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COP16 talks on biodiversity resume in Rome. Here’s what’s at the top of the agenda

Fast Company Tech

That is, how to spend what’s been pledged so farand how to raise a lot more to help preserve plant and animal life on Earth. An annual United Nations conference on biodiversity that ran out of time last year will resume its work Tuesday in Rome with money at the top of the agenda.

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France’s strategy for EU startup policies: Talent and money

TechCrunch

18 European countries have already signed a non-binding pledge saying that they plan to contribute to this EIF’s fund of funds — Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

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Zenjob nabs $50M for its student job matching marketplace

TechCrunch

Another carrot it offers temp workers is a pledge that it’ll pay out half their salary within 72 hours after a fulfilled shift — potentially speeding up remittance vs a traditional agency.

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What Congress should ask at Wednesday’s tech antitrust hearing

The Verge

Facebook says EU regulators have asked broad questions beyond the scope of two ongoing antitrust probes and has asked that the General Court in Luxembourg to intervene. Regulators are asking the company to pledge that it won’t use Fitbit data to “further enhance its search advantage.” Javier Espinoza / Financial Times ).

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