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Former Guns N' Roses Drummer Creates Cryptocurrency Startup, Artbit

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The former drummer of Guns N' Roses, Matt Sorum, has create a brand new, Los Angeles cryptocurrenc startup-- Artbit , which says it will offer up compensation to up-and-coming artists from their fans. The startup said it will help creaters fund their passions through a "crypto-economy powered by hashgraph".

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Micromobility in limbo: Takeaways from Paris and LA

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We decided to take a look at two cities that were at the forefront of the e-scooter revolution – Los Angeles and Paris. Lime told TechCrunch that 90% of its fleet in Paris is used everyday, and a scooter trip starts every four seconds in the city. Los Angeles: City of Autos. LA is different. In 2021, over 1.2

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How the myth of the ‘girlboss’ harms emerging women in tech

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On Lafayette Street in SoHo, young, fashionable women lined up around the block to enter a minimalist, millennial oasis, the most perfect Instagram feed brought to life. allocate 98% of their funding to startups helmed by men. It’s no wonder, then, how we’ve ended up with the paradox of the “girlboss.” .

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Interview with Dr. Ramin Sadr, Mojix

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Ramin Sadr is CEO of Los Angeles-based Mojix (www.mojix.com), a firm which is taking experience originally garnered by the firm's technology team in developing -- of all things -- deep space probes for NASA, and has been applying that to the RFID market. We spoke with Dr. Sadr about the firm. Tell us a little bit about your products?