Apple’s CEO Tim Cook has urged Europe to step up privacy enforcement in a keynote speech to the CPDP conference today — echoing many of
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Inspirit launches to bring Minecraft creativity to biology class
Aditya Vishwanath, the founder of Inspirit, wants to bring the creativity associated with Minecraft to the day-to-day schoolwork of students around the world. “These students
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Urban-X launches its latest cohort as the world catches up to the accelerator’s climate thesis
Urban-X, the accelerator launched by the venture capital fund Urban US and BMW’s MINI subsidiary to invest in companies that primarily address sustainable and resilient
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Robinhood restricts trading in GameStop after retail brouhaha shakes markets
Update: Robinhood has made public note of the changes, stating that “in light of recent volatility” it is “restricting transactions for certain securities to position
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Qualtrics prices IPO at $30 per share, above its upgraded target range
Last night, Qualtrics priced its IPO at $30 per share, selling 50.4 million shares in the process. Notably, the company’s IPO price was harder to
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UCLA is building a digital archive of mass incarceration with a new $3.6M grant
UCLA researchers have been awarded a $3.65 million grant to collect, contextualize, and digitally preserve a huge archive of materials relating to policing and mass
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