Weee! delivers second big funding round in a year, this time backed by SoftBank

Coming off of a year where monthly active users grew 150% year over year, ethnic e-grocer Weee! secured $425 million in Series E funding toward its goal to be “the primary source for food at home,” Larry Liu, Weee!’s founder

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Russia May Be A ‘Big Gas Station,’ But It’s Also A Key Supplier For Clean Energy

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could delay the global shift away from fossil fuels, analysts said Thursday, a perhaps counterintuitive impact of what’s likely to be the largest land war in Europe since World War II. The price of crude oil

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Warby Parker has big growth plans. But analysts are split on its bid to take on EssilorLuxottica

A worker dusts a display of Ray-Ban sunglasses, manufactured by EssilorLuxottica, in a store in Barcelona, Spain, on June 30, 2021. Bloomberg | Getty Images Eyewear company Warby Parker is at an inflection point in its 12-year history.  The firm

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The James Webb Space Telescope takes a selfie and a big step towards its first ‘real’ image

An apparatus as complex as the James Webb Space Telescope takes a little while to get running, so while it entered its orbit late last month, it’s still working through its startup process. Today’s milestone is a big one, with

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Of course, Netflix ordered a movie about the big crypto scandal

When news broke earlier this week that the Department of Justice had seized $3.6 billion of allegedly stolen bitcoin, we had some questions. What do these revelations mean about government intervention in crypto? Will this scandal impact the decentralized finance

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship event leaves a lot of questions around the company’s big rocket

Elon Musk delivered an update on the company’s progress and plans for Starship, its next-generation launch spacecraft, from the Starship development site in Boca Chica, Texas. Musk had an impressive backdrop — the combined Starship and Super Heavy booster launch

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Cooks Venture, the chicken company with big dreams, eats up $50M

Chicken is the most consumed meat in the United States and the world. And yet, the system in place to breed and feed and raise all this chicken is incredibly detrimental to our overall wellbeing. It props up a conventional

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Red Bull Magnitude surfer Kaya Waldman on big swells and the future

Kaya Waldman is looking to capitalize on her experience this year at the Red Bull Magnitude contest.  The Red Bull Magnitude contest is in full swing for its second year. This female-only big wave contest is the only one of

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Clippers-Blazers pull off big NBA trade ahead of deadline

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – JANUARY 30: Norman Powell #24 of the Portland Trail Blazers shoots a three point basket in the first half against the Chicago Bulls at United Center on January 30, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. NOTE TO USER: User

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Cowboys are big winners from 49ers loss to Titans

Dallas Cowboys fan. (Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports) Here’s how Titans can clinch AFC South after beating 49ers by Cody Williams The Dallas Cowboys have officially clinched a playoff spot after the San Francisco 49ers lost to the Tennessee Titans on

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Democrats’ Agenda Stalls With Big Setbacks At Year’s End

Democrats are approaching the end of the year with little to show for their efforts at passing new laws protecting voting rights, reforming the immigration system, expanding the social safety net, fighting climate change and more. With a tenuous 50-seat

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