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Digital signage startup Raydiant raises $7M

Digital signage startup Raydiant raises M Raydiant, a startup promising to turn TVs into interactive digital signs, is making several announcements today — a new company name, a new CEO, new partners and $7 million in new funding. Until today, the company was known as Mira, and it was founded by Tuan Ho (who previously founded internet TV company Philo), along with venture studio Atomic. The goal is to offer an alternative to existing digital signage solution which it says are often improvised, bespoke or expensive. With Raydiant, customers just…

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UK police discover 39 bodies in truck, arrest driver

UK police discover 39 bodies in truck, arrest driver GRAYS, England (Reuters) - British police found the bodies of 39 people inside a truck believed to have come from Bulgaria at an industrial estate near London on Wednesday, and said they had arrested the driver on suspicion of murder. Police is seen at the scene where bodies were discovered in a lorry container, in Grays, Essex, Britain October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls The discovery of the bodies - 38 adults and one teenager - was made in the early hours…

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Pentagon official overseeing Ukraine, Russia to testify in impeachment inquiry

Pentagon official overseeing Ukraine, Russia to testify in impeachment inquiry WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior Pentagon official who oversees U.S. defence policy on Ukraine and Russia arrived on Wednesday for the latest testimony in the Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives inquiry against Republican President Donald Trump. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper, the Pentagon official in charge of Ukraine and Russia policy, arrives to testify at a closed-door deposition as part of the U.S. House of Representatives impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Trump led by the House Intelligence, House…

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Hong Kong extradition bill officially killed, but more unrest likely

Hong Kong extradition bill officially killed, but more unrest likely HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong’s legislature on Wednesday formally withdrew planned legislation that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China, but the move was unlikely to end months of unrest as it met just one of five demands of pro-democracy protesters. The rallying cry of the protesters, who have trashed public buildings in the Chinese-ruled city, set street fires and thrown petrol bombs at police, has been “five demands, not one less”, meaning the withdrawal of the bill make…

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Syria offensive feeds disenchantment among Turkey's Kurds

Syria offensive feeds disenchantment among Turkey's Kurds DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Kurdish lawmaker Musa Farisogullari says he has been targeted by water cannon, tear gas and blows from riot shields while trying to protest this month against Turkey’s military offensive in northeast Syria. Kurdish and Arab protesters chant slogans against Turkish President Tayip Erdogan as they walk during a march to the United Nations Headquarters in the town of Qamishli, Syria October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed The incursion, targeting the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, has deepened a sense of alienation…

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Google claims 'quantum supremacy' for computer

Google claims 'quantum supremacy' for computer Google says an advanced computer has achieved “quantum supremacy” for the first time, surpassing the performance of conventional devices. The technology giant’s Sycamore quantum processor was able to perform a specific task in 200 seconds that would take the world’s best supercomputers 10,000 years to complete. Scientists have been working on quantum computers for decades because they promise much faster speeds. The result appears in Nature journal. In classical computers, the unit of information is called a “bit” and can have a value of…

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Mertens, Yastremska move closer to WTA Elite Trophy semis

Mertens, Yastremska move closer to WTA Elite Trophy semis FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Pan Pacific Open Women’s Singles Quarter-final match - Utsubo Tennis Center, Osaka, Japan - September 21, 2019. Belgium’s Elise Mertens in action. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (Reuters) - Belgian sixth seed Elise Mertens beat Maria Sakkari 6-2 3-6 6-1 in their round-robin match on Wednesday to end the Greek’s hopes of making the WTA Elite Trophy semi-finals in Zhuhai, China. Although Mertens was let down by her serve on several occasions with eight double faults, she converted seven break…

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Partizan fans must behave at Man United match - Milosevic

Partizan fans must behave at Man United match - Milosevic BELGRADE (Reuters) - Partizan Belgrade fans must be on their best behaviour while supporting their team against Manchester United in their Europa League Group L clash on Thursday, the Serbian side’s coach Savo Milosevic said. FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Europa League - Group L - Astana v Partizan Belgrade - Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan - October 3, 2019 Partizan Belgrade coach Savo Milosevic REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev Serbian football has been rife with violence and racism in the last three decades…

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Already a star, singer King Princess releases debut album

Already a star, singer King Princess releases debut album LONDON (Reuters) - Twenty-year-old singer-songwriter King Princess releases one of pop music’s most hotly anticipated debut albums on Friday, “Cheap Queen”, more than a year after she shot to stardom with a single name-checked by Harry Styles and Kourtney Kardashian. FILE PHOTO: 2018 MTV Video Music Awards - Arrivals - Radio City Music Hall, New York, U.S., August 20, 2018. - King Princess. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo The buzz around the Brooklyn-born singer, whose full name is Mikaela Straus, has built since…

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Indian startups have raised a record $11.3B this year

Indian startups have raised a record .3B this year With two months of 2019 still to go, Indian tech startups are already having their best year as a record amount of capital flows into the local ecosystem in a major rebound since the darkened funding environment of 2016. The unlisted tech startups in India have raised $11.3 billion this year, a substantial jump from last year’s $10.5 billion fundraise, research firm Tracxn told TechCrunch. This year’s fundraise, the largest sum for the local ecosystem in any year, further moves the…

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