Tech
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Scotts Miracle-Gro gets into the venture capital business with a $50 million fund, because it’s 2020
Scotts Miracle-Gro, the lawn care and fertilizer giant that has opened up a secondary business as a pioneer in cannabis and hemp...
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Amazon eliminates single-use plastic in packaging in India
Amazon said on Monday it has eliminated all single-use plastic in its packaging across its fulfillment centers in India, delivering on a...
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Chinese online learning app Zuoyebang raises $750M
Zuoyebang, a Beijing-headquartered startup that runs an online learning app, said on Monday it has raised $750 million in a new financing...
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Extra Crunch expands into Romania
Extra Crunch is now live in Romania. That adds to our existing support in Europe in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the...
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With DOJ charges, former VC Mike Rothenberg could now be facing serious jail time
While many in Silicon Valley might prefer to forget about investor Mike Rothenberg roughly four years after his young venture firm began...
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448Indian startups diversify their businesses to offset COVID-19 induced losses
E-commerce giant Flipkart is planning to launch a hyperlocal service that would enable customers to buy items from local stores and have...
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580The modern mobile app needs a revamp
Hey everybody, welcome back to Week in Review. Last week, I wrote about Apple’s App Store controversy, which I’m kind of revisiting...
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Starz CEO Jeffrey Hirsch on programming in a digital world
In the war between subscription video on-demand (SVOD) services like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, Starz has been growing on the sidelines...
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Original Content podcast: ‘The Politician’ returns for an entertaining but pointless Season 2
When “The Politician” debuted on Netflix last year, it divided the hosts of the Original Content podcast. After season two, we were...
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610The Station: Amazoox, TuSimple seeks $250M and the next e-scooter battleground
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive...