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New Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal begins restructuring as two execs step down Dec 06, 2021

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Earlier this week, Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey stepped down from his role. He appointed CTO Parag Agrawal as new CEO, effective immediately.

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Porsche invests in German startup aiming to be a one-stop shop for carbon neutral homes Dec 03, 2021

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Porsche’s venture arm has taken a minority stake in 1Komma5, a five-month-old German startup aiming to offer households everything needed for a carbon neutral home, including energy storage, charging infrastructure for electric vehicles and solar.

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GM delays production of new Chevy Bolt EVs until end of January Dec 03, 2021

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General Motors will continue to delay production of new Chevrolet Bolt EVs at the company’s Orion assembly plant in Michigan “through the week of Jan. 24, 2022,” the company said in a statement emailed to TechCrunch on Thursday.

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Bounce’s first electric scooter features swappable battery, costs less than $500 Dec 02, 2021

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Bangalore-based Bounce on Thursday priced its first electric scooter at as low as 36,000 Indian rupees ($480), considerably undercutting the heavily-backed rival Ola as the mobility war intensifies in the world’s second most populous nation.

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Attack surface management startup CyCognito raises $100M Series C on $800M valuation Dec 02, 2021

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As companies look for ways to prevent cyber attacks, one strategy is to be proactive and find vulnerabilities that could lead to a breach in an approach called “attack surface management.”

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Fresh from a $10M round, Plan A launches SaaS tool for ESG reporting aimed at startups/VCs Dec 01, 2021

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With key ESG reporting regulations such as the EU Taxonomy and the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) covering more than 75 percent of European companies, across the EU and the UK, the regulatory environment is evolving fast.

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Irish eSports giant’s new startup bets big on rugby in bid for US market share Nov 30, 2021

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A fantasy sports exchange founded by Irish betting veteran Paddy Power is bringing NFT-enabled live trading to rugby fans in a bid to expand globally.

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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will talk Section 230 reform with Congress this week Nov 30, 2021

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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will go before Congress again this week, this time offering her unique perspective on the company’s moderation and policy failures as they relate to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the key legal shield that protects online platforms from liability for the user-created content they host.

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Thought Machine closes $200M for its cloud native banking SaaS and becomes a unicorn Nov 29, 2021

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Thought Machine, a 2014 (Xoogler) founded startup that sells cloud-based b2b banking services, has closed a $200 million Series C round and announced that it’s achieved unicorn status (aka, passing a $1BN valuation).

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Paris asks scooter sharing services to restrict speed to 10km/h Nov 29, 2021

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Riding a scooter in Paris will soon feel incredibly… slow. The City of Paris has announced that scooter sharing services should restrict the maximum top speed to 10km/h (that’s 6.2mph).

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