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LinkedIn employees use forum about diversity to defend racism

The Verge

Instead, the conversation turned suddenly hostile, as people used the video chat’s anonymous commenting feature to defend racist sentiments and question the efficacy of the protests. An employee from Fiji said, “It is not solely a ‘white’ problem to solve. Blacks’ have a responsibility to help the whites be able to help them.”

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Startup founded by ‘Survivor’ champ debuts airless bike tires based on NASA rover tech

TechCrunch

As NASA is quick to remind people, the investments it funnels toward space exploration often wind up improving life on Earth — and it’s now in the business of speeding up some of that work through startups.

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This startup is betting that you want to binge remote-work content

TechCrunch

As the coronavirus pandemic evolved into a genuine threat, offices closed to limit spread and people suddenly had to download Zoom and work from home. Jesse Chambers , the founder and CEO of wrkfrce , thinks there’s an opportunity for a media publication dedicated solely to helping workers navigate what he thinks is an irreversible shift.

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The Greenwash Brigade

Tech Soup

The Greenwash Brigade is a part of American Public Media's Public Insight Network , which is a network of more than 70,000 self nominated people across the world with particular areas of expertise who volunteer to fact check public radio news stories.

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

TechCrunch

Instead, the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, which also received a separate $1 million donation from Oceankind, took public credit for the robot research. Oceankind’s stated mission is “to improve the health of global ocean ecosystems while supporting the livelihoods of people who rely on them.” “We Casting a wide net for science.

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

TechCrunch

Hi friends and new readers, welcome to The Station, a newsletter dedicated to all the present and future ways people and packages move from Point A to Point B. The company’s last public fundraising announcements were more than a year ago. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every Saturday in your inbox.