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Cyral announces $11M Series A to help protect data in cloud

Cyral, an early-stage startup that helps protect data stored in cloud repositories, announced an $11 million Series A today. The company also revealed a previous undisclosed $4.1 million angel investment, making the total $15.1 million. The Series A was led by Redpoint Ventures. A.Capital Ventures, Costanoa VC, Firebolt, SV Angel and Trifecta Capital also participated in on the round. Cyral co-founder and CEO Manav Mital says the company’s product acts as a security layer on top of cloud data repositories — whether databases, data lakes, data warehouse or other data…

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Brooke Hammerling on how early-stage startups should think about PR

It’s easy to remember Hammerling founded Brew PR 15 years ago during a pivotal time in the communications industry. Tech was starting to gain traction, and the incumbent communications agencies were still pretty much doing things the same way: cold calls and emails. Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/15/brooke-hammerling-on-how-early-stage-companies-should-think-about-pr/

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Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Popcorn Is Here To Spice Up Your Movie Night

Courtesy of Cheetos This New Cheetos Popcorn Comes In Cheddar & Flamin’ Hot Flavors For A Fire Snack By Lara Walsh Jan 9, 2020 With this new innovation from Cheetos, Flamin’ Hot stans will have a new way to get their spicy fix. Your Netflix and chill sessions are about to get a major upgrade in the snacking department, because a new Cheetos Popcorn now exists. The snack comes in the company’s popular cheddar and Flamin’ Hot flavors, and it’ll definitely spice up movie night.. Starting on Monday, Jan. 13,…

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Trump Reveals He “Never Understood Wind” In Latest Rant About Windmills (He Means Turbines)

It’s not a secret Donald Trump doesn’t understand wind, he’s demonstrated that before, but he doesn’t usually openly admit his failings. However, in a speech at an event in Florida this weekend, he told the crowd he has “never understood wind”. Trump, who was talking at Turning Point USA’s student action summit on Saturday, told the cheering crowd “I never understood wind. I know windmills very much, I have studied it better than anybody.” He means wind turbines, of course. Trump has been very vocal about his dislike of wind…

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Scientists Create First “Living Robots” Made Entirely Of Living Cells

Scientists have created a new form of “robot,” not made out of metal, plastic, and wiring but formed entirely out of living cells.  Reporting in the journal PNAS, researchers from the University of Vermont and Tufts University describe how they crafted the first-ever “living machines” out of cells taken from the embryos of frogs. Dubbed “xenobots,” these miniature monsters were designed using algorithms that mimic the forces of natural selection.  “These are novel living machines. They’re neither a traditional robot nor a known species of animal. It’s a new class of artifact: a…

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Giant Chinese Paddlefish: First Species Of The New Decade Declared Extinct

Experts in China have declared the extinction of the giant Chinese paddlefish, one of the world’s largest freshwater fish. Once a resident of the Yangtze River, it hasn’t been seen since 2003, and it’s thought it died out sometime between 2005 and 2010. The Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia, and the third-longest in the world. However, due to various stressors – dams, overfishing, river ports, and pollution – the paddlefish is the third Yangzte-dwelling species to go extinct in recent years, following the Yangtze River dolphin, or…

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Did Russian Prime Minister Medvedev Drop a Grim Hint About Putins Latest Power Grab?

At a celebration of the Russian Orthodox New Year on Tuesday, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev chose a grim message, the sarcasm of which left his audience on edge. But, then, Medvedev probably knew what Wednesday would bringthe resignation of his entire governmentand the audience did not. On national television, the prime minister remained stone-faced. The prime minister seemed nervous anddescribed as the taxman of the future, digitally acquiring receipts of every transaction in Russia within 90 seconds. It's unclear whether Mishustin will be a placeholder technocrat or assume other responsibilities…

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Did Russian Prime Minister Medvedev Drop a Grim Hint About Putins Latest Power Grab?

At a celebration of the Russian Orthodox New Year on Tuesday, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev chose a grim message, the sarcasm of which left his audience on edge. But, then, Medvedev probably knew what Wednesday would bringthe resignation of his entire governmentand the audience did not. On national television, the prime minister remained stone-faced. The prime minister seemed nervous anddescribed as the taxman of the future, digitally acquiring receipts of every transaction in Russia within 90 seconds. It's unclear whether Mishustin will be a placeholder technocrat or assume other responsibilities…

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Did Russian Prime Minister Medvedev Drop a Grim Hint About Putins Latest Power Grab?

At a celebration of the Russian Orthodox New Year on Tuesday, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev chose a grim message, the sarcasm of which left his audience on edge. But, then, Medvedev probably knew what Wednesday would bringthe resignation of his entire governmentand the audience did not. On national television, the prime minister remained stone-faced. The prime minister seemed nervous anddescribed as the taxman of the future, digitally acquiring receipts of every transaction in Russia within 90 seconds. It's unclear whether Mishustin will be a placeholder technocrat or assume other responsibilities…

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Teen-Texting QAnon Creep Quits Campaign

Michael Moates lost his Twitter account and the dream of a seat in Congress in the span of a few days. A 24-year-old sometimes-journalist and occasional peddler of the QAnon conspiracy theory, Moates has also been Dec. 30, the right-wing wunderkind took to Twitter to announce a long-shot Libertarian bid to represent Texass 26th House District in Congress. About a week later, his campaign had been suspended. Moates has been banned from Twitter before. Previously, he had more than 200,000 followers under the Twitter @freedom_moates, where he has made headlines…

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Teen-Texting QAnon Creep Quits Campaign

Michael Moates lost his Twitter account and the dream of a seat in Congress in the span of a few days. A 24-year-old sometimes-journalist and occasional peddler of the QAnon conspiracy theory, Moates has also been Dec. 30, the right-wing wunderkind took to Twitter to announce a long-shot Libertarian bid to represent Texass 26th House District in Congress. About a week later, his campaign had been suspended. Moates has been banned from Twitter before. Previously, he had more than 200,000 followers under the Twitter @freedom_moates, where he has made headlines…

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Teen-Texting QAnon Creep Quits Campaign

Michael Moates lost his Twitter account and the dream of a seat in Congress in the span of a few days. A 24-year-old sometimes-journalist and occasional peddler of the QAnon conspiracy theory, Moates has also been Dec. 30, the right-wing wunderkind took to Twitter to announce a long-shot Libertarian bid to represent Texass 26th House District in Congress. About a week later, his campaign had been suspended. Moates has been banned from Twitter before. Previously, he had more than 200,000 followers under the Twitter @freedom_moates, where he has made headlines…

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