ned Desmond to help grow its startups
Ned Desmond, a longtime publishing executive who spent more than half a dozen years at Time Inc. before becoming the chief operating...
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UIPath files confidential IPO paperwork with SEC
UIPath, the robotic process automation startup that has been growing like gangbusters, filed confidential paperwork with the SEC today ahead of a...
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373Social gaming platform Rec Room scores $20 million Series C
Social gaming platform Rec Room has scored some new funding as it aims to bring its once VR-centric world to every major...