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Opentrons, whose robots help life scientists automate experiments and processes, raises $200M Series C led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 at a $1.8B valuation (Clara Molot/Bloomberg)

Clara Molot / Bloomberg:Opentrons, whose robots help life scientists automate experiments and processes, raises $200M Series C led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 at a $1.8B valuation  —  – $200 million funding boosts Opentrons’ value to $1.8 billion  — Startup uses pool testing to speed the process, lower costs Brought to you by USA Today […]

Livestream shopping platform NTWRK raises $50M led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Kering, bringing its total raised to $60M (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Sara Fischer / Axios:Livestream shopping platform NTWRK raises $50M led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Kering, bringing its total raised to $60M  —  NTWRK, a livestream shopping platform, has raised $50 million in a new funding round, bringing its total amount raised to $60 million, the company said Thursday. Brought to you by USA […]

Interview with Maryana Iskander, Wikimedia Foundation’s next CEO, on the org’s transparency, handling misinformation on Wikipedia pages, and more (Davey Alba/New York Times)

Davey Alba / New York Times:Interview with Maryana Iskander, Wikimedia Foundation’s next CEO, on the org’s transparency, handling misinformation on Wikipedia pages, and more  —  Two decades ago, Wikipedia arrived on the scene as a quirky online project that aimed to crowdsource and document all of human knowledge and history in real time. Brought to […]

New York City passes extensive laws to protect food delivery workers

New York City has passed sweeping legislation aimed at protecting workers of app-based food delivery services like Grubhub and DoorDash. The move makes the city one of the first municipalities in the US to aggressively regulate an industry that has grown by leaps and bounds during the pandemic. Per Bloomberg, the legislation touches nearly every […]

Chris Pratt and Charlie Day headline the Mario Bros. movie in 2022

During Thursday’s latest Nintendo Direct event, acclaimed video game designer Miyamoto Shigeru announced that the company’s upcoming feature length animation project — in conjunction with American film studio, Illumination — now has a firm North American theatrical release date of December 21st, 2022. “Here we go!” Chris Pratt as MarioAnya Taylor-Joy as PeachCharlie Day as […]

A look at the opposition by South African indigenous groups to Amazon’s planned $350M Cape Town HQ, which some say is being built on sacred land (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:A look at the opposition by South African indigenous groups to Amazon’s planned $350M Cape Town HQ, which some say is being built on sacred land  —  Retail giant’s plans for regional base in Cape Town is part of project igniting protest from local groups who say site is sacred Brought to you […]

‘Bayonetta 3’ will progress onto the Switch in 2022

When Nintendo announced Bayonetta 3 in 2017,Reggie Fils-Aimé was still at the company. After the better part of four years, the Switch exclusive finally has a release date.  Nintendo, Sega and Platinum Games will release Bayonetta 3 in 2022, the gaming giant announced today during its latest Direct presentation. Nintendo also shared a new trailer […]