TechCrunch is proud to announce HealthMatch is the winner of the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Australia and FluroSat is the runner up. A panel of expert judges picked the winner of out of the batch of five finalists that also included CancerAid, Life Whisperer and Spalk.
The startups from Australia and New Zealand were hand-picked to participate in our highly competitive startup competition. Read More
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Earlier this year, Duolingo launched its Japanese course, which marked the first time the popular language learning service offered support for an Asian language. Since then, it’s also launched support for Korean and starting today, you can use the services mobile and web apps to learn Chinese (or, to be more precise, Modern Standard Mandarin), too. The company notes that a Chinese… Read More
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This giant Lego set for building your own blocky little droid has more than 1,106 pieces.
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A few hours after announcing a review of its verification program, Twitter began revoking the verified status of some accounts. White supremacists Richard Spencer and Jason Kessler are among the users who no longer have a blue checkmark displayed on their profiles. Read More
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Today’s Stories This Black Friday could be the biggest ever for mobile shopping Amazon blames the postal service for Amazon Fresh delivery issues Scientists found a new Earth-sized planet nearby Credits Written by: Sarah Buhr Hosted by: Sarah Buhr Filmed by: Joe Zolnoski Edited by: John Murillo Notes: Tito’s continues his journey out in the Outback this week so… Read More
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DC’s big team-up is more fun than a movie with this many flaws has any right to be, thanks to some lesser-known comic book superheroes.
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Commentary: A new ad from Mozilla to launch its Quantum browser suggests it wants to end your “wait face”. As a loyal Firefox user, I’ve had that face for years.
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A photo of an android nabs a top prize in an international portrait competition, with judges celebrating it as “a provocative comment on human evolution.”
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The social network removes the blue check mark for white nationalists Richard Spencer and Jason Kessler and promises more reviews are to come.
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