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Tech NewsPoliticsYour Travel Guide to the Rudderless Right-Wing Web After Trump
Moving into 2021 and forward, conservatives angry about “cancel culture,” censorship, shadowbans, or the attention of the FBI have a rich array of social destinations to choose from. We’ve prepped a travel guide for the unwitting observer who might be thinking of checking any of these conspicuous and lesser-known internet hellholes out—whether it’s to keep … Continued
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EartherClimate ChangeY Combinator Is Funding Some Seriously Wild Ideas For Sucking Carbon Out of the Air
It’s increasingly clear that we can’t maintain a stable climate without pulling carbon out of the air. But the technologies for doing so are are completely unproven at the scale needed. Which is why Y Combinator, a startup accelerator that’s invested in Airbnb, Stripe, Dropbox and other wildly successful companies, is now looking to fund … Continued
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Y Combinator Plans to Start Doling Out $60 Million Next Year to Study Universal Basic Income
The research arm of Y Combinator plans to begin a study on universal basic income next year in which it will give unconditional cash payments to 3,000 participants. The test is partially intended to see if receiving routine payments will quell anxieties around losing jobs to automation. As Wired reports, the study will be called … Continued
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Silicon Valley Is Ready to Spend Millions More on Its Anti-Aging Obsession
This month, the famed Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator put out a call for companies working to “help people live healthier for longer.” If you’re a scientist or entrepreneur who wants to increase human longevity and “healthspan,” Y Combinator will give you up to $1 million to do it. “Think of this as treating … Continued
