‘Simpsons’ actor apologizes to ‘every Indian person’ for voicing Apu
Longtime The Simpsons actor Hank Azaria has apologized to “every Indian person” for voicing Kwik-E-Mart owner Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. Azaria, who voiced the fan...
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Ontario reports more than 3,600 new COVID-19 cases, 15 deaths
Ontario is reporting 3,670 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the provincial total to 394,679. Tuesday's case count is a significant drop from Monday's whi...
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Japan to dump wastewater from Fukushima nuclear disaster in the ocean
Japan has decided to treat and dump vast quantities of wastewater from its ruined Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean, in what it claims is the “best” so...
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Bridgerton is renewed for seasons 3 and 4 at Netflix
The Netflix original series Bridgerton released season 1 in December 2020, and the series was renewed for season 2 in January 2021. The second season has yet to...
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Deeplite raises $6M seed to deploy ML on edge with fewer compute resources
One of the issues with deploying a machine learning application is that it tends to be expensive and highly compute intensive. Deeplite, a startup based in Mont...
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Bandwango raises $3.1M to power tourism- and experience-focused deals
You might think that a startup whose primary customers are tourism bureaus would have had a pretty rough 2020, but CEO Monir Parikh said Bandwango‘s customer ba...
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With the right tools, predicting startup revenue is possible
For a long time, “revenue” seemed to be a taboo word in the startup world. Fortunately, things have changed with the rise of SaaS and alternative funding source...
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Fortnite-maker Epic completes $1B funding round
How much is Epic Games worth? Well, we’ve long ago surpasses the realm of dollar figures regular humans can contextualize. With its latest round, the gamer hits...
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With a team that helped build the brain behind Alexa, HomeX raises $90M
HomeX, a home services platform for homeowners and service providers, has raised $90 million in a funding round led by New Mountain Capital. New Mountain Capita...
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Steinauer, Levy, Lewis headline 2021 Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees
Hamilton Tiger-Cats head coach Orlondo Steinauer and former Ticat Mike Walker have been elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. They are joined by former...
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Meroxa raises $15M Series A for its real-time data platform
Meroxa, a startup that makes it easier for businesses to build the data pipelines to power both their analytics and operational workflows, today announced that...
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Spotify launches an in-car entertainment system, ‘Car Thing’
Spotify this morning officially announced the limited U.S. release of its first hardware device, the oddly named Car Thing, aimed at Spotify Premium subscribers...
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