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As Beijing takes control, Chinese tech companies lose jobs and hope
Beijing's hyperpolitical approach shows that it is more about the Communist Party taking control of the industry than about levelling the playing field, killing innovation, creativity and entrepreneurial spirit that made China a tech power in the past decade
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German startups lay the groundwork for a marijuana bonanza
Germany's new government announced that it would legalise recreational cannabis for adults in its coalition contract presented in October
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Prince Andrew's uncertain legal fate casts shadow on Britain's royals
On Tuesday, lawyers for the queen's second son, Prince Andrew, asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, in which she says that Andrew, a friend of late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, raped her when she was 17
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Silicon Valley can't escape Elizabeth Holmes
Just as Bernard Madoff was a creature of Wall Street and Enron represented the get-rich-quick excesses of the 1990s, Theranos and its leader were very much products of Silicon Valley
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The epic rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes
From Stanford University dropout to Theranos' $9 billion valuation to conviction, it is an epic rise and fall that will be chewed over in the coffee shops and juice bars of Palo Alto, California, until the tech industry departs for a new life in Elon Musk's and Jeff Bezos' off-world colonies
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Elizabeth Holmes found guilty on four counts of fraud
Holmes, who had once promised to revolutionise health care, was the most prominent executive to field fraud accusations in a generation of high-flying, money-losing startups
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Europe plans to say nuclear power and natural gas are green investments
The proposal caps one of the most heated political battles in Europe at a time when its leaders have pledged to pull the planet back from the brink of climate catastrophe
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Kim Jong Un's new year resolution: More food for North Korea
Several months ago, Kim issued a rare warning that the North faced a "tense" food situation, brought about by the coronavirus pandemic and international sanctions against his nuclear weapons program
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The metaverse's dark side: Here come harassment and assaults
The world's largest tech companies are hurtling headlong into creating the metaverse, a virtual reality world where people can have their avatars do everything from play video games and attend gym classes to participate in meetings
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Can a tiny territory in the South Pacific power Tesla's ambitions?
Because of its nickel industry, New Caledonia is one of the world's largest carbon emitters per capita and mining, which began soon after New Caledonia was colonised in 1853 is intimately linked to the exploitation of its Indigenous Kanak people
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How discord, born from an obscure game, became a social hub for young people
While adults working from home flocked to Zoom, their children were downloading Discord to socialise with other young people through text and audio and video calls in groups known as servers