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Attorney General, Gantz urge Netanyahu to approve permanent justice minister

Mandelblit says ongoing situation in which multiple government offices are headed by interim ministers hurts and limits work bureaucrats are able to do

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Benitago Group raises $55M in combined debt and equity to buy and grow Amazon brands

Benitago Group, a startup looking to build a big portfolio of Amazon brands, is announcing that it has raised $55 million in new funding — most of it in the form of credit lines to fund acquisitions, plus an equity

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What Silicon Valley could learn from China’s Q&A platform Zhihu

China’s largest question and answer platform Zhihu began trading in New York at $9.5 per share at the lower end of its IPO range, valuing the company at about $5.3 billion. The aggregate offering size of Zhihu’s IPO and the

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A new Android spyware masquerades as a ‘system update’

Security researchers say a powerful new Android malware masquerading as a critical system update can take complete control of a victim’s device and steal their data. The malware was found bundled in an app that had to be installed outside

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You can only invest if you promise not to read the fine print, ok?

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Natasha and Danny and Alex and Grace were all here to chat through the week’s biggest tech happenings. News was right back up to a dull roar this week,

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The generational grief of colonization

The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is seen docked at a Naval Base in Guam’s Apra Harbor on April 27, 2020. | Tony Azios/AFP via Getty Images Author Julian Aguon on the destruction the American military wrought on the Pacific

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Dominion Voting Systems Files $1.6 Billion Defamation Lawsuit Against Fox News

“Fox sold a false story of election fraud in order to serve its own commercial purposes, severely injuring Dominion in the process,” the voting machine company’s lawsuit said. (Image credit: John Bazemore/AP)

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‘Predatory Elite’ Also Bear The Blame For Migrant Crisis, Juan Gonzalez Says

“Migration is essentially a social release valve for migrants,” says Juan Gonzalez, the National Security Council’s senior director for the Western Hemisphere. (Image credit: Evan Vucci/AP)

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At least 32 killed, 66 injured when two trains collide in Egypt

Dozens of ambulances on the scene in Tahta district of Sohag province, south of Cairo; Israeli embassy sends condolences to victims’ families

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Crypto boom continues as Chainalysis raises $100M, doubles valuation to over $2B

Chainalysis, a blockchain analysis company, announced Friday it has closed on $100 million in Series D financing, doubling its valuation to over $2 billion. The round comes just four months after the company secured a $100 million Series C round

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