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Techstars LA Draws International Companies For 2021 Class

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Techstars LA, the startup accelerator headed up by Matt Kozlov, announced its 2021 class this week, drawing an international group of twelve new companies to its startup accelerator in Culver City. Companies this year in the program come from as far as Canada, India, and Ukraine.

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SpaceX Plans First Commercial Flights Of Starship In 2021

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Hawthorne-based SpaceX is hoping to launch the very first, commercial missions for its Starship spacecraft--designed to deliver passengers to Mars--in 2021, according to the company , and is currently in talks with three companies on those missions. All three of those customers would use the new platform to send satellites into orbit.

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Classy: More Than $1.1 Billion Raised For Nonprofits

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billion was raised by its nonprofit customers on its platform in 2021. million of that was in recurring donations on its platform. San Diego-based nonprofit fundraising software developer Classy says that more than $1.1 The company--which helps nonprofits reach out to donors--said about $30.8

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Netflix employees stage a trans solidarity walkout, pose list of demands

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The employees who participated in the walkout want Netflix to “adopt measures to avoid future instances of platforming transphobia and hate speech,” they wrote in a letter. — Most (@Most) October 20, 2021. — Dana Herlihey (@danaherlihey) October 20, 2021. brb walking out. And Netflix f *d up majorly.

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Apple Expands Testflight To MacOS

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Apple announced on Monday at WWDC 2021 that it will be extending its Testflight beta testing service to the Mac and the MacOS platform. The software--which was previously only available on iOS--was originally developed in Southern California. Burstly, the developer behind Testflight, was acquired by Apple back in 2014.

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Shopify Reveals Generous New Scheme for App Developers

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This scheme starts on August 1st of 2021. Harley Finkelstein (@harleyf) June 29, 2021. Richard Blair (@RichardLBlair) June 29, 2021. Non-App Store Shopify vendors (those on the ecommerce platform) pay around 2.4%-2.9% See our guide to the Best Ecommerce Platforms to choose. pic.twitter.com/jA5QXHq3i4.

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Hyundai taps EV startup Canoo to develop electric vehicles

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Hyundai Motor Group said it will jointly develop an electric vehicle platform with Los Angeles-based startup Canoo, the latest startup tapped by the automaker as part of an $87 billion push to invest in electrification and other future technologies. Canoo said it will provide engineering services to develop the electric platform.

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