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

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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. Image Credits: NASA. 5 consumer hardware VCs share their 2021 investment strategies.

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Liquid Death lands $75 million more to expand the brand

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Liquid Death , a water brand that began life in 2018 with a funny video to first test the concept, has grown deadly serious about its growth prospects. We don’t have $300 million to throw at something, so every piece of marketing that we make has to be interesting or entertaining so that people organically spread it.”

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

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Oceankind’s stated mission is “to improve the health of global ocean ecosystems while supporting the livelihoods of people who rely on them.” “We Page and his family are reported to have spent much of the pandemic in Fiji. That makes Oceankind one of the biggest non-governmental funders of ocean science in the world.

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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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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. In addition to its fourth-floor lab, Ford will have access to a high-bay garage space to test autonomous vehicles. BMW takes the wraps off of the all-electric i4 sedan.