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Miami mayor says Elon Musk will tunnel under the city for just $30 million

The Verge

Elon Musk told Miami’s mayor Friday that The Boring Company could dig a two-mile tunnel under the city for as little as $30 million — a fraction of the $1 billion price tag once quoted by local transit officials. Musk first tweeted about wanting to tunnel under Miami on January 18th.

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Startup cynicism and Substack, or Clubhouse, or Miami, or …

TechCrunch

Substack, Clubhouse, and Miami as a major tech hub are compelling bets. And Miami is a bet that you can take a top global city without a massive startup ecosystem and agglomerate the talent necessary to compete with San Francisco, New York and Boston. It’s Stripe + a CMS editor + an email delivery service. Indeed, they could.

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Ford’s self-driving cars will be available on Lyft’s platform in Miami and Austin

The Verge

Lyft customers in Miami will be able to hail a robotaxi from Argo AI, an AV startup backed by Ford and Volkswagen, by the end of the year, the companies announced Wednesday. By the end of the year, Argo’s autonomous vehicles will be available on the Lyft platform in Miami, where Argo has been testing its technology for the last several years.

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Miami rescinds its short-lived ban on shared electric scooters

The Verge

Varela/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images. The Miami City Commission voted to end its short-lived ban on shared electric scooters Monday after some new safety measures were put in place. Regulate it,” Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla said, according to WPLG Local 10.

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OneRoof raises $1.25M to build a hyper-localized Nextdoor

TechCrunch

Once a user decides they’d like to get their building on OneRoof, they are able to request that OneRoof sends fliers to their neighbors mail boxes advertising the service while giving them a proprietary code to join the private app. They are also able to request door hangers which Sonmez says the app has had particular success with.

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Amazon Fire TV’s news app expands free local coverage to a lot more places

The Verge

Amazon announced today that it’s doubling the number of local stations it supports through its news app on Fire TV, meaning more users will be able to easily find local news coverage for free. The company said in a blog post that this week’s coverage expansion will make local news available in 158 total US cities. Image: Amazon.

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Letterhead wants to be the Shopify of email newsletters

TechCrunch

You’re probably investing in an email newsletter these days, whether you’re an international brand, a nonprofit or a local news publisher. Letterhead is actually a product spinout of a community publisher in Miami called WhereBy.Us that began life in 2014 by launching a local media site, The New Tropic. Today, WhereBy.Us