Art
Emicida, a rapper on a mission to recover Brazil's black history
When the black Brazilian rapper Emicida imagines his country’s whitewashed history, he sees a textbook missing a succession of key pages. In his songs and on stage, the São Paulo-born musician tries to correct that skewed telling, remembering the lives and times of black Brazilian academics, artists and activists in the hope of changing Brazil’s future. “If we’d been told about this story and these [black] contributions at school, we’d have a ... Full story
Education
Lessons from Top Hat’s acquisition spree – TechCrunch
Top Hat , a startup that digitizes textbooks and turns them into an interactive experience for college students, announced on Wednesday that it has acquired yet another business: Fountainhead Press. The acquisition marks Top Hat’s third scoop of a publishing company in the past 12 months. Consolidation is going to be huge in the next few years for edtech, as bigger players raise enough financing (and gain profits) to be able to afford other ... Full story
Economics
A theory about the current IPO market – TechCrunch
As expected, shares of Poshmark exploded this morning, blasting over 130% higher in afternoon trading from the company’s above-range IPO price of $42 . The enormous and noisy debut of Poshmark comes a day after Affirm, another IPO, was treated similarly by the public markets . Both explosive debuts were preceded by huge December debuts from C3.ai, Doordash and Airbnb . It seems today that any venture-backed company that can claim some sort of ... Full story
Entertainment
QUIZ: Which Harry Styles Song Are You?
By Capital FM Which 'Fine Line' era tune are you? Picture: YouTube/ Harry Styles. Harry Styles incredible bangers always have fans divided over just which one takes the top spot, so it's time to find out which of his tunes your true loyalties lie with... Harry Styles has spoilt us with the incredible music he dropped during his 'Fine Line' era and jaw dropping music videos to go with them. It can sometimes feel like an impossible task trying to ... Full story
Health
Covid: UK records new daily high of 1,820 deaths
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Law
Eleven-foot snake found in search of suspected cannabis farm
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Living
Citrix is acquiring Wrike from Vista for $2.25B – TechCrunch
Citrix announced today that it plans to acquire Wrike , a SaaS project management platform, from Vista Equity Partners for $2.25 billion. Vista bought the company just two years ago. Citrix, which is best known for its digital workspaces, sees this as a good match, especially at a time where employees have been forced to work from home because of the pandemic. By combining the two companies, it produces a powerful combination, one that didn’t ... Full story
Politics
New president sworn in amid Trump snub - BBC News
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Sport
Rollout of daily testing of close contacts paused in English schools
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Technology
US historians on what Donald Trump's legacy will be
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Sellafield and Fukushima work on robotic decommissioning technology
Cannabis marketing startup Fyllo acquires DataOwl – TechCrunch
Rocket Lab completes its first rocket launch of 2021 and 18th mission overall – TechCrunch
SpaceX bought two oil rigs to convert into offshore launch pads for Starship – TechCrunch
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