Pollution updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Pollution news. Two years ago, Denis Bukalov mobilised support on social media to block construction of a Chinese-funded water-bottling plant on the shore of Lake Baikal. Now the environmental activist has set his sights on a political career as he…
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Games industry updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Games industry news. Xie Xiaoming is a typical Tencent customer. The 31-year-old telecoms executive spends around eight hours a week playing two of the biggest video games backed by the company: League of Legends and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. “It allows…
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I am officially living fast. Quite literally, zooming on a hoverboard at 80 miles an hour across the dusty desert plains of Nevada. To my left, a digital light show erupts into the night sky, lasers beaming up to the stars. To my right, tents adorned with neon signs invite me inside. In the distance,…
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Seksom Suriyapa was seemingly destined to land at a venture firm. A Stanford Law graduate, he worked at two blue-chip investment banks before joining the cybersecurity company McAfee as a senior corp dev employee, later logging six years at the human resources software company SuccessFactors and, in 2018, landing at Twitter, where he headed up…
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Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine may offer longer-lasting protection than Pfizer’s, new research suggests, as governments and scientists debate who needs booster shots and when. Recent studies show the Moderna jab prompts a stronger immune response than the rival mRNA vaccine from BioNTech/Pfizer, and that its effects wane more slowly. Paul Burton, Moderna’s chief medical officer, said…
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Climate change updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Climate change news. The resignation of careworn, charisma-starved prime minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday parks Japan in a familiar spot. The top job has now changed hands 11 times in the past two decades and the newly-opened leadership race…
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To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for September 3, 2021. As noted yesterday, most of TechCrunch has the day off so today’s newsletter is a little bit different than usual. Up top…
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Rivian announced Friday that the first edition version of its all-electric R1T pickup truck has an official EPA range of 314 miles, while its R1T SUV comes in a skosh higher at 316 miles. The official range and fuel economy values have been posted on the U.S. EPA website. The official numbers align with Rivian’s…
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Joe Devon Contributor Joe Devon is the co-founder of Diamond, a digital agency that builds accessible experiences. He is also a co-founder of Global Accessibility Awareness Day and chair of the GAAD Foundation. The world of accessibility has experienced a tipping point thanks to the pandemic, which drove people of all abilities to do more…
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Pediatricians across the country are claiming the nation’s largest insurer is shortchanging them for administering COVID-19 vaccines, jeopardizing access to the main tool for stopping the virus’ spread. The American Academy of Pediatrics has fielded complaints from providers nationwide who are frustrated that UnitedHealth Group is paying about 50% of the federal rate for vaccine…
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