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December 28, 2021
Overview of El Salvador’s official yet controversial adoption of bitcoin in 2021, as many citizens have reportedly seen bitcoin vanish from their Chivo wallets (Scott Chipolina/Decrypt)
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Celebrating the animal astronauts who paved the way for human spaceflight, ,

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Rocket scientists aren’t any smarter than the rest of us, science says, ,

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When will the sun explode?, ,

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129 VC-backed cybersecurity companies were acquired in 2021, shattering 2020’s record of 79 deals, while $20B+ funding poured into cybersecurity startups (Chris Metinko/Crunchbase News)
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December 27, 2021
Analysis: Tiger Global, SoftBank, and Insight Partners led or co-led rounds totaling $73B in 2021, representing 12% of all venture and PE invested in startups (Gené Teare/Crunchbase News)
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Riot Games agrees to pay $100M to settle a 2018 class-action gender discrimination lawsuit with current and former women employees and California state agencies (Shannon Liao/Washington Post)
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Indian neobank Jupiter raises a $86M Series C at a $711M valuation, up from ~$300M in August, as it prepares to launch lending and wealth management services (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
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Paradox, which makes Olivia, a conversational AI assistant for recruiting tasks like candidate screening, raises a $200M Series C at a $1.5B valuation (Andy Blye/Phoenix Business Journal)
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Ex-Tumblr iOS engineer details the company’s difficulties with App Store adult content policies, as communication among reviewers, devs, and Apple is discordant (sreegs)
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