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For many people, enjoying a freshly brewed cup of coffee first thing in the morning is a nonnegotiable way to start the day. But the idea that taking a sip without food could harm your gut — or contribute to other ills like bloating, acne, hair loss, anxiety, thyroid issues or painful periods, as some on social media have claimed — has garnered as much popularity as incredulity.

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Bill Gates Asked Why He's Buying So Much US Farmland: Here's His Answer In Free-For-All AMA
Bill Gates Asked Why He's Buying So Much US Farmland: Here's His Answer In Free-For-All AMA
Last year, conspiracy theorists claimed that the Microsoft founder was buying up farmland in the U.S. in order to starve Americans for an unknown reason, Snopes said, after researchers said in April that the world was facing a potential food shortage as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Why sending Ukraine tanks represents a fierce new step by the West | CNN
Why sending Ukraine tanks represents a fierce new step by the West | CNN
But we are into territory here that was impossible to imagine a year ago, with NATO's best attack technology soon in Ukrainian hands, and Russia seemingly able only to bark its frustration.

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Western Tanks Are Coming to Ukraine, but Will They Be Enough?
Western Tanks Are Coming to Ukraine, but Will They Be Enough?
The risks are so daunting — and worries over provoking Russia are so high — that, instead of Western forces or contractors delivering them to the conflict zone, Ukrainian troops are required to retrieve the weapons from depots in NATO territory.

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Opinion | The U.S. Has Made a Coldly Logical Decision in Ukraine. So Has Russia.
Opinion | The U.S. Has Made a Coldly Logical Decision in Ukraine. So Has Russia.
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State-linked hackers in Russia and Iran are targeting UK groups, NCSC warns
State-linked hackers in Russia and Iran are targeting UK groups, NCSC warns
The cyber agency also advises people exercise particular caution when receiving plausible sounding messages from strangers who rely on Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook or other webmail accounts, sometimes impersonating “known contacts” of the target culled from social media.












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US joins Germany in sending tanks to Ukraine as Biden hails ‘united’ effort
US joins Germany in sending tanks to Ukraine as Biden hails ‘united’ effort
Domestically, Biden's move offers a new test of bipartisan support in Congress for the open-ended Ukraine commitment. It was welcomed by Mitch McConnell, the Republican minority leader in the Senate, who said: "Modern main battle tanks will provide highly maneuverable, armored firepower that will help Ukraine liberate territory and keep pressure on the Russian aggressors, but time is of the essence."

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Iranian and Russian hackers targeting politicians and journalists, warn UK officials
Iranian and Russian hackers targeting politicians and journalists, warn UK officials
An Iranian Group - known as TA453 or Charming Kitten - has been linked by independent cyber-security experts to the country\'s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and is accused of targeting US politicians as well as critical infrastructure.

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EU urges European banks to step up funding for critical minerals
EU urges European banks to step up funding for critical minerals
European Commissioner Thierry Breton urged European financiers this week to provide more funding to suppliers of minerals needed for the energy transition, as the European Union prepares its Green Deal industrial plan.


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A truck-sized asteroid will make one of the closest recorded encounters ever with Earth on Thursday night
A truck-sized asteroid will make one of the closest recorded encounters ever with Earth on Thursday night
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Ron DeSantis Threatened With Legal Action Over AP African American Studies Ban
Ron DeSantis Threatened With Legal Action Over AP African American Studies Ban
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The thing we thought was happening with robotic investments is definitely happening
The thing we thought was happening with robotic investments is definitely happening
Anecdotally, I’m seeing investments ramp up for the year, but that appears part of the natural cycle of companies waiting until after the holidays to announce. A proper bounce back, on the other hand, seems inevitable, but only those with high-powered crystal balls can say precisely when.


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Biden Reinstates Logging Ban In Americas Largest National Forest
Biden Reinstates Logging Ban In Americas Largest National Forest
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Six lifestyle choices to slow memory decline named in 10-year study
Six lifestyle choices to slow memory decline named in 10-year study
Dr Susan Mitchell, head of policy at Alzheimer’s Research UK, said: “This is a well-conducted study, which followed people over a long period of time, and adds to the substantial evidence that a healthy lifestyle can help to support memory and thinking skills as we age.


