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‘Zero budget’: A VC who bet on smart mobility startups like Lime and Getaround says the lockdown is destroying revenue and he’s telling startups to prepare for the worst. Electric Scooter

‘Zero budget’: A VC who bet on smart mobility startups like Lime and Getaround says the lockdown is destroying revenue and he’s telling startups to prepare for the worst.

NGP Capital's managing partner Paul Asel says that the smart mobility industry has taken an especially harsh hit from the coronavirus, causing startup revenues to drop anywhere between 50% to 100%.As venture capitalists begin to pull back on new funding rounds, NGP Capital has already begun increasing its reserves in…
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April 14, 2020
New law allows Virginia localities to remove Confederate statues and monuments Slavery Abolition

New law allows Virginia localities to remove Confederate statues and monuments

Skip to comments. New law allows Virginia localities to remove Confederate statues and monuments Cavalier Daily (Univerity of Virginia) ^ | APr 13,2020 | Zach Rosenthal Posted on 04/13/2020 4:00:55 PM PDT by ml/nj Gov. Ralph Northam, D-Va., signed a bill Saturday allowing individual localities to remove, relocate or contextualize…
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April 14, 2020
Looking Back At Apollo 13 After 50 years: Harry Smith Talks To Jim Lovell | TODAY Moon Mission

Looking Back At Apollo 13 After 50 years: Harry Smith Talks To Jim Lovell | TODAY

It was 50 years ago Monday that the words “Houston, we’ve had a problem” were spoken. For TODAY, Harry Smith talks to mission commander Jim Lovell the explosion on Apollo 13 and the subsequent rescue mission that tested NASA like never before.» Subscribe to TODAY: http://on.today.com/SubscribeToTODAY» Watch the latest from…
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April 14, 2020
Can A Recovering Boris Johnson Begin to Remake Brexit-Ravaged Britain? Tories and Labour

Can A Recovering Boris Johnson Begin to Remake Brexit-Ravaged Britain?

On Easter Sunday, Boris Johnson was discharged from the hospital, relieving a corrosive anxiety that Britain might lose its prime minister to coronavirus. Ten days after testing positive for the virus, Johnson was driven from Downing Street, across the River Thames, to St. Thomas’ hospital, where he spent three nights…
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April 14, 2020
Chernobyl forest fire radiation Chernobyl

Chernobyl forest fire radiation

Hundreds of firefighters and fire engines, as well as helicopters and airplanes, are battling forest fires near the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Radiation levels in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is usually low, but the fires have caused a dramatic increase in radiation. Over the past 34 years,…
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April 14, 2020
Animal Crossing Gets Real Hongkong

Animal Crossing Gets Real

The Monterey Bay Aquarium's social media team has been teaching marine biology by playing Animal Crossing on their Twitch channel. NintendoThe Los Angeles Times published a great feature over the weekend about how Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Nintendo's wildly popular (and cute) social simulation game, has "become the sort of…
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April 14, 2020
WELL, THAT’S KINDA IMPRESSIVE: Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Reportedly Fathered Two Kids While … Julian Assange

WELL, THAT’S KINDA IMPRESSIVE: Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Reportedly Fathered Two Kids While …

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April 14, 2020