Wunder Mobility’s new lending business helps micromobility startups finance fleets – TechCrunch

Wunder Mobility’s new lending business helps micromobility startups finance fleets – TechCrunch

Wunder Mobility built its business sales software on shooter, e-bike and even short-term car rental startups. Now they are relying on a new – and once secret – credit department to generate more revenue, which will give micromobility operators another way to access capital without pitching venture capitalists and other investors. The company announced the … Read more

Blue Origin is challenging SpaceX’s Artemis lander contract from NASA

Igor Bonifacic

Over a week ago, NASA placed a $ 2.9 billion contract with Elon Musks SpaceX to build a lunar lander for the upcoming Artemis Moon project. When choosing SpaceX, NASA handed over the defense company Dynetics and Blue Origin. The latter is now challenging the decision. In a protest filed with the Federal Government Accountability … Read more

The best carry-on luggage 2021

The best carry-on luggage 2021

(CNN) —   We might all be stuck inside for the foreseeable future, but we’re definitely due a nice long vacation when this is all over. And when that day comes (which it will!), you’ll need a quality carry-on suitcase to take along for the ride. There are hundreds of carry-ons on the market these … Read more

Report: After MacKenzie Scott gave away billions, scammers began preying on vulnerable in her name

Report: After MacKenzie Scott gave away billions, scammers began preying on vulnerable in her name

MacKenzie Scott. (Elena Seibert photo) MacKenzie Scott caused a stir in 2020 by donating more than $ 5 billion of her massive fortune to a variety of organizations. In a new report this weekend, the New York Times describes how scammers have followed in Scott’s footsteps and approached the vulnerable with promises of more financial … Read more

Investors eat up Orbillion Bio’s plans for lab-grown wagyu beef, elk, and bison – TechCrunch

Investors eat up Orbillion Bio’s plans for lab-grown wagyu beef, elk, and bison – TechCrunch

Orbillion Bio’s plans to make high-end meat in a lab have investors lining up for a spot on the company’s cap table. Just weeks after launching Y Combinator’s famous accelerator program, the Silicon Valley-based prospect of premium lamb fillets, elk steaks, bison burgers and more raised $ 5 million in funding. The company is led … Read more

New COVID-19 dashboard shares data on how well diagnostic tests perform against variants

New COVID-19 dashboard shares data on how well diagnostic tests perform against variants

Primarily responsible for PATH’s COVID-19 diagnostic platform from left to right: Lorraine Lillis, Scientific Program Director for Diagnostics; Neha Agarwal, Assistant Director of Diagnostics, and Olivia Halas, Program Coordinator for Diagnostics. (PATH Photos) While all eyes are on the COVID-19 vaccine, the more dangerous variants of the virus are increasingly dominating. In Washington State, the … Read more