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Access to premium content | No advertisement mailers Work Workers in France are organizing a new wave of strikes against the pension reform The government has offered some half-baked (pun intended) measures, but it won’t help all 35,000 bakeries in the country. The suggested respites were either too complicated, too slow to deliver help, or available for only bakeries with less than 12 employees, for instance. Work EU urges European banks to step up funding for critical minerals European Commissioner Thierry Breton urged European financiers this week to provide more funding to suppliers of minerals needed for the energy transition, as the European Union prepares its Green Deal industrial plan. � � � Work A truck-sized asteroid will make one of the closest recorded encounters ever with Earth on Thursday night © 2023 Fortune Media IP Limited. All Rights Reserved. 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You Might Like � � � Work The thing we thought was happening with robotic investments is definitely happening Anecdotally, I’m seeing investments ramp up for the year, but that appears part of the natural cycle of companies waiting until after the holidays to announce. A proper bounce back, on the other hand, seems inevitable, but only those with high-powered crystal balls can say precisely when. Work Biden Reinstates Logging Ban In Americas Largest National Forest By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you\'re agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Work Six lifestyle choices to slow memory decline named in 10-year study Dr Susan Mitchell, head of policy at Alzheimer’s Research UK, said: “This is a well-conducted study, which followed people over a long period of time, and adds to the substantial evidence that a healthy lifestyle can help to support memory and thinking skills as we age. Work Startups should expect more scrutiny from VCs on their hiring plans “It is not to say, ‘do not hire’ — it is just that we need to see the double-click now on why,” Lee said. “You need X number of million of dollars for what? Why do you need a chief data scientist and architect?” You Might Like � � � Work 2022 European edtech report: Smaller rounds and fewer deals, but more angel activity As for edtech, the market has been on a steep upwards trend since 2020. Though edtech in Italy had a record year in 2019, largely driven by the large round raised by Talent Garden, it’s quite promising to see the upward trend in 2022 being driven by smaller, early-stage rounds of less than $15 million. Work Democrats urge House Speaker McCarthy to deny GOP Rep. George Santos access to classified information Last summer, the FBI raided former President Donald Trump\'s Florida home and removed thousands of pages of records, including numerous sets of classified documents, after the Department of Justice said it found evidence of obstruction of an investigation. � Work Proptech in Review: Investors predict slower growth in 2023 I think investors and companies in 2023 will exercise much more discipline, and likely won’t raise too much capital until they have really found a product and sales motion that works. As a growth-stage investor, we typically don’t get involved until we see significant traction anyway, and if they can show momentum and traction in this environment, we are more than happy to lean in in a big way. Work Buckle up. These stocks are set for a wild ride on earnings, according to Bank of America � Work Abortion pill maker GenBioPro sues West Virginia, argues FDA rules preempt state ban Anti-abortion activists, on the other hand, are pushing to have mifepristone completely pulled from the U.S. market. A coalition of physicians who oppose abortion have asked a federal court in Texas to overturn the FDA\'s more than two-decade-old approval of mifepristone as safe and effective. Work Daily Crunch: 'Network issue' causes cloud outage that takes down multiple Microsoft services for 4+ hours Frederic took a look at what Google was doing at this year’s Flutter Forward event and found that the open source framework got some new graphics capabilities, and is launching its first efforts to compile Flutter to WebAssembly and is working on some RISC-V support. He writes, “Virtually all of these capabilities still sit in canary branches and behind experiment flags, but they do show where Google plans to take this project in the months ahead.” � Work Snapchat's role in fentanyl crisis probed during House roundtable: 'It's a Snap-specific problem' Nowels said the lack of laws around how tech services should retain information and hand it over to law enforcement, as well as end-to-end encryption that obscures messages except for between the users talking to each other, makes it harder for investigators to trace back the source of illegal drug deals. But legislation weakening encryption for law enforcement investigations would also likely be at odds with the committee\'s other goal of increasing digital privacy protections. Work Dell has acquired cloud orchestration startup Cloudify, sources tell us for around $100M Avihai Michaeli, a startup advisor in the country, tells me that Dell long had its eye on Cloudify — which counts (in addition to its strategic backers) big names like AT&T, Cox, Accenture, and many more as customers. � Work At least 24 civil servants involved in complaints against Dominic Raab, say sources In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123, or by emailing jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org. Work Justin Bieber sells rights to 'Baby,' rest of music catalog NEW YORK (AP) Justin Bieber's record-breaking pop hits from Baby to Sorry are no longer his after the superstar sold the rights to all his early career music. The Canadian-American pop stars six albums, including his most recent album Justice, are part of the massive catalog sale deal with Hipgnosis, a U.K-based music investment company. Work Fireball Cinnamon Whisky has a major whiskey problem and now they are being sued for it Sazerac, maker of Fireball, is being sued in Illinois over