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Mark Cuban on his online pharmacy: ‘Our KPI is how much we can reduce the stress of our patients’ Jan 25, 2022

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Mark Cuban’s announcement over the weekend of an online pharmacy selling over a hundred generic drugs at near cost was totally unexpected but will likely be welcomed by millions who struggle to afford medication.

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Cana Technology raises glass to new capital as it readies beverage printer for market Jan 25, 2022

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Cana focused on identifying the basic set of ingredients, basically deconstructing beverages to figure out what makes it taste like a certain drink.

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AccuWeather acquires air pollution startup Plume Labs Jan 24, 2022

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Weather forecast company AccuWeather is acquiring French startup Plume Labs —Â terms of the deal are undisclosed. Originally founded in 2014, Plume Labs has gradually expanded its product offering to offer three different products focused on air pollution data.

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Metalenz PolarEyes upgrades digital sensing with polarized light Jan 24, 2022

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Tech sees differently, and can fuse multiple types of data we can’t even perceive: lidar, IR, ultrasonic, and so on. Metalenz, maker of highly compact “2D” cameras for advanced sensing, hopes to bring polarized light into the mix for security and safety.

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Weavit’s new app wants to be a ‘Shazam for your thoughts’ Jan 21, 2022

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A new app called Weavit wants to be a “Shazam for your thoughts” — that is, it wants to offer people a different way to quickly capture their thoughts in a note-taking tool with a press of a button.

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Tom Brady’s buzzy celebrity NFT startup Autograph banks $170M from Silicon Valley’s top crypto investors Jan 21, 2022

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Autograph, an NFT agency co-founded by athlete Tom Brady with a particularly deep bench of star power, has banked new funding from crypto investors who hope the platform can bring a new generation of celebrities and their fans into the fold of crypto collectibles.

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Nowsta takes in fresh capital to show some tech love for hourly workforces Jan 20, 2022

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Nowsta’s web and mobile app rolls workforce management tools into an all-in-one resource that includes an on-demand labor marketplace connecting employers with a skilled pool of workers.

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Ancient8 secures $4M in seed to democratize social and financial access in the metaverse Jan 20, 2022

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Ancient8, Vietnam’s blockchain gaming guild, develops a community and software platform to enable everyone to play P2E (play-to-earn) games and build the metaverse while earning rewards.

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First EV mass transit bus by Swedish-Kenyan startup Opibus begins operation amidst plans for regional launch by 2023 Jan 19, 2022

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The first electric bus by Swedish-Kenyan EV startup, Opibus, has hit Kenya’s roads marking the beginning of the company’s venture into the mass transit industry. Opibus first announced plans to roll out electric public transport buses last year when it raised $7.5 million in a pre-Series A round.

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Space startup Wyvern raises $4.5M and joins YC’s latest cohort Jan 19, 2022

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A Canadian startup working at the cutting edge of satellite imaging has raised $4.5 million across a combination of a $2.25 million seed round, and $2.25 million from a combined pre-seed and government funding.

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