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Kirkland, WA-based auto repair financing service DigniFi raises $14M Series A led by BuildGroup and Exor Seeds (Kurt Schlosser/GeekWire)

Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: Kirkland, WA-based auto repair financing service DigniFi raises $14M Series A led by BuildGroup and Exor Seeds  —  DigniFi, the Kirkland, Wash.-based tech platform that helps drivers finance auto repairs and services, has raised $14 million.  —  The Series A funding was led by BuildGroup and Exor Seeds. Kirkland, WA-based auto

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Your Microcontroller Is Your IDE

{$inline_image} What if your microcontroller IDE was running on the microcontroller itself and not hosted on the computer you use to do the programming? The greatest legacy of Arduino in all its forms has arguably been a software one, in that it replaced annoying proprietary development environments with one that installed easily on a range

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Florida becomes first state to enact a DNA privacy law, blocking life, disability, and long-term insurers from accessing genetic data (John Haughey/Washington Examiner)

John Haughey / Washington Examiner: Florida becomes first state to enact a DNA privacy law, blocking life, disability, and long-term insurers from accessing genetic data  —  Florida on Wednesday became the nation’s first state to enact a DNA privacy law, prohibiting life, disability and long-term care insurance companies from using genetic tests for coverage purposes.

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Sources: Uber's board of directors has approved a $2.65B acquisition of Postmates in an all-stock deal, expected to be announced as soon as Monday (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sources: Uber’s board of directors has approved a $2.65B acquisition of Postmates in an all-stock deal, expected to be announced as soon as Monday  —  – Uber plans to annouce tie-up with food delivery rival Monday  —  Uber Technologies Inc.’s board of directors has approved … Sources: Uber's board of directors has approved a

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Netflix's deep catalog of Black programming is the envy of Hollywood and was largely built after a shift in culture following executive departures in 2018 (Ben Smith/New York Times)

Ben Smith / New York Times: Netflix’s deep catalog of Black programming is the envy of Hollywood and was largely built after a shift in culture following executive departures in 2018  —  The company didn’t set out to build a big library of Black programming, but now it’s the envy of its rivals. Netflix's deep

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