Wuhan, China, was cut off from the outside world Thursday morning, with trains, planes, and other transit suspended.It followed the official death toll of the coronavirus outbreak rising to 17, with 571 people sickened.Authorities told people in the city not to enter or leave without good reason. Wearing a protective mask in public is now…
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Blossom Capital founder Ophelia Brown closed her second fund in less than 12 months to help scale European and US tech companies. Blossom Capital has raised $185 million from institutional investors, taking its total funding to $270 million. Previous investments in the fund's portfolio include Duffel, Checkout.com, and Tines. "Blossom is like a startup, we've had to convince…
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The mysterious Wuhan virus has swept through parts of Asia, infecting more than 200 people since the virus was first detected in December. 217 people have been infected in China alone, according to Reuters, about triple the number of cases previously disclosed by the Chinese government. Still, some experts suggest the actual number of people infected by the…
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The New York Times editorial board on Sunday night endorsed Senators Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar as the Democratic candidate for president. In an op-ed called "The Democrats best choices for president," the editorial board said that after spending over 12 hours discussing who should be the Democratic nominee, they landed on Warren and Klobuchar based…
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Former Vice President Joe Biden has accused his fellow 2020 Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders of releasing a "doctored video" to attack him over Social Security cuts.Sen. Sanders' campaign has doubled down on its position, accusing Biden of repeatedly calling for Social Security cuts over his career."Biden not only pushed to cut Social Security — he…
Apple announced in a report Friday that it received a record-high 3,619 requests from the US government for users' account information in the first half of 2019, up 36% from the previous six-month period.Apple said it complied with 90% of those requests, which generally asked for customers' iTunes or iCloud account details and occasionally their…
