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Tesla’s readying a ‘million mile’ battery that could greatly lower the cost of EVs

The Verge

Information about Tesla’s next-generation batteries has steadily trickled out over the last year or so thanks to the experts Musk hired and their public works, like patents, academic papers, and university presentations. The group has been funded by Tesla since 2016 , according to Reuters.

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Tesla faces criticism of Elon Musk in bid to bring Cybertruck factory to Texas

The Verge

As Tesla made its first public pitch to bring its Cybertruck factory to Austin, Texas on Tuesday, the company faced concerns from citizens about its treatment of workers, the proposal’s impact on the local housing crisis, the need to give the automaker tax breaks, and most of all, CEO Elon Musk. Photos by Sean O’Kane / The Verge.

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Virgin Hyperloop hits an important milestone: the first human passenger test

The Verge

The test took place on Sunday afternoon at the company’s DevLoop test track in the desert outside Las Vegas, Nevada. There are still a lot of safety questions that need to be answered, said Constantine Samaras, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. “A

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It’s not your imagination — that vaccination website really is crawling along

The Verge

They’ve never required the infrastructure that they do now,” Ohio State University health services professor Tory Hogan tells The Markup. It’s not that these departments are incapable of making a website, it’s that time and resources are stretched thin, and many of them have never really been tasked with a project so huge.

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Meet the mobile therapy startup backed by Christian Angermayer’s re:Mind Capital

TechCrunch

Ksana Health is an Oregon-based company founded two years ago by University of Oregon Professor Nicholas Allen , a clinical psychologist and director of the Center for Digital Mental Health. Angermayer’s other public investments span from cryptocurrencies to cannabis. .

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Reviver is building a company one licence plate at a time

TechCrunch

” It’s a perfect storm, in a way: Old systems ripe for modernization, run by an almost universally hated institution. “There is legislation in the works in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Washington and Nevada,” Boston rattles off. Surely, there has to be a better way?

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3 Mistakes Nonprofits Make When Crowdfunding

NonProfit Hub

She has published numerous articles related to charitable giving and is a passionate advocate for public schools. Gretchen graduated from the University of Nevada with a degree in English literature. She currently serves as the Director of Marketing at NonProfitEasy.