On this day in 2023 - 3/20/2023

NEWS

3/20/2023 - On this day in 2023

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A $500 million term sheet in 12 hours: How Rippling struck a deal as SVB was melting down_TECH CRUNCH

Microsoft banks on regulations to build a mobile games store

As banks totter, crypto is busy racking up gains

Corporate investment in AI is on the rise, driven by the tech’s promise

Meet the new face of Agility Robotics’ Digit

Podcast network Maximum Fun is becoming a worker-owned co-op

Announcing the TC Include Founders program at Disrupt 2023

Amazon confirms another round of layoffs, impacting 9,000 people in AWS, Twitch and other units

As banks totter, crypto is busy racking up gains

Filmustage leverages AI to breakdown film scripts, create shooting schedules and more

Netflix plans to release 40 more games this year, will add Monument Valley in 2024

Corporate investment in AI is on the rise, driven by the tech’s promise

Berlin’s Monite raises $5M Seed for its embedded B2B payments platform

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Online Sleuths Untangle the Mystery of the Nord Stream Sabotage_WIRED

The Climate Report That Foretells Humanity’s Future_WIRED

Russia’s Space Program Is in Big Trouble_WIRED

https://www.wired.com/story/when-colleges-offer-coding-boot-camp-students-can-get-a-raw-deal/

Netflix Games Is Still Happening. Just Don’t Hold Your Breath

The Untold Tale of a Disappearing Video Game—and Its Resurrection

The Best Camping Cookware

The Best Phones With an Actual Headphone Jack

The Best SMS Text Messaging Apps for Android

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‘Rapidly Closing Window of Opportunity’ to Reverse Climate Change, Major Scientific Body Finds_GIZMODO

Updates From Daredevil: Born Again, Star Trek: Picard, and More_GIZMODO

Alex Jones Is Reportedly Hiding Money to Avoid $1.5 Billion Sandy Hook Payout

Elon Musk Sets Poop Emoji as an Autoreply to Twitter’s Press Email

DC Comics' Wonderful Swimsuit Covers Are Sexy and Tasteful

Netflix's Ad Tier Finally Makes Subscriber Gains

Gizmodo Monday Puzzle: Let’s Make a Date

The BBC, Which Has 4 Million Followers on TikTok, Tells Employees Not to Download TikTok

A Real GameCube Died So That This Lego GameCube Could Actually Play Games

A NASA Telescope on the Moon's Far Side Would Explore the Universe's 'Dark Ages’

The Ayaneo Geek Is the Closest Thing We Have to a Steam Deck Pro

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How AI could upend the world even more than electricity or the internet

As Xi visits Russia, Putin sees his anti-U.S. world order taking shape

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230320-paper-plates-and-short-showers-life-with-no-water-in-arizona

World’s top climate scientists issue ‘survival guide for humanity,’ call for major course correction

Censorship or evolution? 'Sensitivity readers' divide publishing world

Putin welcomes China’s Xi to Kremlin amid Ukraine war

Kremlin tells officials to stop using iPhones: Report Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/kremlin-tells-officials-to-stop-using-iphones-report-1201900.html

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The world’s happiest countries for 2023

Did SVB break the Fed? Officials mull risks of more rate increases

Fed and Global Central Banks Move to Boost Dollar Funding

Swiss banking giants combine to quell growing global bank crisis

Warren ramps up criticism of Fed chair: ‘He has failed’

Gold flirts with record highs after topping $2,000 an ounce

Fear, burnout and insubordination: Insiders spill details about life at the highest levels of FBI

Psychedelics and mental health: Having mystical experiences may yield strongest benefits

Do Your Neighbors Paint Their Lawns Green? Increasingly, Yes

George Soros' man in the Manhattan DA's office: Billionaire Dem donor funded Alvin Bragg's campaign to the tune of $1million while he promised to put Trump behind bars

Cohen: Trump will ‘absolutely’ take mugshot, be fingerprinted if arrested_THEHILL

NYC bracing for unrest after Trump calls for protests over possible arrest, indictment_NYPOST

Ex-Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Says Evidence Against Former Boss Is ‘Irrefutable’

How the long-running hush money probe evolved as Manhattan DA Bragg nears possible indictment of Trump

Trump’s call for protests gets muted reaction by supporters_AP

Officials Prep for Protests as MAGA Sycophants Push ‘Patriot Moat’ Around Mar-a-Lago

The first indictment

Looming Trump charges follow criticism of N.Y. prosecutor for not acting sooner

New chief judge oversees Trump grand juries as courts face partisan tests

Pence indicates he won't challenge all aspects of special counsel's subpoena, as more details emerge_ABC

Georgia prosecutors considering racketeering and conspiracy charges in probe of effort to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss, source says_CNN

Trial of 2016 Twitter Troll to Test Limits of Online Speech

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