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Twitter announces the appointment of Stanford professor and former Google AI chief Fei-Fei Li to its board as an independent director, effective immediately (Tyler Sonnemaker/Business Insider)

Tyler Sonnemaker / Business Insider: Twitter announces the appointment of Stanford professor and former Google AI chief Fei-Fei Li to its board as an independent director, effective immediately  —  – Twitter has added former Google AI chief Dr. Fei-Fei Li to its board of directors, the company announced in a press release Monday. Twitter announces

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Equity management platform Carta is planning to launch CartaX, a private share trading platform to rival Nasdaq, this summer for companies worth $1B+ (Miles Kruppa/Financial Times)

Miles Kruppa / Financial Times: Equity management platform Carta is planning to launch CartaX, a private share trading platform to rival Nasdaq, this summer for companies worth $1B+  —  Silicon Valley start-up poised to launch exchange as tech companies delay IPOs  —  The Silicon Valley start-up Carta is planning to launch … Equity management platform

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There is only around $8M in bitcoin on the Lightning Network about two years after launching in beta, less than the ~$11.5M locked up in Ethereum wallet dapps (Liam Frost/Decrypt)

Liam Frost / Decrypt: There is only around $8M in bitcoin on the Lightning Network about two years after launching in beta, less than the ~$11.5M locked up in Ethereum wallet dapps  —  Recent data shows that the total amount of Bitcoin in circulation on the Ethereum blockchain is currently higher than in Bitcoin’s …

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How big should Joe Biden be

Makena Kelly No one knows exactly what the Democratic National Convention will look like this year, with social distancing restrictions still in place in Wisconsin and across the country. It’s already been moved to the end of the summer, and top Democrats like Nancy Pelosi have suggested holding it in a gigantic empty stadium to

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Make Cold Brew in Your French Press

{$inline_image} Cold brew is a very lazy coffee brewing method, though that does not mean it is a process devoid of pedantry. While I’m sure there are many pieces of writing devoted to optimum grind size and extraction times and temps, I tend to focus on the logistics, such as straining—which, depending on your chosen

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