Tech
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Storytelling community Wattpad embraces adult content with new personalization tools
Wattpad, the online storytelling community that’s home to some 80 million monthly users, has successfully tapped into the power of crowdsourcing to...
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Chinese firms rush to bring 5G smartphones to India
India is unlikely to have any substantial coverage of 5G until at least the end of next year, with telecom operators in...
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Minute Media raises $40M more for its user-generated, syndication-based sports publishing platform
When it comes to the internet, content may be king, but in many cases, the emperor has no clothes: that is to...
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791AI chatbot maker Babylon Health attacks clinician in PR stunt after he goes public with safety concerns
UK startup Babylon Health pulled app data on a critical user in order to create a press release in which it publicly...
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VCs bet millions on Microverse, a Lambda School for the developing world
The student loan crisis in the U.S. has left venture capitalists searching for novel approaches to financing higher education, but can the...
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Salesforce co-CEO Keith Block steps down
Salesforce today announced that Keith Block, the company’s co-CEO, is stepping down. This leaves company founder Marc Benioff as the sole CEO...
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Disney CEO Bob Iger immediately steps down from CEO position
The Walt Disney Company announced this afternoon that Robert Iger, the company’s long-time CEO who ushered in the company’s lush franchise and...
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Relativity Space CEO Tim Ellis talks 3D printed rockets at TC Sessions: Space in LA
The launch industry is undergoing a number of major changes, among them the shift from traditional manufacturing to 3D printing — which...
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429Africa e-tailer Jumia reports first full-year results post NYSE IPO
Pan-African e-commerce company Jumia got into the black (by a small amount) on its gross profit vs. fulfillment expenses, expanded financial services...
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Blockchain security startup CoolBitX raises $16.75 million Series B round
CoolBitX, a blockchain security startup based in Taiwan, announced today it has raised $16.75 million in Series B funding, led by returning...