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Sometimes, new Twitter features can be divisive — we’ve made our feelings clear about the edit button, which is apparently in the works. But we can (hopefully) all agree that simple accessibility features are a good thing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CertiK, a Web3 and blockchain security company, has raised $88 million in its latest round, bringing its valuation to $2 billion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If you’re still wrapping your head around the idea of self-driving cars, get ready for something that might seem even wilder: self-driving construction equipment exists, and it’s already out there digging away on job sites. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Global digital payments giant Visa has opened up an innovation studio in Kenya, its first in Africa and sixth globally, after posts in Dubai, London, Miami, San Francisco and Singapore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rivian produced 2,553 vehicles in the first quarter, putting it on course to meet its production goal of 25,000 EVs this year, the company said Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amazon is finally taking decisive action on its Kuiper communications satellite constellation, securing the rights to as many as 83 launches from United Launch Alliance, Arianespace, and of course Blue Origin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Late last year, Peloton announced Guide. The set-top system is an effort to reach a broader slice of the market with a lower cost alternative to its line of bikes and treadmills. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Global logistics and package delivery company UPS will leverage Jumia’s network across Africa to grow its reach across the continent, following a new partnership announced today that gives it access to the e-commerce firm’s last mile delivery infrastructure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He’s used Twitter to poll people apparently to make major business decisions. He’s had his hand figuratively slapped (more than once) by regulators over how he’s used the social platform to potentially manipulate the markets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Joe Biden will trigger the Defense Production Act to secure U.S. sources of critical minerals and materials like lithium, nickel, cobalt, graphite and manganese that are used to make batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You just know your battery will kick the bucket at the worst possible time, right when you’ve perfected your sick, hella nar-nar skateboard tricks, bruh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’ve known Mojo Vision’s journey to market was going to be a long and deliberate one since we saw an early prototype in Las Vegas a number of CESes ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tumblr is expanding its tip jar feature by introducing blog-level tipping for its iOS and web applications, the company announced on Wednesday. The company rolled out its tip jar feature last month allowing users to leave tips on posts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Air. I love it, you love it. We’re all out here walking around in it all day, filling our lungs and blood with the stuff. We can’t get enough of it. But that beautiful, wonderful, life-saving air that you, me and your pet chinchilla all need is bad sometimes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Here’s a bummer of a statistic for you: Around 30% of bee colonies disappear every year. Scientists coined the phrase “colony collapse disorder” (CCD) to describe what’s been a devastating ongoing trend in the world’s bee population. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Celonis moves into Microsoft ecosystem with Process Analytics Factory acquisition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Back in September of last year, Amazon announced a curious looking device called the Amazon Glow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Over the past decade, drones have become an increasingly important tool for forest monitoring. They’re a fast and effective way to collect a lot of data in one go, without upsetting the natural balance too much. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple TV+ has beat out Netflix to become the first streaming service to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards, with “Coda’s” triumph. Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A pair of former TikTok content reviewers is suing the company, alleging that it failed to adequately support them as they engaged in the deeply disturbing work of removing objectionable videos from the social network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Following the release of its dual-motor variant late last year, Polestar announced that the 270-mile long range, single-motor version of its Polestar 2 EV is now available for sale in the US. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Global plastic use is expected to double by 2040, with most plastic sent to landfills and only 13 percent recycled. According to CIEL (Center for International Environmental Law), plastic production and incineration could produce 2.8 gigatons of carbon dioxide every year by 2050. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coinbase is beginning to add support for payment instruments UPI and IMPS in India, making its crypto exchange broadly functional in the world’s second largest internet market for the first time in years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The once scrappy company is scrappy no more and poised to build new features around what it's already done with Airflow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The company thinks you should be spending less time trying to adapt your content to a presentation page and more time on storytelling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices