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Under Armour designed a plant-based clothing line that you can bury in your backyard

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The collection, which is making its debut in Italy this week during Milan Design Week, comprises footwear and clothing made entirely from plants and plant-based materials. In an industrial composter, an Unless tee shirt will decompose within weeks. That means theyre biodegradable and compostable.

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Daily Crunch: Citing data privacy concerns, Italy temporarily bans ChatGPT

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Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 Italy gives ChatGPT the boot : Italy’s government has been on a blocking kick lately. A few days ago, we wrote about a possible ban on cultivated meat , and today Italy wants to block ChatGPT, citing data protection concerns. On that note, enjoy your weekend!

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Italian cheesemakers chip their parmesan to combat the $2 billion counterfeiting industry

TechSpot

Cheesemakers in Italy have begun inserting microchips into their cheese to thwart counterfeiting. The tiny identifiers, no bigger than a grain of salt, are inserted into the rind of the cheese – primarily Parmigiano Reggiano (parmesan cheese). They give off a signal with a unique serial number that verifies it. Read Entire Article

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Digital road freight forwarder Sennder raises $160M Series, plans European expansion

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It already partners with Poste Italiane in Italy, as well as Scania and Siemens, and is now supplying transport services to over 10 organizations listed in the German DAX 30, and 11 companies comprising the Euro Stoxx 50. The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the importance of a digitalized logistics industry.”

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ManoMano raises $355 million for its home improvement e-commerce platform

TechCrunch

We operate in Europe and we are the industry leader in online sales,” co-founder and co-CEO Philippe de Chanville told me. In addition to France, the startup operates in Spain, Italy, Belgium, Germany and the U.K. In France in particular, the company has been profitable for a couple of years already. billion ($1.42

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Italy’s ban on cultivated meat could set the industry back

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Cultivated meat is closer to our plate now that Good Meat also gets FDA blessing Italy’s ban on cultivated meat could set the industry back by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch Anonymity requests will be respected.

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Volocopter completes crewed eVTOL test flight out of Rome vertiport

TechCrunch

German electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) startup Volocopter conducted its first crewed public test flight in Italy Thursday morning. Italy’s aim for its first vertiport is to set an example for designing and building international vertiports. 4 eVTOL trends moving the air taxi industry closer to takeoff.

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