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Startups should expect more scrutiny from VCs on their hiring plans
Startups should expect more scrutiny from VCs on their hiring plans
“It is not to say, ‘do not hire’ — it is just that we need to see the double-click now on why,” Lee said. “You need X number of million of dollars for what? Why do you need a chief data scientist and architect?”


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2022 European edtech report: Smaller rounds and fewer deals, but more angel activity
2022 European edtech report: Smaller rounds and fewer deals, but more angel activity
As for edtech, the market has been on a steep upwards trend since 2020. Though edtech in Italy had a record year in 2019, largely driven by the large round raised by Talent Garden, it’s quite promising to see the upward trend in 2022 being driven by smaller, early-stage rounds of less than $15 million.


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Democrats urge House Speaker McCarthy to deny GOP Rep. George Santos access to classified information
Democrats urge House Speaker McCarthy to deny GOP Rep. George Santos access to classified information
Last summer, the FBI raided former President Donald Trump\'s Florida home and removed thousands of pages of records, including numerous sets of classified documents, after the Department of Justice said it found evidence of obstruction of an investigation.


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Proptech in Review: Investors predict slower growth in 2023
Proptech in Review: Investors predict slower growth in 2023
I think investors and companies in 2023 will exercise much more discipline, and likely won’t raise too much capital until they have really found a product and sales motion that works. As a growth-stage investor, we typically don’t get involved until we see significant traction anyway, and if they can show momentum and traction in this environment, we are more than happy to lean in in a big way.


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Abortion pill maker GenBioPro sues West Virginia, argues FDA rules preempt state ban
Abortion pill maker GenBioPro sues West Virginia, argues FDA rules preempt state ban
Anti-abortion activists, on the other hand, are pushing to have mifepristone completely pulled from the U.S. market. A coalition of physicians who oppose abortion have asked a federal court in Texas to overturn the FDA\'s more than two-decade-old approval of mifepristone as safe and effective.


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Daily Crunch: 'Network issue' causes cloud outage that takes down multiple Microsoft services for 4+ hours
Daily Crunch: 'Network issue' causes cloud outage that takes down multiple Microsoft services for 4+ hours
Frederic took a look at what Google was doing at this year’s Flutter Forward event and found that the open source framework got some new graphics capabilities, and is launching its first efforts to compile Flutter to WebAssembly and is working on some RISC-V support. He writes, “Virtually all of these capabilities still sit in canary branches and behind experiment flags, but they do show where Google plans to take this project in the months ahead.”


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Snapchat's role in fentanyl crisis probed during House roundtable: 'It's a Snap-specific problem'
Snapchat's role in fentanyl crisis probed during House roundtable: 'It's a Snap-specific problem'
Nowels said the lack of laws around how tech services should retain information and hand it over to law enforcement, as well as end-to-end encryption that obscures messages except for between the users talking to each other, makes it harder for investigators to trace back the source of illegal drug deals. But legislation weakening encryption for law enforcement investigations would also likely be at odds with the committee\'s other goal of increasing digital privacy protections.


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Dell has acquired cloud orchestration startup Cloudify, sources tell us for around $100M
Dell has acquired cloud orchestration startup Cloudify, sources tell us for around $100M
Avihai Michaeli, a startup advisor in the country, tells me that Dell long had its eye on Cloudify — which counts (in addition to its strategic backers) big names like AT&T, Cox, Accenture, and many more as customers.


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At least 24 civil servants involved in complaints against Dominic Raab, say sources
At least 24 civil servants involved in complaints against Dominic Raab, say sources
In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123, or by emailing jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org.


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Justin Bieber sells rights to 'Baby,' rest of music catalog
Justin Bieber sells rights to 'Baby,' rest of music catalog
NEW YORK (AP) Justin Bieber's record-breaking pop hits from Baby to Sorry are no longer his after the superstar sold the rights to all his early career music. The Canadian-American pop stars six albums, including his most recent album Justice, are part of the massive catalog sale deal with Hipgnosis, a U.K-based music investment company.


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Fireball Cinnamon Whisky has a major whiskey problem and now they are being sued for it
Fireball Cinnamon Whisky has a major whiskey problem  and now they are being sued for it
Sazerac, maker of Fireball, is being sued in Illinois over alleged misleading labeling.


