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Smartex sews up $24.7M to put smarter eyes on textile manufacturing Nov 03, 2022

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A lot of things might spring to mind when you hear “fashion,” but taking care of the planet generally isn’t on that list. Smartex just raised a couple of bolts’ worth of cash, sowing up a round of funding to bring smart tech to fabric manufacturing.

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Ex-Bain investor launches $30M web3 consumer VC fund as solo female founder Nov 03, 2022

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Magdalena “Mags” Kala, a self-described “lifetime degen,” is no stranger to beating the odds. Before she became an investor, she co-founded an all-female blackjack team that sought to exploit gender bias to make a profit through gaming, she told TechCrunch in an interview.

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Byju’s eyes $1 billion IPO for physical tutor chain Aakash Nov 02, 2022

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Indian edtech giant Byju’s is engaging with bankers to put together a plan for theÂ initial public offering of its unit Aakash, which it acquired last year, a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch.Â

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Volocopter raises $182M to bring air taxi closer to certification Nov 02, 2022

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Volocopter, a German startup building electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles, has secured $182 million for the second signing of its Series E round.

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Evolito, with an axial-flux motor lighter than Tesla’s, starts ramping up its team Nov 01, 2022

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Last year YASA, a British electric motor startup with a revolutionary “axial-flux” motor, was acquired by Mercedes-Benz to develop ultra-high-performance electric motors for Mercedes’s AMG.EA electric-only platform.

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Hong Kong to explore legalizing retail crypto trades in reversal of previous proposal Nov 01, 2022

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Hong Kong has proposed allowing retail investors to trade in cryptocurrencies and crypto exchange-traded funds and plans to conduct pilots in NFT issuance and CBDC as it looks to regain its status as a global financial hub.

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GM pauses paid advertising on Twitter as Chief Twit Elon Musk takes ownership Oct 31, 2022

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General Motors has temporarily paused paid advertising on Twitter, one day after billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk finalized a $44 billion acquisition of the social media platform.

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US sanctions on China could extend to biotech, official says Oct 31, 2022

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On the heels of the Biden administration’s decision to impose sweeping chip sanctions on China, there are signs that China might also lose access to other types of critical U.S. technologies.

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Europe schools Elon Musk that Twitter’s wings are already clipped Oct 28, 2022

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And so the it begins… Elon Musk has only been owner of Twitter for a few hours but he’s already earned himself a schooling from the European Union in response to his suggestive “the bird is freed” tweet.

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It’s time to admit self-driving cars aren’t going to happen Oct 28, 2022

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A couple caveats for those going apoplectic over the headline: I mean self-driving isn’t going to be a thing A) in our lifetimes and B) with any kind of omnipresent scale.

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