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SpaceX apparently lost the classified Zuma payload from latest launch
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President Obama warns against getting ‘cocooned’ in bias via social media
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Oscar Health expects to generate $1 billion in revenue and sign up 250,000 members in 2018
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Apple has a history of choosing cash over startups
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With just one day left in open enrollment, companies turn to Stride Health for help
The compressed timelines of this year’s open enrollment period for government-mandated healthcare have left some companies in the lurch, and as the final hours to enroll tick by, they’ve turned to the startup company Stride Health for help. Stride manages a number of different tax and healthcare-related information for customers. Read More
Facebook’s Brexit probe unearths three Russian-bought “immigration” ads
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Lyft goes international with Toronto launch
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E-commerce giant JD.com, the closest rival to Alibaba in China, is broadening its presence in Silicon Valley after it announced a collaboration with accelerator firm Plug and Play to seek out and work with promising U.S. startups. The e-commerce …
View More China’s JD partners with accelerator program Plug and Play to reach US startupsA prescription for healing the healthcare industry
The year is 1900. Life expectancy is 47 years. Almost all hospitals in the U.S. are nonprofit institutions founded by religious organizations. Fast-forward to today. Healthcare in the U.S. has ballooned into a massive industry worth $3 trillion. …
View More A prescription for healing the healthcare industryThe United States of memes has something everyone can relate to
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State pride is something we can all relate to — except when you’re actually home.
As millions of people traveled back home for Thanksgiving, people started to get real nostalgic for their home state. A far-too-relatable trend began, and eventually people of the United States realized that we all hate to love and love to hate our home state.
Here’s a little bit of hometown pride from all 50 states.
Alabama:
Me in Alabama: fuck bama
Me anywhere else: Alabama, land of the sweetest tea and brisket crafted by Saban’s angels. Such a breathtaking countryside view, you can hear “roll tide” be whispered by the gods & banjos coming from up above.Sweet home, Alabama. Sweet home(sheds tear) https://t.co/pxErVuw5Lq
— adriana (@adrianaalewis) November 25, 2017 Read more…
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ClimaCell, a weather forecasting technology that uses wireless networks to create incredibly granular predictions, has raised $15 million to develop new products and expand beyond the U.S.
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