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New Jersey announces $10M seed fund aimed at Black and Latinx founders

TechCrunch

Today, in a twist, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has announced a proposal for a $10 million allocation in the state budget to create a seed fund for Black and Latinx startups, TechCrunch has learned exclusively. The Black and Latinx Seed Fund will be administered by the New Economic Development Authority (NJEDA).

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News by the Spoonful: The $10 USB Condom (Seriously)

Tech Soup

On September 10, several prominent charities teamed with big companies to stage a one-day virtual protest against the proposed FCC net neutrality rule to allow big Internet providers like Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon to create a two-tiered Internet with slow lanes for most of us, and fast lanes for those willing to pay for the privilege.

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The Station: Waymo sues to protect trade secrets, Wisk lands more Boeing capital and a chat with Toyota’s chief scientist

TechCrunch

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, NJ TRANSIT, NYC Department of Transportation and the Partnership for New York City are behind the Transit Tech Lab. He did propose a solution that I will post below. That’s one big task.).

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Amazon shareholders are calling for independent audit of how the company treats workers

The Verge

Courtenay Brown, a worker at an Amazon Fresh warehouse in New Jersey and leader of workers’ group United for Respect, testified before Congress on December 7th about work conditions at her facility. Amazon did not reply to a request for comment from The Verge about the proposal.

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How Indigenous Peoples’ Day is Supplanting Columbus Day

Whole Whale

1977: Indigenous Peoples’ Day was first proposed by a UN conference held to address discrimination against Native Americans. In the case of Columbus, the divide between people and policy still appears quite large according to search interest. Roosevelt made Columbus Day a national holiday.

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The electric car industry now has its own lobbying group

The Verge

New Jersey has said it is interested in doing the same. However, the new industry group won’t push states to require its residents to only purchase EVs, but rather it supports policies to incentivize their sale. The group supports policies that help electric vehicle manufacturers scale their operations.

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TikTok’s success has made it a big target for regulators

The Verge

TikTok, on the other hand, took the opposite approach: censor almost everything, and allow new types of content only after angry public pressure campaigns. The result was a stack of policies that are largely offensive to mainstream American sensibilities. We are certainly looking at it.”. “We Maya Tribbitt / Bloomberg). Governing. ?