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Column: For seniors, social isolation can lead to untreated depression
Column: For seniors, social isolation can lead to untreated depression
Isolation is no small matter in the rapidly aging population, and the depression that results often goes undiagnosed and untreated.


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Trump to return to Meta platform Facebook after two-year ban
Trump to return to Meta platform Facebook after two-year ban
The US social media giant has called the suspension extraordinary decision taken in extraordinary circumstances.


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Brazil's Lula proposes Mercosur trade deal with China after EU accord
Brazil's Lula proposes Mercosur trade deal with China after EU accord
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday that he favored an agreement between Mercosur and China in a plan to modernize and open the South American trade bloc to other regions.


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Consumer Reports calls Ford's automated driving tech much better than Tesla's | CNN Business
Consumer Reports calls Ford's automated driving tech much better than Tesla's | CNN Business
Tesla's Autopilot, which at its core combines lane keeping assist with traffic aware cruise control to help guide a car down a highway, was once groundbreaking technology.


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Paper stools, blood powder planters: the future of sustainable homewares
Paper stools, blood powder planters: the future of sustainable homewares
Sustainable furniture and homeware made from eggshells, soil, paper and durian skin? It might come sooner than you think, thanks to Hong Kong designers who are upcycling waste products.


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Google lays off in-house massage therapists in latest round of job cuts: report
Google lays off in-house massage therapists in latest round of job cuts: report
More than two dozen in-house massage therapists were part of the latest round of layoffs that happened at Google last week. According to filings reported by CNBC on Tuesday, 27 in-house massage th


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U.S. signs up over 16 million people for Obamacare health insurance
U.S. signs up over 16 million people for Obamacare health insurance
More than 16 million Americans signed up for Obamacare health insurance for 2023, a jump of more than 12% over last year and the highest since the Affordable Care Act was signed 13 years ago, the U.S. government said on Wednesday.


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WSJ News Exclusive | Meta Pays BuzzFeed Millions to Generate Creator Content for Facebook and Instagram
WSJ News Exclusive | Meta Pays BuzzFeed Millions to Generate Creator Content for Facebook and Instagram
The partnership marks latest iteration of yearslong relationship between digital publisher and social-media giant.


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The Bivalent Booster Protects Against New COVID-19 Variants, New Data Show
The Bivalent Booster Protects Against New COVID-19 Variants, New Data Show
New data add to our understanding about how well the bivalent shots can protect against newer COVID-19 variants, like BQ.1.1 and XBB.1


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U.S. senator seeks to bar EVs from tax credits not meeting sourcing rules
U.S. senator seeks to bar EVs from tax credits not meeting sourcing rules
U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee chair Joe Manchin on Wednesday introduced legislation that would immediately impose battery sourcing requirements on electric vehicles to qualify for $7,500 tax credits.


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South Korean economy shrinks in Q4 for first time in 2 years
South Korean economy shrinks in Q4 for first time in 2 years
GDP shrank 0.4 per cent from the previous three months. From a year earlier, the economy still expanded by 1.4 per cent. Read more at straitstimes.com.


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When Men Dominate Startups, Women Take A Pass, According To New Research
When Men Dominate Startups, Women Take A Pass, According To New Research
If the earliest hiring decisions at a new company exclude women, which they often do, then the organization will have difficulty attracting female talent in the future.


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Mindy Kaling's South Asian representation has viewers deeply divided. This says a lot.
Mindy Kaling's South Asian representation has viewers deeply divided. This says a lot.
Kaling's "Brown girl" tropes don't have to be representative of all.


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Southwest Airlines Under Federal Investigation For Possible Deceptive Scheduling
Southwest Airlines Under Federal Investigation For Possible Deceptive Scheduling
Millions of Southwest passengers were left stranded during the heart of the holidays due to cancellations the company blamed on a winter storm.


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Spain: 1 dead in church machete attacks, terror link probed
Spain: 1 dead in church machete attacks, terror link probed
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) A machete-wielding man killed a sexton and injured a priest in attacks at two churches in the city of Algeciras on Wednesday before being arrested, Spains interior ministry said, in what authorities are investigating as a possible act of terrorism.


