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    • Profile of vTaiwan online service, created after 2014 protests, to help groups of people with different interests achieve consensus to guide new regulations (Carl Miller/BBC)

    Carl Miller / BBC: Profile of vTaiwan online service, created after 2014 protests, to help groups of people with different interests achieve consensus to guide new regulations  —  There is one thing that practically everyone can agree on: politics has become bitterly divided. Profile of vTaiwan online service, created after 2014 protests, to help groups

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    • Two FTC commissioners say the Sunday Riley settlement, which involved no return of gains, despite strong evidence of wrongdoing, may usher in more review fraud (Paris Martineau/Ars Technica)

    Paris Martineau / Ars Technica: Two FTC commissioners say the Sunday Riley settlement, which involved no return of gains, despite strong evidence of wrongdoing, may usher in more review fraud  —  “Dishonest firms may come to conclude that posting fake reviews is a viable strategy.”  —  Like much of the Internet, online reviews are often

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    A Dancing Cowboy Nixie Tube

    If there were four words you never expected to hear in sequence, they would probably be “Dancing cowboy Nixie tube”. But that’s just what [Glasslinger] has made, and it’s exactly what it sounds like – an encapsulated cowboy that dances. We’ve placed the resulting video below the break, and in it we see a compelling

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    A Dancing Cowboy Nixie Tube

    {$inline_image} If there were four words you never expected to hear in sequence, they would probably be “Dancing cowboy Nixie tube”. But that’s just what [Glasslinger] has made, and it’s exactly what it sounds like – an encapsulated cowboy that dances. We’ve placed the resulting video below the break, and in it we see a

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    • How NYC, where 1.5M packages are delivered daily, is dealing with worsening congestion, road safety, and pollution, exacerbated by the rise of online commerce (New York Times)

    New York Times: How NYC, where 1.5M packages are delivered daily, is dealing with worsening congestion, road safety, and pollution, exacerbated by the rise of online commerce  —  The push for convenience is having a stark impact on gridlock, roadway safety and pollution in New York City and urban areas around the world. How NYC,

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    • New York-based Blueground, a platform that leases apartments and upgrades them with various tech gadgets for long-term corporate rentals, raises $50M Series B (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

    Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: New York-based Blueground, a platform that leases apartments and upgrades them with various tech gadgets for long-term corporate rentals, raises $50M Series B  —  New York-based Blueground, a tech-equipped apartment rental company, announced today it has raised $50 million in a Series B round co-led by WestCap and Prime

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    • London-based LabGenius, which uses AI and "robotic automation" for protein drug discovery, raises $10M Series A led by Lux Capital and Obvious Ventures (Steve O'Hear/TechCrunch)

    Steve O’Hear / TechCrunch: London-based LabGenius, which uses AI and “robotic automation” for protein drug discovery, raises $10M Series A led by Lux Capital and Obvious Ventures  —  LabGenius, a London-based startup applying AI and “robotic automation” to protein drug discovery, has raised $10 million in Series A funding. London-based LabGenius, which uses AI and

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