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Teslas made in Texas will likely have to leave the state before Texans can buy them

The Verge

Because of state laws banning car companies from selling directly to consumers, Tesla could end up shipping the cars from its Austin factory to other states, before they’re sent back to their Texan buyers. Tesla doesn’t have franchised dealers to protect, but that doesn’t matter to Texas law as it’s currently written.

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Fireside Project manifests a $200K fund to improve access to careers in psychedelic health

TechCrunch

A lot of people are willing to break the law to use psychedelic substances, whether recreationally, as part of spiritual practice or as a tool to explore and work on mental health issues. I live in New Haven, Connecticut, and am very into meditation and yoga and mindfulness practices and healing community.

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After SVB failure, regulators close crypto-friendly bank Signature Bank

TechCrunch

Signature Bank had 40 branches across New York, California, Connecticut, North Carolina and Nevada. The financial institution provided banking services to real estate companies, law firms but also cryptocurrency companies — around 30% the bank’s deposits came from the crypto industry. . “$3.3

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Fintech app Portabl raises $2.5M to help consumers securely store financial data

TechCrunch

He said the company’s goal is to wean people from passwords, helping consumers obtain more ownership over their economic data by granting control over who can access it. The app works like this: Portabl stores the information used to access existing financial apps. He was born in Colombia, adopted, and raised in Stamford, Connecticut.

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How heavy metals get into baby food—and what California is doing to help parents

Fast Company Tech

should soon be able to determine how much lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury are in the food they feed their babies, thanks to a California law, the first of its kind, that took effect this year. I believe the new California law offers a solid first step in giving people the ability to limit the intake of these substances.

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Two Crucial Themes from the GDPR Featuring in US-Privacy Legislation

Connection Cafe

Why does an EU law have such a monumental effect on privacy globally? Second, as the strictest privacy law in the world to date, it has become the gold standard for privacy frameworks. These events all pale in comparison, though, to the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) in the European Union.