Mottu secures $40M to help Latin Americans become couriers – TechCrunch
Mottu, a São Paulo-based motorcycle rental startup, has raised $30 million in equity in a Series B round of funding. The company, which aims to give independent couriers a way…
How Snakes Breathe while Crushing Prey
When boa constrictors and other strangling snakes wrap their prey in a deadly embrace, they don’t just exert pressure on their victim; they put the squeeze on their own lungs…
R. Kelly given 30 years in jail for sex abuse
The singer was found to have used his celebrity status to sexually abuse children and women.
Xavier Becerra: US is ‘backsliding’ with abortion ruling, says health secretary
And it puts the United States at odds with the rest of the developed world, he said. “Look at Ireland. It is hard to believe that America is taking a…
Texas migrant deaths: Suspected truck driver is charged
Some 53 people, including children, died after being shut in a lorry in the blistering Texas heat.
The US border crisis – in four graphs
As migration into the US from Mexico continues to surge, it’s leading to deadly consequences.
Trump film-maker now has ‘two armed guards’
A British documentary maker who filmed Donald Trump and his family in the weeks following his 2020 election defeat told the BBC he has been accused of being a British…
Chinese AI startup SenseTime’s shares dropped over 50% to HK$2.90 ($0.37), their lowest-ever level and well below IPO price, after a lock-up period expired
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MoHash raises $6M seed funding to bring sustainable, stable yields to DeFi – TechCrunch
The recent collapse of UST has once again demonstrated that many of the so-called stablecoins in the web3 world today are tied to high-risk and often unsustainable assets. As decentralized…
Report: Iranian #MeToo activists on Instagram are being targeted by 1M+ bots in a coordinated harassment campaign using social media marketing firms in Pakistan
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