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British banking damaged by slow supervisors warns industry report
British banking damaged by slow supervisors warns industry report
Britain's regulators can be slow, inefficient and unpredictable, raising costs and slowly damaging the financial sector's global competitiveness, industry body TheCityUK said in a report.


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Study finds Minnesota, Oregon fastest-talking states, Louisiana and South Carolina slowest
Study finds Minnesota, Oregon fastest-talking states, Louisiana and South Carolina slowest
Contrary to stereotypes of quick-speaking East Coast city slickers, Minnesota is the fastest-talking state at 5.34 syllables per second, according to a study from language learning platform Preply.


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Higher Rates Will Lead to the Next Generation of Great Tech Startups
Higher Rates Will Lead to the Next Generation of Great Tech Startups
Lessons learned from the past 60 years of technology investing may show whats ahead as we enter a turbulent macroeconomic backdrop


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Want to solve climate change? This California farm kingdom holds a key
Want to solve climate change? This California farm kingdom holds a key
Replacing agriculture with solar panels could help solve the West's energy and water crises. But farmers are fighting back.


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Its Time to Break Bad Pandemic Learning Habits
Its Time to Break Bad Pandemic Learning Habits
Schools adapted to remote learning, but students also got used to seeking easy answers instead of real understanding.


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This Is the Most Expensive Rental Zip Code in the U.S.
This Is the Most Expensive Rental Zip Code in the U.S.
In this Florida zip code, the average rent for a two-bedroom residence reached $24,000 in 2022.


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Maos Strategy Inspires Afghan Guerrillas and Chinese Planners
Maos Strategy Inspires Afghan Guerrillas and Chinese Planners
Ideas like peoples war infuse official thinking in China.


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Oscars 2023: Best International Feature Film Predictions
Oscars 2023: Best International Feature Film Predictions
For several years now, an international film breaking into the Best Picture race has led to it winning the Best International Feature Oscar.


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Will the successor of Mahmoud Abbas be appointed or elected?
Will the successor of Mahmoud Abbas be appointed or elected?
A heated debate is taking place in Palestinian circles about the next head of the Palestinian Authority; how the president will be chosen; what the atmosphere will be like when it happens; and what fa...


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Lockheed ready with F-16s as Kyiv allies revive debate over fighter jets
Lockheed ready with F-16s as Kyiv allies revive debate over fighter jets
US-German tanks deal gives impetus for aircraft but Washington and Berlin rule out sending them


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The real reason people share so much fake news on social media
The real reason people share so much fake news on social media
The belief that individual deficits in critical reasoning and partisan bias are why people share fake news may not necessarily be true.


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Good governance should bring cash rewards, insists football clubs body
Good governance should bring cash rewards, insists football clubs body
Football clubs should be financially rewarded if they show good governance and engage properly with their fans, according to a group of clubs championing greater sustainability within the game


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Marilyn Manson, Game of Thrones actress Esm Bianco settle sexual assault suit
Marilyn Manson, Game of Thrones actress Esm Bianco settle sexual assault suit
Rock musician Marilyn Manson reached a settlement with actress Esm Bianco on Tuesday in a sexual assault lawsuit she filed against him in 2021. The Game of Thrones actress had accuse


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UK to give COVID booster dose to higher-risk groups in autumn
UK to give COVID booster dose to higher-risk groups in autumn
British health minister Steve Barclay said on Wednesday a COVID-19 booster vaccination would be offered in autumn this year for those at higher risk of severe disease.


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South Korea vows support for exporters as economy shrinks
South Korea vows support for exporters as economy shrinks
South Korea's government promised strong support for exporters after the country posted on Thursday its first economic contraction in 2/1-2 years due mainly to a crash in exports.


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The best AI writers of 2023: ChatGPT and alternatives
The best AI writers of 2023: ChatGPT and alternatives
AI writing tools can help lighten your workload by writing emails and essays and even doing math. They use artificial intelligence to generate text or answer queries based on user input. ChatGPT is one popular example, but there are other noteworthy AI writers.


