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Copenhagen-based Labster, which sells virtual STEM lab software to educational institutions, raises $60M Series C led by a16z, bringing total raised to $100M (Natasha Mascarenhas/TechCrunch)

Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: Copenhagen-based Labster, which sells virtual STEM lab software to educational institutions, raises $60M Series C led by a16z, bringing total raised to $100M  —  Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm with $16.5 billion in assets under management, has poured millions into an edtech startup … Copenhagen-based Labster, which sells virtual STEM

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India's COVID-19 vaccine management system, Co-WIN, has multiple technical glitches of different kinds, resulting in significant delays to its vaccination goals (Varsha Bansal/MIT Technology Review)

Varsha Bansal / MIT Technology Review: India’s COVID-19 vaccine management system, Co-WIN, has multiple technical glitches of different kinds, resulting in significant delays to its vaccination goals  —  Instead of using its successful door-to-door approach, it’s scaling up a new system linked to fingerprints and iris scans.  —  hide India's COVID-19 vaccine management system, Co-WIN,

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California's Fair Political Practices Commission proposes to fine Lyft $3,371 for failing to properly disclose what it paid for ads supporting Prop 22 (Edward Ongweso Jr/VICE)

Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE: California’s Fair Political Practices Commission proposes to fine Lyft $3,371 for failing to properly disclose what it paid for ads supporting Prop 22  —  California’s Fair Political Practices Commission is proposing a $3,371 fine for Lyft, which saw its market value soar by the billions after Prop 22 passed. California's

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Facebook says Instagram has removed Robert F Kennedy Jr's account for making false claims about COVID-19 and vaccines (Daniel Goldblatt/The Wrap)

Daniel Goldblatt / The Wrap: Facebook says Instagram has removed Robert F Kennedy Jr’s account for making false claims about COVID-19 and vaccines  —  Move comes as the company is expanding efforts to crack down on conspiracy theory content  —  Instagram removed Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s account on Wednesday … Facebook says Instagram has removed

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1938 Radio Has Awesome Dial

[Mr. Carlson] is truly an old radio surgeon. The evidence? He recently restored an 83-year-old DeForest radio by transplanting an identical chassis from another similar radio. The restoration is fun to watch, but the 7D832 radio dial looks amazing. The dial is very colorful and the wooden knobs and preset selector are beautiful. To seal

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Sources: Microsoft made an offer to acquire Pinterest in recent months; talks are not active right now (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Sources: Microsoft made an offer to acquire Pinterest in recent months; talks are not active right now  —  Exclusive: Software group looked at potential deal for $51bn social media company  —  Microsoft approached Pinterest in recent months about a potential deal to acquire … Sources: Microsoft made an offer to acquire Pinterest in

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Users noticed Google iOS apps warning them the apps were out of date, despite Google not updating them since before Apple's Dec. 8 privacy label change (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

Juli Clover / MacRumors: Users noticed Google iOS apps warning them the apps were out of date, despite Google not updating them since before Apple’s Dec. 8 privacy label change  —  Though Google has promised to update its suite of apps with App Privacy labels to comply with App Store rules that Apple began enforcing

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NASA picks SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy to launch two key pieces of the Lunar Gateway

Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images NASA chose SpaceX’s heavy-lift Falcon Heavy rocket to launch the first two elements of the agency’s Lunar Gateway, a planned outpost orbiting the moon. The two Gateway pieces, a propulsion module and astronaut living quarters, were originally designed to launch separately, but NASA picked SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy as a one-trip

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Sources: Stir Money, whose software helps video and audio producers, writers, and performers manage their income, raises Series A led by a16z at $100M valuation (The Information)

The Information: Sources: Stir Money, whose software helps video and audio producers, writers, and performers manage their income, raises Series A led by a16z at $100M valuation  —  Andreessen Horowitz recently won a competitive deal to lead the Series A financing of Stir Money, a startup whose software helps video … Sources: Stir Money, whose

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