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Mar 17, 2022 • 5min
MeliBio’s honey production, minus the bee, will have you buzzing
The company is making real honey with precision fermentation and plant science. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 17, 2022 • 5min
Instagram rolls out new safety tools for parents
Meta announced a new set of tools designed to protect young users on Wednesday, an overdue response to widespread criticism that the company doesn’t do enough to protect its most vulnerable users. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 16, 2022 • 3min
Liveblocks grabs $5 million for its real-time collaboration API
Liveblocks has raised a $5 million seed round. The startup lets you turn a regular web app into a multiplayer product with high-level hosted APIs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 16, 2022 • 6min
Meta faces prosecution in South Africa for alleged antitrust breach
Meta is facing prosecution in South Africa, after the country’s competition regulator, the Competition Commission, found as uncompetitive its intention to block the government’s startup GovChat and #LetsTalk from using its WhatsApp Business API. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 15, 2022 • 4min
NASA’s mega expensive moon rocket will make its public debut Thursday
Twelve years after it was first announced, NASA’s massive Space Launch System will finally make its public debut. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 15, 2022 • 3min
Ford announces new EV production and profit goals for Europe
Ford is accelerating plans to sell more electric vehicles in Europe on its way toward reaching carbon neutrality in the region by 2035. The automaker announced Monday that it will launch three new electric passenger vehicles and four new electric commercial vehicles in Europe over the next two years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 14, 2022 • 2min
Blue Origin will fly SNL’s Pete Davidson to space on March 23
Blue Origin has announced its next roster for a flight of New Shepard to suborbital space, and it includes Saturday Night Live’s Pete Davidson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 14, 2022 • 4min
Sorenson Ventures keeps focus on enterprise with new $150M fund
Sorenson Ventures may not be a household name, but the Lehi, Utah-based firm has quietly backed 30 enterprise startups since 2017 when it launched its initial $100 million fund, some exiting via acquisition and some sporting flashy valuations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 11, 2022 • 3min
Ubisoft won’t say why it reset employee passwords after ‘cyber incident’
Gaming giant Ubisoft has confirmed a cybersecurity incident that led to the mass-reset of company passwords, but has declined to say what the incident actually was. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 11, 2022 • 4min
Google’s Art & Culture platform updated with documents, artifacts and music from Timbuktu
Google, working with historians from West Africa, has been working to digitize contemporary art, cultural and historic sites about Mali, and the digital library went live on Google Art & Culture (GAC) today, making these items available for exploration by the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