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Proptech in Review: Investors predict slower growth in 2023
Proptech in Review: Investors predict slower growth in 2023
I think investors and companies in 2023 will exercise much more discipline, and likely won’t raise too much capital until they have really found a product and sales motion that works. As a growth-stage investor, we typically don’t get involved until we see significant traction anyway, and if they can show momentum and traction in this environment, we are more than happy to lean in in a big way.


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Crowdbotics raises $40M to help devs build apps from modular code
Crowdbotics raises $40M to help devs build apps from modular code
“Right now the changing economy is looming over most businesses, and making sure capital isn’t wasted will be a critical concern. Crowdbotics is positioned to help by allowing organizations to be more strategic and efficient with their development resources,” Kulkarni said. “Not only does it reduce overall cost and overhead, but also creates a path for code reuse, ensuring all future development carries the same cost efficiencies … We’ve seen accelerating impact from the pandemic as digital transformation initiatives moved to the forefront of every company’s strategy, and we expect business to continue to grow even in 2023’s market as companies start to look to use code reuse to reduce software development costs and turn to Crowdbotics.”


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Oil Drilled in the Amazon Rainforest Ends Up in California
Oil Drilled in the Amazon Rainforest Ends Up in California
“It’s an incredible honor to be the first Asian American California poet laureate,” he said. “It’s very humbling, and I don’t take it for granted. California is an incredibly diverse state, needless to say, and on the one hand, sometimes I wish I weren’t the first, but I certainly hope I won’t be the last.”


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Dear Sophie: How do I change my L-1B to an H-1B through the lottery?
Dear Sophie: How do I change my L-1B to an H-1B through the lottery?
Under the proposal, the registration fee for the H-1B lottery would increase to $215 from just $10, and the H-1B filing fee would increase to $780 from $460. DHS, which asserts that these increases are necessary to reduce processing times and eliminate backlogs, will accept public comments on the proposed rule through March 6, 2023, and I urge you to let DHS know how these changes might affect your ability to change jobs.


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All is fair in love and moderation
All is fair in love and moderation
Equity drops at 10:00 a.m. PT every Monday and at 7:00 a.m. PT on Wednesdays and Fridays, so subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. TechCrunch also has a great show on crypto, a show that interviews founders, one that details how our stories come together and more!


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AtomicJar opens public beta of Testcontainers Cloud, cloud version of open source testing tool
AtomicJar opens public beta of Testcontainers Cloud, cloud version of open source testing tool
Today’s $25 million round was led by Insight Partners with participation from existing investors Boldstart Ventures, Tribe Capital, Chalfen Ventures and Snyk co-founder Guy Podjarny and Snyk CEO Peter McKay. The company previously raised a $4 million seed round in 2021.


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We flush valuable nutrients down the toilet. Wasted wants to save them
We flush valuable nutrients down the toilet. Wasted wants to save them
Wasted wants to eventually serve as a backup for traditional sewage systems or even a replacement, particularly in regions where sanitation systems are underdeveloped. But it’s starting with port-a-potties for a few reasons.


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With new funding, Atomic AI envisions RNA as the next frontier in drug discovery
With new funding, Atomic AI envisions RNA as the next frontier in drug discovery
Of course all this work is immensely costly, necessitating as it does a large amount of both lab work and intense data science. Fortunately the company has raised a $35 million A round, led by Playground Global, with participation from 8VC, Factory HQ, Greylock, NotBoring, AME Cloud Ventures, as well as angels Nat Friedman, Doug Mohr, Neal Khosla, and Patrick Hsu. (The company previously raised a $7 million seed round.)


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Damaging Storms Move East Across the South, Bringing Tornado Threats and Snow
Damaging Storms Move East Across the South, Bringing Tornado Threats and Snow
Conditions were similar in Pasadena, a city next to Deer Park and about 14 miles southeast of Houston, where a tornado touched down about 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday. It caused severe damage to homes and businesses but there were no reported fatalities, said Raul Granados, a spokesman for the Pasadena Police Department. The American Red Cross and Salvation Army were coordinating meal assistance and shelters for people had who lost homes.


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One of Wall Streets most feared short-selling research firms just accused Asias richest man of a multibillion-dollar fraud
One of Wall Streets most feared short-selling research firms just accused Asias richest man of a multibillion-dollar fraud
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