alleged misleading labeling. Work Column: For seniors, social isolation can lead to untreated depression Isolation is no small matter in the rapidly aging population, and the depression that results often goes undiagnosed and untreated. Work Trump to return to Meta platform Facebook after two-year ban The US social media giant has called the suspension extraordinary decision taken in extraordinary circumstances. Work Brazil's Lula proposes Mercosur trade deal with China after EU accord Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday that he favored an agreement between Mercosur and China in a plan to modernize and open the South American trade bloc to other regions. Work Consumer Reports calls Ford's automated driving tech much better than Tesla's | CNN Business Tesla's Autopilot, which at its core combines lane keeping assist with traffic aware cruise control to help guide a car down a highway, was once groundbreaking technology. Work Paper stools, blood powder planters: the future of sustainable homewares Sustainable furniture and homeware made from eggshells, soil, paper and durian skin? It might come sooner than you think, thanks to Hong Kong designers who are upcycling waste products. Work Google lays off in-house massage therapists in latest round of job cuts: report More than two dozen in-house massage therapists were part of the latest round of layoffs that happened at Google last week. According to filings reported by CNBC on Tuesday, 27 in-house massage th Work U.S. signs up over 16 million people for Obamacare health insurance More than 16 million Americans signed up for Obamacare health insurance for 2023, a jump of more than 12% over last year and the highest since the Affordable Care Act was signed 13 years ago, the U.S. government said on Wednesday. Work WSJ News Exclusive | Meta Pays BuzzFeed Millions to Generate Creator Content for Facebook and Instagram The partnership marks latest iteration of yearslong relationship between digital publisher and social-media giant. Work The Bivalent Booster Protects Against New COVID-19 Variants, New Data Show New data add to our understanding about how well the bivalent shots can protect against newer COVID-19 variants, like BQ.1.1 and XBB.1 Work U.S. senator seeks to bar EVs from tax credits not meeting sourcing rules U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee chair Joe Manchin on Wednesday introduced legislation that would immediately impose battery sourcing requirements on electric vehicles to qualify for $7,500 tax credits. Work South Korean economy shrinks in Q4 for first time in 2 years GDP shrank 0.4 per cent from the previous three months. From a year earlier, the economy still expanded by 1.4 per cent. Read more at straitstimes.com. Work When Men Dominate Startups, Women Take A Pass, According To New Research If the earliest hiring decisions at a new company exclude women, which they often do, then the organization will have difficulty attracting female talent in the future. Work Mindy Kaling's South Asian representation has viewers deeply divided. This says a lot. Kaling's "Brown girl" tropes don't have to be representative of all. Work Southwest Airlines Under Federal Investigation For Possible Deceptive Scheduling Millions of Southwest passengers were left stranded during the heart of the holidays due to cancellations the company blamed on a winter storm. Work Spain: 1 dead in church machete attacks, terror link probed BARCELONA, Spain (AP) A machete-wielding man killed a sexton and injured a priest in attacks at two churches in the city of Algeciras on Wednesday before being arrested, Spains interior ministry said, in what authorities are investigating as a possible act of terrorism. Work British banking damaged by slow supervisors warns industry report Britain's regulators can be slow, inefficient and unpredictable, raising costs and slowly damaging the financial sector's global competitiveness, industry body TheCityUK said in a report. Work Study finds Minnesota, Oregon fastest-talking states, Louisiana and South Carolina slowest Contrary to stereotypes of quick-speaking East Coast city slickers, Minnesota is the fastest-talking state at 5.34 syllables per second, according to a study from language learning platform Preply. Work Higher Rates Will Lead to the Next Generation of Great Tech Startups Lessons learned from the past 60 years of technology investing may show whats ahead as we enter a turbulent macroeconomic backdrop Work Want to solve climate change? This California farm kingdom holds a key Replacing agriculture with solar panels could help solve the West's energy and water crises. But farmers are fighting back. Work Its Time to Break Bad Pandemic Learning Habits Schools adapted to remote learning, but students also got used to seeking easy answers instead of real understanding. Work This Is the Most Expensive Rental Zip Code in the U.S. In this Florida zip code, the average rent for a two-bedroom residence reached $24,000 in 2022. Work OpenAI reportedly tests ChatGPT Pro. What we know about the paid version. Training data, fine-tuning, API, and more. Work Maos Strategy Inspires Afghan Guerrillas and Chinese Planners Ideas like peoples war infuse official thinking in China. Work Oscars 2023: Best International Feature Film Predictions For several years now, an international film breaking into the Best Picture race has led to it winning the Best International Feature Oscar. Work Will the successor of Mahmoud Abbas be appointed or elected? A heated debate is taking place in Palestinian circles about the next head of the Palestinian Authority; how the president will be chosen; what the atmosphere will be like when it happens; and what fa... Work Lockheed ready with F-16s as Kyiv allies revive debate over fighter jets US-German tanks deal gives impetus for aircraft but Washington and Berlin rule out sending them Work The real reason people share so much fake news on social media The belief that individual deficits in critical reasoning and partisan bias are why people share fake news may not necessarily be true. Work Good governance should bring cash rewards, insists