Climate Action Hawk Arnold Schwarzenegger Brings Conan Sword Down Upon Trump Enablers
Arnold Schwarzenegger has become a leading voice for climate action and now he has something to say about Trump enablers, too
Rare Earth Minerals Might Be Found in More Places
Irish researchers recently figured out where a lot more rare earth minerals could be found, which could make a big difference for renewable energy technologies
After Parler’s ban, a social app called Parlor, which connects users following similar topics, got at least as high as #2 in the Play Store and iOS App Store (Rachel Kraus/Mashable)
Rachel Kraus / Mashable:After Parler’s ban, a social app called Parlor, which connects users following similar topics, got at least as high as #2 in the Play Store and iOS App Store — Online spaces in which one can freely talk of overthrowing the government in the name of Q and white supremacy are getting…
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China’s most popular workout app Keep raises $360M Series F led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund with Tencent among investors, as sources value it at ~$2B post funding (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:China’s most popular workout app Keep raises $360M Series F led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund with Tencent among investors, as sources value it at ~$2B post funding — – The workout app owner gets $360 million in new funding round — Tencent, Hillhouse are also among investors in latest round
Sources: Stripe will no longer process payments for Trump’s campaign website and fundraising efforts, after violations of policies against encouraging violence (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal:Sources: Stripe will no longer process payments for Trump’s campaign website and fundraising efforts, after violations of policies against encouraging violence — Financial-technology company’s move follows last week’s riot at the Capitol — Stripe Inc. will no longer process payments …
Parler CEO says the company has been dropped by “every vendor from text message services to email providers to our lawyers”, which could end the business (Bruce Haring/Deadline)
Bruce Haring / Deadline:Parler CEO says the company has been dropped by “every vendor from text message services to email providers to our lawyers”, which could end the business — Parler CEO Mark Matze said today that his company have been dropped by virtually all of their business alliances after Amazon …
CATL Putting $3 Billion Into 3 New Battery Factories, LG Chem Doubling Its China-Made Battery Production
The two largest EV battery producers in the world, as I recently reported, are CATL and LG Energy Solution (formerly LG Chem). They intend to stay at the top. On the last day of 2020, CATL announced a 39 billion yuan ($5.9 billion) investment into three new battery factories in China. LG Energy Solution, meanwhile,…
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Comma.ai Could Buy Automaker, Waymo Ditching “Self-Driving,” Xpeng Adds Lidar — Autonomous Driving Updates
Stories related to autonomous driving tech have been building up, so I’m going to run through a few of them right here. Comma.ai, Waymo, and Xpeng each have some news to bring to the table
Lenovo unveils ThinkReality A3 Smart Glasses that can show up to 5 virtual 1080p displays, come with 8 MP camera and 2 fish-eye cameras for room-scale tracking (Mariella Moon/Engadget)
Mariella Moon / Engadget:Lenovo unveils ThinkReality A3 Smart Glasses that can show up to 5 virtual 1080p displays, come with 8 MP camera and 2 fish-eye cameras for room-scale tracking — Lenovo has launched a new ThinkReality device for CES 2021, and the company says it’s “one of the most advanced and versatile” smart glasses…
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[Thread] A look back at the state of tech and mobile industries during the first iPhone keynote 14 years ago, the importance of which took years to sink in (Steven Sinofsky/@stevesi)
Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi:[Thread] A look back at the state of tech and mobile industries during the first iPhone keynote 14 years ago, the importance of which took years to sink in — Today is the 13th anniversary iPhone announcement—easily one of the greatest launch events and moments of technology change in history. What was…
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