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Why would anyone be against life-saving malaria bednets?

Vox

A young boy rolls up a mosquito net covering bedding at a refugee camp in 2023 in South Sudan. That mosquito nets are dangerous to people would be news to basically any public health professional who’s ever studied them. lives for every 1,000 children protected by nets. lives for every 1,000 children protected by nets.

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Chip shortages push hyperscalers to build their own

Network World

The first to market in 2015, Google continues to steam ahead with plans to develop specialized chips meant to accelerate machine learning applications from its tensor processing unit, Valle told Network World. Meta, parent company of Facebook and Instagram, also now is in the AI-focused processor game.

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Beyond pays $4.5M to acquire Zulily brand, plans to relaunch flash sale site later this year

GeekWire

million in cash to buy Zulily’s website, domain names, trademarks, customer database, social media accounts, and software, the company said in a press release. GeekWire reported late Wednesday that Beyond appeared to be the new owner following posts on social media teasing a relaunch. Beyond paid $4.5 million shoppers.

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Zulily set to relaunch under new owner Beyond, now led by Marcus Lemonis of ‘The Profit’ fame

GeekWire

The company’s social media accounts sent a message Wednesday evening: “The only purple that saves you money. QVC parent Qurate acquired Zulily in 2015 for $2.4 billion in 2023, down 19% year-over-year, and a net loss of $308 million. Coming soon.” Regent said it planned to grow the retailer in new markets.

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Salesforce chief Marc Benioff and Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke invest in reforestation startup DroneSeed

GeekWire

Climate tech companies in Washington, Oregon and British Columbia have netted more than $2 billion in venture capital since launching, with more than half of those investments coming since the start of 2020. Leadership: In 2015 Canary co-founded DroneSeed with Ryan Mykita, who is now head of revenue for a California agtech company.

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Elizabeth Holmes will take your $1.2 million but not your phone calls

The Verge

It is easy to laugh at these investors, who are committing a tremendous social sin: claiming a role (investor) they appear to be unqualified for (because of an inability to do proper due diligence ). It is a specific type of investor I keep noticing popping up again and again: the high net worth individual or family.

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How the internet gets people to plagiarize each other

Vox

There are a lot of people who’ve had their hard work repackaged for profit, and I fear it’s ultimately going to be a net negative for the whole ecosystem of people who create and tell stories.”. Instead, they’re more like a hybrid of journalism and comedy, meaning that social media typically must police itself against thieves.