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

TechCrunch

One Oceankind project that may raise eyebrows is its funding of research that strays into the controversial area of geoengineering. She did provide TechCrunch with this statement: “Oceankind is not seeking visibility nor conducting media interviews at this time.”. 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

TechCrunch

” I might have raised an eyebrow or two when I first read this announcement. The company raised $275 million in a Series D round back in September 2019. Voyage had 60 employees and raised about $52 million compared to giants like Cruise that has a nearly 2,000-person workforce and is valued at $30 billion.

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Trump’s new tariffs: How key U.S. trading partners are reacting

Fast Company Tech

Eide told NRK that he will raise the tariff war with U.S. ” Fiji criticizes tariffs as ‘disproportionate’ and ‘unfair’ Among the small island nations of the South Pacific Ocean, a few were singled out for higher tariff rates than the 10% baseline. Fiji’s biggest export to the U.S.