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Akimitsu Sano knows the right ingredients. He has whipped up a billion-dollar fortune by teaching younger Japanese how to cook.

In its efforts to rewrite Europe’s digital rulebook, the European Commission took its next step forward today, proposing a series of reforms that would make it easier for online music and video services to operate acro...

Career website Glassdoor today released its eights annual Employees’ Choice Awards, a list of the 50 best companies to work for in the coming year. Airbnb was picked as the number one tech company to work for in 2016, ...

Pete Lau, founder and CEO of China-based phonemaker OnePlus, is taking on Apple, Samsung and Nexus phones in India in the $300+ price segment (Image:OnePlus) Among the slew of Chinese device makers out to conquer India, ...

About 20 percent of consumers could ditch their cable TV subscriptions in 2016, according to a survey by accounting firm PwC, as competition between pay TV and over-the-top services such as Netflix heats up. Over-the-top...

Beijing (By Paul Carsten for Reuters) — The Beijing offices of Shequ001, a start-up delivering supermarket goods booked via smartphone, stand almost deserted. Leaflets lie scattered on the floor. Nearly 400 former empl...

Conservatives and liberals clashed over affirmative action at the Supreme Court, but swing vote Anthony Kennedy suggested an easy way out.

Google today updated Google Drive with much better search functionality on Android, iOS, and the Web. You can download the latest mobile apps now directly from Google Play and Apple’s App Store, but be warned that the ...

You can now #clapback your way to the holidays with the skin tone of your preference on Twitter.com. The social network announced today that it updated its emoji roster to include racial diversity. s://twitter.com/twitte...

NY's Insight Partners teams with German billionaire Hubert Burda in Series C funding for Vinted.com, in search of "pre-loved" clothing riches.

Vinted, a marketplace for people to buy, swap, or donate unwanted clothing, has raised another $27 million to grow into new markets outside Europe and the U.S. Founded out of Vilnius, Lithuania in 2008, Vinted claims nor...

Back in August, the gamified check-in app Swarm started offering users coins — digital coins — whenever they used the app to check in. At the time, the system was a bit confusing; the app introduced coins, but failed...

How can you handle the inevitable failure of an entrepreneurial journey with grace and the ability to bounce back even stronger after each setback?

When Reshma Saujani's attempt to appear "nice" actually made her look weak and dull, she vowed to never sit quietly again.

In many ways, beer can be more versatile than wine. Here, Beer Bible author Jeff Alworth talks about how to pick out beer to match your meal.

YouTube's algorithm for detecting viral videos now has a spot on iOS, Android, and desktop.

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PRESS RELEASE: Euclises Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel COX-2 inhibitors for use in treating certain cancers, pain and inflammation, has received a Not...

Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Disney invests $200M in Vice Media, sets valuation at over $4B Vice Media took in a $200 million rou...

It looks like the National Organization for Marriage has come to the end of the line in its hope for a big payday from the IRS for the unauthorized disclosure of the Schedule B (donor list) attached to its 2008 Form 990....

In an interview with The Telegraph in 2013, Bernie Taupin, songwriting partner to Elton John, spoke about how they often faxed or emailed lyrics and musical ideas back and forth. Taupin struggled to incorporate more rece...

Uber today launched its first desktop app. Windows 10 users can now hail a ride using the on-demand car service from their computer. But the app is dead on arrival because the experience is seriously flawed from the get-...