Tech
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Axiom Space pitches its first 10-day, all-inclusive trip to the ISS for just $55 million
Axiom Space is looking to make history by sending three passengers on a round-trip journey to the International Space Station for the...
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459DuckDuckGo now crawls the web regularly to create a free list of trackers to block
It has become a part-time job to navigate and if necessary block the ads and other nuisances that plague practically every website...
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Google recommends Washington State employees work from home, citing coronavirus risk
Google this week issued a recommendation for all Washington State employees to work remotely, citing growing fears around the spread of COVID-19....
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438Daily Crunch: Twitter tests ephemeral Fleets
Twitter tries out its own version of the popular Stories format, a court orders Otto’s founder to pay a big fine to...
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411Arweave’s permaweb stops coronavirus censorship, raises $8M
The Chinese government has been removing criticism of its coronavirus response from apps like Weibo, the local equivalent of Twitter. But before...
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Chargify acquires Keen to bring event-based billing to its platform
Chargify, the subscription billing platform, announced today that it has acquired event streaming company, Keen for an undisclosed amount. One interesting aspect...
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388Google Cloud goes after the telco business with Anthos for Telecom and its Global Mobile Edge Cloud
Google Cloud today announced a new solution for its telecom customers: Anthos for Telecom. You can think of this as a specialized...
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384Indonesian startup Newman’s uses online medicine to tackle sensitive health issues
An Indonesian startup called Newman’s is using telemedicine to help Indonesian patients get care for stigmatized health issues. Part of Y Combinator’s...
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420Did African startups raise $496M, $1B or $2B in 2019?
Five years ago, it was hard to come by any numbers for annual VC investment in Africa. These days the challenge is...
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Veteran healthcare VC Camille Samuels explains why trying to cure infectious disease is a lousy business
Camille Samuels has spent the last five years as a partner with the healthcare venture firm Venrock and a dozen years before...