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Wingcopter raises $22 million to expand to the U.S. and launch a next-generation drone

TechCrunch

This new Series A round was led by Silicon Valley VC Xplorer Capital, as well as German growth fund Futury Regio Growth. Understanding the regulatory environment, and even helping architect it, is a major selling point for partners who don’t want to have to build out that kind of expertise and regulatory team in-house.

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Plastic straws symbolize a global pollution crisis but Trump wants them to stay

Fast Company Tech

In 2015, video of a marine biologist pulling a plastic straw out of a turtles nose sparked outrage worldwide and countries and cities started banning them, starting with the Pacific Island nation Vanuatu and Seattle in 2018. Find APs standards for working with philanthropies, a list of supporters and funded coverage areas at AP.org.

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