football clubs body Football clubs should be financially rewarded if they show good governance and engage properly with their fans, according to a group of clubs championing greater sustainability within the game Work Marilyn Manson, Game of Thrones actress Esm Bianco settle sexual assault suit Rock musician Marilyn Manson reached a settlement with actress Esm Bianco on Tuesday in a sexual assault lawsuit she filed against him in 2021. The Game of Thrones actress had accuse Work UK to give COVID booster dose to higher-risk groups in autumn British health minister Steve Barclay said on Wednesday a COVID-19 booster vaccination would be offered in autumn this year for those at higher risk of severe disease. Work South Korea vows support for exporters as economy shrinks South Korea's government promised strong support for exporters after the country posted on Thursday its first economic contraction in 2/1-2 years due mainly to a crash in exports. Work The best AI writers of 2023: ChatGPT and alternatives AI writing tools can help lighten your workload by writing emails and essays and even doing math. They use artificial intelligence to generate text or answer queries based on user input. ChatGPT is one popular example, but there are other noteworthy AI writers. Work Proptech in Review: Investors predict slower growth in 2023 I think investors and companies in 2023 will exercise much more discipline, and likely won’t raise too much capital until they have really found a product and sales motion that works. As a growth-stage investor, we typically don’t get involved until we see significant traction anyway, and if they can show momentum and traction in this environment, we are more than happy to lean in in a big way. Work Crowdbotics raises $40M to help devs build apps from modular code “Right now the changing economy is looming over most businesses, and making sure capital isn’t wasted will be a critical concern. Crowdbotics is positioned to help by allowing organizations to be more strategic and efficient with their development resources,” Kulkarni said. “Not only does it reduce overall cost and overhead, but also creates a path for code reuse, ensuring all future development carries the same cost efficiencies … We’ve seen accelerating impact from the pandemic as digital transformation initiatives moved to the forefront of every company’s strategy, and we expect business to continue to grow even in 2023’s market as companies start to look to use code reuse to reduce software development costs and turn to Crowdbotics.” Work Oil Drilled in the Amazon Rainforest Ends Up in California “It’s an incredible honor to be the first Asian American California poet laureate,” he said. “It’s very humbling, and I don’t take it for granted. California is an incredibly diverse state, needless to say, and on the one hand, sometimes I wish I weren’t the first, but I certainly hope I won’t be the last.” Work Dear Sophie: How do I change my L-1B to an H-1B through the lottery? Under the proposal, the registration fee for the H-1B lottery would increase to $215 from just $10, and the H-1B filing fee would increase to $780 from $460. DHS, which asserts that these increases are necessary to reduce processing times and eliminate backlogs, will accept public comments on the proposed rule through March 6, 2023, and I urge you to let DHS know how these changes might affect your ability to change jobs. Work All is fair in love and moderation Equity drops at 10:00 a.m. PT every Monday and at 7:00 a.m. PT on Wednesdays and Fridays, so subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. TechCrunch also has a great show on crypto, a show that interviews founders, one that details how our stories come together and more! Work AtomicJar opens public beta of Testcontainers Cloud, cloud version of open source testing tool Today’s $25 million round was led by Insight Partners with participation from existing investors Boldstart Ventures, Tribe Capital, Chalfen Ventures and Snyk co-founder Guy Podjarny and Snyk CEO Peter McKay. The company previously raised a $4 million seed round in 2021. Work We flush valuable nutrients down the toilet. Wasted wants to save them Wasted wants to eventually serve as a backup for traditional sewage systems or even a replacement, particularly in regions where sanitation systems are underdeveloped. But it’s starting with port-a-potties for a few reasons. Work With new funding, Atomic AI envisions RNA as the next frontier in drug discovery Of course all this work is immensely costly, necessitating as it does a large amount of both lab work and intense data science. Fortunately the company has raised a $35 million A round, led by Playground Global, with participation from 8VC, Factory HQ, Greylock, NotBoring, AME Cloud Ventures, as well as angels Nat Friedman, Doug Mohr, Neal Khosla, and Patrick Hsu. (The company previously raised a $7 million seed round.) Work Damaging Storms Move East Across the South, Bringing Tornado Threats and Snow Conditions were similar in Pasadena, a city next to Deer Park and about 14 miles southeast of Houston, where a tornado touched down about 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday. It caused severe damage to homes and businesses but there were no reported fatalities, said Raul Granados, a spokesman for the Pasadena Police Department. The American Red Cross and Salvation Army were coordinating meal assistance and shelters for people had who lost homes. Work Bill Gates Asked Why He's Buying So Much US Farmland: Here's His Answer In Free-For-All AMA Last year, conspiracy theorists claimed that the Microsoft founder was buying up farmland in the U.S. in order to starve Americans for an unknown reason, Snopes said, after researchers said in April that the world was facing a potential food shortage as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Work One of Wall Streets most feared short-selling research firms just accused Asias richest man of a multibillion-dollar fraud More from Fortune: Olympic legend Usain Bolt lost $12 million in savings to a scam. 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