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

TechCrunch

Wingcopter has also established a useful hedge regarding its service business, not only by being its own hardware supplier, but also by having worked closely with many global flight regulators on their regulatory process through the early days of commercial drone flights. based drone production.

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Go read this Daily Beast story about Sergey Brin’s secret disaster relief team

The Verge

The Daily Beast ’s Mark Harris has a wild story about Global Support and Development (GSD), a disaster charity founded by Sergey Brin that’s being run by his former bodyguards. The organization got its start in 2015 after Cyclone Pam pounded Vanuatu. Photo by MediaNews Group/Bay Area News via Getty Images.

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

Fast Company Tech

Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade. What is being done globally? China, the United States and Germany are the biggest players in the global plastics trade. Its not that hard to do.

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