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Congressional Democrats are on a renewed push to act on voting rights with a 'sword and shield' approach

Summary List Placement Democrats in the White House and both chambers of Congress are rushing to take action on voting rights before the August recess, with a group of House...
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Diginex boosts sustainability metric tracking tools with $6M raise

2 days ago | Venture Beat

Diginex's business model is SAAS that incorporates some of the latest technologies, like a blockchain and some machine learning models.
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Horizon Blockchain Games raises $4.5M for blockchain games like Skyweaver

2 days ago | Venture Beat

Horizon Blockchain Games has raised $4.5 million to further develop its blockchain-based gaming ecosystem around games such as Skyweaver.
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Robinhood promises to fix 'the issues' that outraged customers when it restricted trading in meme stocks

7 days ago | Business Insider

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev acknowledged the company angered many customers after it blocked them from trading GameStop and other red-hot...
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'We can expect fireworks': 6 experts sound off on their expectations for Robinhood's hugely anticipated IPO

7 days ago | Business Insider

Vlad Tenev, CEO and co-founder of Robinhood. Kimberly White/Getty Images for Robinhood Ever since Robinhood was founded in 2013, the firm has been at the center of the retail...
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Larry Page has gone to Fiji and sold his superyacht

8 days ago | Business Insider

And welcome to this week's edition of the Insider Tech newsletter, where we break down the biggest news in tech, including: Larry Page's Fiji hideout The wild WeWork IPO plan...
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Crypto-based ‘shadow financial market' spooks regulators

8 days ago | Politico

New financial services built on cryptocurrency are offering consumers the ability to borrow and trade billions of dollars without the oversight of bankers or their regulators...
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A former deputy secretary of the Treasury thinks fiscal policy can be rewritten to combat the climate crisis - here's how

8 days ago | Business Insider

Amazon said in June 202 that its carbon footprint rose 15% over the previous year, even as it launched initiatives to reduce its harm on the environment. Associated Press Paul...
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JPMorgan OKs crypto for rich - Ackman axes SPAC deal - Deal toy gold rush

8 days ago | Business Insider

Happy Saturday, and welcome to Insider Finance. Here's a rundown of our top stories from the past week: Bill Ackman pulled the plug on a complex deal for his huge SPAC JPMorgan...
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Outbrain raises $160M in IPO at $1.25B valuation for news link recommendations

8 days ago | Venture Beat

Outbrain, which provides recommended web links at the bottom of news stories, raised $160 million at a $1.25 billion valuation in its IPO.
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NYC outdoor dining a noisy, dirty ‘nightmare' for residents fighting expansion

The Open Restaurants program allowed eateries to stay in business when COVID-19 precautions made indoor dining off limits. Read more ...

Disney executives won't attend CinemaCon in-person as delta Covid variant...

Disney executives won't be traveling to Las Vegas next month to attend the National Association of Theatre Owner's CinemaCon. Read more ...

Yellen urges Congress to raise or suspend the debt limit by Aug. 2

Treasury Secretary Yellen warned her department will start "extraordinary measures" on Aug. 2 if lawmakers don't raise the debt ceiling. Read more ...

Biden job approval rating drops to 50% in Gallup poll, his lowest to date...

President Joe Biden boards Air Force One before departing from Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 1, 2021. Mandel Ngan/Getty Images President Joe Biden's... Read more ...

Can Japanese Natto Beans Help Fight Covid-19 Coronavirus? What This Study...

Natto is a traditional Japanese dish that has a distinctive pungent odor and like a romantic comedy can be quite gooey. Read more ...

Amazon's Leap Into Healthcare

Healthcare organizations are contending with a population that's growing sicker, heightened spending, and shifting consumer demands for fast and convenient services. Big tech... Read more ...

A man used AI to bring back his deceased fiancé. But the creators of the...

GPT-3 is a computer program that attempts to write like humans. Fabrizio Bensch/ Reuters A man used artificial intelligence to create a chatbot that mimicked his late... Read more ...

Biden set to nominate Caroline Kennedy as US ambassador to Australia: report

Caroline Kennedy. Marc Andrew Deley/Getty President Biden is set to nominate Caroline Kennedy as ambassador to Australia, per a CNN report . Kennedy served as US ambassador to... Read more ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs bill that bans police from posting...

California Governor Gavin Newsom at a June 2021 press conference. Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a bill preventing police from... Read more ...

London luxury homes sell at feverish pace

Luxury homes in London sold at breakneck pace in the first half of 2021. There were 237 deals that closed above $6.8 million, according to Mansion Global. That tally was 59... Read more ...