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Why I felt fine about not disclosing my pregnancy to investors

I closed two major rounds of funding for my geothermal energy startup, Dandelion Energy, while pregnant. I did not disclose either pregnancy to my investors during the fundraising process either time.

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Somalia govt seeks funds to address locust-invasion

The government of Somalia and the United Nations are seeking more than a billion dollars to address a climate-related crisis in the Horn of African nation as locusts continue to cause devastation

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Who will make the first move in new era of U.S.-Iran Relations?

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UFC Vegas: Derrick Lewis finishes Curtis Blaydes with nightmare KO

Referee Herb Dean (R) raises Derrick Lewis' hand in victory following his second-round KO of Curtis Blaydes in the heavyweight main event of UFC Vegas: Blaydes vs. Lewis at the UFC Apex in Las Ve

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Who will make the first move in new era of U.S.-Iran Relations?

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Extreme weather testing Biden’s disaster management skills

Add Mother Nature to the pile of crises on President Joe Biden’s plate.A month into the job and focused on the coronavirus, Biden is seeing his disaster management skil

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Google fires top AI ethics researcher Margaret Mitchell

Google has fired Margaret Mitchell, the founder and former co-lead of the company’s ethical AI team. Mitchell announced the news via a tweet.Google confirmed Mitchell’s firing in a stateme

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Will the Texas winter disaster deter further tech migration?

Austin is known for its usually mild winters. But on February 12, a winter storm hit the state – leading to over a week of freezing temperatures. This has resulted in a statewide disaster with million

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With $20M A round, Promise brings financial flexibility to outdated government and utility payment systems

The last year has been one of financial hardship for billions, and among the specific hardships is the elementary one of paying for utilities, taxes, and other government fees — the systems for which

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US life expectancy drops a year in pandemic, most since WWII

Life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic caused its first wave of deaths, health off

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China's people's vaccine plans will ensure inoculation for all

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (C) attends a virtual open briefing of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) related to the COVID-19 vaccine distribution, in Beijing, Ch

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USPS struggles to keep services moving along

03:41 United StatesPostalServicemail is running horribly behind right now and it's been this way throughout the pandemic. ​The outlook for improvement is not promising. From coast to c

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Nadal wastes 2-0 lead, loses to Tsitsipas in Australian Open

Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece (L) shakes hands with Rafael Nadal of Spain following Tsitsipas' 3-2 win in the Australian men's singles quarterfinal match at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia,

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Low-code focused OutSystems raises $150M at a $9.5B valuation

This morning OutSystems, a low-code app development service, announced that it has closed $150 million in new capital. The round was led by Abdiel Capital and Tiger Global. Notably this is not the lar

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UEFA Champions League preview: Porto vs. Juventus

It speaks volumes about the consolidation of power in European football that a Round of 16 clash between the reigning champions of Italy and Portugal is on paper the most lopsided of all this week's

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China's questions on U.S. COVID-19 response aren't disinformation

The cover of the report published by the Associated Press and the Atlantic Council examines the information environments of four countries – China, the United States, Russia and Iran – during the

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Imagine a better future for social media at TechCrunch Sessions: Justice

Toxic culture, deadly conspiracies and organized hate have exploded online in recent years. We’ll discuss how much responsibility social networks have in the rise of these phenomena and how to build h