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Weather platform ClimaCell is now Tomorrow.io and raises $77M

Weather intelligence platform ClimaCell today announced that it has raised a $77 million Series D funding round led by private equity firm Stonecourt Capital, with participation by Highline Capital. This brings the company’s total funding to about $185 million. In

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New York Police Seek Suspect After Elderly Asian American Woman Assaulted

(NEW YORK) — An elderly Asian American woman was attacked by a man Monday afternoon who repeatedly kicked her in front of witnesses who seemingly stood by, according to surveillance footage released by the New York City Police Department. The

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Suez Canal Traffic Resumes Slowly as Some Ships Weigh Anchor

Ships were again moving slowly through the Suez Canal, hours after engineers freed the Ever Given and cleared the waterway for global traffic.

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Virgin Galactic debuts its first third-generation spaceship, ‘VSS Imagine’

Commercial human spaceflight company Virgin Galactic has unveiled the first ever Spaceship III, the third major iteration of its spacecraft design. The first in this new series is called ‘VSS (Virgin SpaceShip) Imagine,’ and will start ground testing now with

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HYCU raises $87.5M to take on Rubrik and the rest in multi-cloud data backup and recovery

As more companies become ever more reliant on digital infrastructure for everyday work, the more they become major targets for malicious hackers — both trends accelerated by the pandemic — and that is leading to an ever-greater need for IT

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Ecovative sees a fungal future for fashion, food, and foam packaging and has a fresh $60M to make it

Eben Bayer has spent the better part of fourteen years proving out the power of the humble mushroom as the world’s truly functional food.  As the chief executive and founder of Ecovative Design, Bayer has made replacements for foam packaging,

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Derek Chauvin trial: George Floyd ‘slowly fading away’ during police arrest – BBC News

Derek Chauvin trial: George Floyd ‘slowly fading away’ during police arrest  BBC News Gregg Jarrett: Recording of George Floyd’s death is compelling evidence of guilt in officer’s trial  Fox News 911 dispatcher, the 1st witness at Derek Chauvin trial, recounts watching George

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Biden Pushes Mask Mandate as C.D.C. Director Warns of ‘Impending Doom’ – The New York Times

Biden Pushes Mask Mandate as C.D.C. Director Warns of ‘Impending Doom’  The New York Times CDC Director Urges Americans To Continue To Follow Covid Guidelines | NBC News NOW  NBC News CDC director warns of COVID-induced ‘impending doom’ as cases, hospitalizations increase  Fox

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How Mitt Romney sees the Biden administration so far, future of the GOP – Deseret News

How Mitt Romney sees the Biden administration so far, future of the GOP  Deseret News Trump rails against Biden during Mar-a-Lago wedding speech | TheHill  The Hill Biden Approval Rating On Coronavirus, Economy, Immigration  NPR How bad a president was Donald Trump?  CNN Biden’s

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China Rewrites Hong Kong Election Rules to Keep Opponents Out

Changes give Beijing decisive control over how Hong Kong chooses its leader and legislators, putting pro-establishment politicians firmly in charge.

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