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Space – Unique exoplanet photobombs Cheops study of nearby star system (ESA)

While exploring two exoplanets in a bright nearby star system, ESA’s exoplanet-hunting Cheops satellite has unexpectedly spotted the system’s third known planet crossing the...

TechInnovation – Harness Wealth raises $15 million to democratize the power of family offices (Connie Loizos, TechCrunch)

Family offices have existed since the 1800s, but they’ve never been so manifold as in recent years. According to a 2019 Global Family Office Report by...

TechInnovation – Korean court sides against Netflix, opening door for streaming bandwidth fees from ISPs (Devin Coldewey, TechCrunch)

A court case in South Korea has ended in a loss for Netflix and a victory for ISPs in the country, which may now...

TechInnovation – Demand Curve: Email marketing tactics that convert subscribers into customers (Stewart Hillhouse, TechCrunch)

Email has the highest return on investment of any other marketing channel. On average, email earns you $40 for every $1 spent. And the...

TechInnovation – Discord acquires augmented reality startup Ubiquity6 (Lucas Matney, TechCrunch)

After raising tens of millions from investors and executing a pretty substantial pivot earlier this year, augmented reality startup Ubiquity6 and its team have...

TechInnovation – Facebook to target Nigerian learners with educational app Sabee, created by its R&D team (Sarah Perez, TechCrunch)

Last fall, Facebook announced it was opening an office in Lagos, Nigeria, which would provide the company with a hub in the region and the first...

TechInnovation – Fleet software startup LocoNav raises $37 million to expand in developing markets (Manish Singh, TechCrunch)

LocoNav, an India-based startup that is helping drivers and fleet owners in over two-dozen nations run their vehicles more efficiently and save money, said...

TechInnovation – Consumer spending on apps hit record $64.9B in first half of 2021, but install growth slowed to 1.7% (Sarah Perez, TechCrunch)

Consumer spending in mobile apps hit a record $64.9 billion during the first half of 2021, according to preliminary data from app store intelligence firm Sensor...

China – As China’s Communist Party turns 100, economic challenges loom (Michael Standaert, Al Jazeera)

Private education companies that provide extracurricular lessons to legions of Chinese children are in the crosshairs of the government, as officials seek to ease...

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