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Alan raises another $45 million for its health insurance product

Technology 2/17 6:31P Romain Dillet

Paris-based startup Alan has raised a Series B round of funding of $45 million (€40 million). Index Ventures is once again leading the round, with partners of DST Global also participating. The...

GoCardless raises $75M Series E for its recurring payments network and heads to America

Technology 2/17 5:00P Steve O'Hear

Compared to startups born into the frothy London fintech space as it exists today, 2011-founded GoCardless could well be considered a slow burner. However, in more recent...

OpenAI built a text generator so good, it’s considered too dangerous to release

Technology 2/17 5:17A Zack Whittaker

A storm is brewing over a new language model, built by non-profit artificial intelligence research company OpenAI, which it says is so good at generating convincing,...

VCs aren’t falling in love with dating startups

Technology 2/17 5:09A Joanna Glasner

Joanna Glasner Contributor More posts by this contributor Startup names may have passed peak weirdness Where seed and early-stage funding is growing, contracting or holding steady Some 17 years ago,...

How to read fiction to build a startup

Technology 2/16 7:33A Danny Crichton

“The book itself is a curious artefact, not showy in its technology but complex and extremely efficient: a really neat little device, compact, often very pleasant to look at...

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Trump Lashes Out At The Media But Twitter Users Push Back With Fierce Replies

Business 2/17 6:05A

Once again, the president called the media "the enemy of the people."

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Won’t ‘Settle For Scraps’ Post-Amazon

Business 2/17 12:38A

“We deserve more and we can ask for more, and if people don’t want to negotiate, that’s their problem, not ours.”

AOC Slams The ‘Racial Injustice’ Of The Cannabis Business As White Men Profit

Business 2/15 4:42P

She suggests "affirmative-action licensing" to mitigate the "racial wealth gap" in areas that faced the war on drugs.

Trump Goes Mariah Carey On Ann Coulter

Business 2/15 7:40A

People on Twitter immediately compared the president's comment to the singer's iconic diss.

Ann Coulter: Trump Trying ‘To Scam The Stupidest People In His Base’

Business 2/15 6:26A

"If he signs this bill, it's over," the right-wing commentator said about Trump's national emergency declaration.

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Jussie Smollett Attack Investigation Takes a Major Turn: Everything We Know

E! Online (US) - Top Stories 2/17 3:59P

Three weeks ago, Jussie Smollett was reported to be the victim of an alleged racist, homophobic attack. Now, after questioning two men originally thought to be suspects,...

2019 Writers Guild Awards: The Complete List of Winners

E! Online (US) - Top Stories 2/17 3:45P

We've officially hit the final homestretch of awards shows. The 2019 Oscars are just one week away and feature a star-studded group of presenters, despite not having a host....

See Brie Bella Get Emotional After Accidentally Kicking a WWE Competitor in the Ring

E! Online (US) - Top Stories 2/17 3:00P

Being a working mom is hard! On this week's all-new Total Bellas, Brie Bella found herself in tears as her busy work schedule left her exhausted and wracked with mom-guilt. On...

Lil Xan Expecting His First Child 5 Months After Noah Cyrus Breakup

E! Online (US) - Top Stories 2/17 2:51P

There's some big news for all those Xanxiety fans out there: Lil Xan is going to be a father! On Sunday, the rapper revealed on Instagram that he and his girlfriend Annie...

Miranda Lambert Got Married! See Other Top-Secret Celebrity Weddings

E! Online (US) - Top Stories 2/17 1:42P

Miranda Lambert made a surprise reveal on Saturday about her current relationship status. "In honor of Valentine's Day I wanted to share some news," the country singer...

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Bumbu Rum from Barbados

JustLuxe 2/16 2:05A JustLuxe

Bumbu Rum is distilled and aged on the island of Barbados at the West Indies Rum Distillery. Using sugar cane sourced from the Caribbean and South America the distillery uses...

Innovative Strategies For Senior Wellness: An Interview With Personal Trainer Randy Bengtsson

JustLuxe 2/8 9:04P Susan Kime

According to recent trends data from the Global Wellness Institute, October 2018, the strategies of fitness and wellness are changing, driven by new technologies and...

The Plum Guide: A New Way Of Choosing An Elite Vacation Residence

JustLuxe 2/5 4:40A Susan Kime

Since the luxury short term rental companies were launched, there have been stories of success as well as failure. Some say their vacations and the residences they rented,...

Snag This Bel Air Beauty For Just Under $8M

JustLuxe 2/4 10:27P Allie Edwards

Contemporary glamour meets Californian oasis at this reimagined Bel Air estate. The $7.9M hillside residence has received a modern makeover and prevailed with a polished...

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The age of genetic wonder | Juan Enriquez

TEDTalks (video) 2/15 3:44A contact@ted.com (TED)

Gene-editing tools like CRISPR enable us to program life at its most fundamental level. But this raises some pressing questions: If we can generate new species from scratch,...

A love story about the power of art as organizing | Aja Monet and phillip agnew

TEDTalks (video) 2/14 3:43A contact@ted.com (TED)

In a lyrical talk full of radical imagination, poet Aja Monet and community organizer phillip angew share the story of how they fell in love and what they've learned about the...

Calling all GlobalXplorers: Get ready to go to India

TED Blog 2/13 1:00P Kate Torgovnick May

A look at how GlobalXplorer s expedition of India will roll out, state by state. Armchair archaeologists will search more than 3 million square kilometers for signs of ancient manmade sites. (Photo...

3 ways to practice civility | Steven Petrow

TEDTalks (video) 2/13 3:39A contact@ted.com (TED)

What does it mean to be civil? Journalist Steven Petrow looks for answers in the original meaning of the word, showing why civility shouldn't be dismissed as...

How doctors can help low-income patients (and still make a profit) | P.J. Parmar

TEDTalks (video) 2/12 8:56A contact@ted.com (TED)

Modern American health care is defined by its high costs, high overhead and inaccessibility -- especially for low-income patients. What if we could redesign the system to...

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