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Departing from LA, Next Stop Brisbane: An Interview with a Digital Native

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Alex is on route to Fiji. As you know doubt know, airports are not designed for travelers with laptops. There were few plugs at the gate, so I asked this young guy named Alex who was using the plug to recharge his Ipod if could share. We started to chat about technology and I asked him a few questions about his use of web 2.0

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Inside the secretive Silicon Valley startup trying to save the oceans with tech

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She did provide TechCrunch with this statement: “Oceankind is not seeking visibility nor conducting media interviews at this time.”. Page and his family are reported to have spent much of the pandemic in Fiji. This lack of transparency worries some experts in philanthropy. “Is

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The Station: Uber’s new battles in the UK, Lucid Motors’ second life plans and Cruise acquires Voyage

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SMART’s co-founders, Survivor: Fiji” champion Earl Cole and engineer Brian Yennie, are targeting the cycling market first with their METL tire, which is set to become available to the general public by early next year. You can check out their investor presentation here. million) in a funding round led by Swedbank Robur.