63 m. ago Layoffs, potential closures of key facilities raise worries about NOAA's future

The Trump administration may end leases for some of NOAA's offices while the agency terminates several advisory committees at the important weather and climate agency.

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3 h. ago ‘I hope to make everyone proud’: Why this oncology nurse is running Boston

Johny Chau is participating in the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge to raise money for cancer research. The post ‘I hope to make everyone proud’: Why this oncology nurse is running Boston appeared first on Boston.com.

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3 h. ago Slate writer Scaachi Koul discusses her book of essays, 'Sucker Punch'

In her new book of essays, "Sucker Punch," Slate writer Scaachi Koul examines what happens when life radically changes course and you need to chart a new path forward.

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5 h. ago Renaissance Fusion raises €32M to radically simplify complex fusion reactors

The startup is betting that by simplifying stellarators, it can make fusion power cheaper and easier to maintain. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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10 h. ago New tariffs likely to raise grocery, car prices, Alaska economist says

New tariffs likely to raise grocery, car prices, Alaska economist says  Alaska's News Source

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18 h. ago Not all cancer patients need chemo. Ataraxis AI raised $20M to fix that.

Ataraxis AI has raised a $20.4 million Series A to make cancer treatment more personalized. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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18 h. ago Not all cancer patients need chemo — Ataraxis AI raised $20M to personalize treatment

Ataraxis AI has raised a $20.4 million Series A to make cancer treatment more personalized. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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19 h. ago Florida Seeks Drug Prescription Data With Names of Patients and Doctors

The state’s insurance regulator has demanded detailed information about patients and their medications, raising privacy concerns.

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20 h. ago Cybersecurity startup SpecterOps, which has an office in Seattle, raises $75M

Cybersecurity startup SpecterOps, which has an office in Seattle, raises $75M  GeekWire

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21 h. ago Researchers teach neural networks to add clouds and snow to images

Nikita Belyakov and Svetlana Illarionova, researchers from the Skoltech AI Center, presented a new method for semantic segmentation of multispectral data, which can be used to recognize clouds, shadows, and snow patches in satellite images. This approach will increase the accuracy of recognizing complex climatic structures in images without additional human involvement in data annotation.

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21 h. ago Flex, a Brex for business owners, has raised $25M at a $250M valuation

Flex, which offers personal finance software and payments infrastructure for business owners, has raised $25 million in equity funding while securing a $200 million credit facility, it told TechCrunch exclusively. The equity funds were raised at a valuation of “just under $250 million.” The company last raised a $20 million Series A announced in September […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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22 h. ago Trump, Musk raise questions, without evidence, about whether gold at Fort Knox stolen

Trump suggested he and Elon Musk would go there to check it out firsthand.

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23 h. ago Judge: Trump administration's response to refugee ban halt 'raises serious concerns'

Judge: Trump administration's response to refugee ban halt 'raises serious concerns'  The Seattle Times

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23 h. ago National rating firm is optimistic about Alaska finances, raises credit rating

National rating firm is optimistic about Alaska finances, raises credit rating  Alaska Beacon

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25 h. ago Innovative molten salt reactor fuel could transform nuclear energy landscape

After five years of trying to find the right ingredients, scientists at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) believe they have created the perfect recipe to fuel the world's first critical fast-spectrum molten salt reactor.

Events

26 h. ago Supreme Court takes on dispute over nuclear waste storage sites

The Supreme Court will decide a high-stakes dispute over the storage of highly toxic nuclear waste at privately run U.S. facilities far from reactors.

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27 h. ago Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine plans to force Republicans to vote on Trump's Canada tariffs

Republicans are "nervous" about President Trump's tariffs raising prices, says Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia. He plans to force a vote in the Senate on them soon.

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28 h. ago Darwinbox, the HR upstart from India, raises $140M to take on Deel and Rippling

Darwinbox, an Indian startup building a SaaS platform for hiring, onboarding and employee administration, has raised $140 million to take on the likes of Rippling and Deel as it seeks to expand internationally, especially in the U.S. The funding is being co-led by KKR and Partners Group, and is a mix of primary and secondary […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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29 h. ago In Democratic response, Slotkin says Trump has no plan to lower grocery prices

The Michigan senator said his tariffs will raise the cost of cars and lumber.

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30 h. ago CoreWeave partner EcoDataCenter racks up half a billion dollars to build more sustainable buildings for AI

EcoDataCenter, a Swedish company that builds eco-friendly data centers used by major compute providers to handle their AI traffic, has raised nearly half a billion dollars — $478 million (€450 million) to be exact — in anticipation of more demand.  The equity funding, which is coming from a group of unnamed institutional investors, will be […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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