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Bluetooth tracking company Tile acquired for $205 million

Scientists use seismic noise to image first hundred meters of Mars

E-Commerce Needs Real Store Locations Now More Than Ever (WSJ)

The U.K. lost around 3,250 pubs and bars—about 6.8% of all such businesses—between March 2020 and September this year (WSJ)

Virtual real estate plot sells for record $2.4 million

NASA Just Launched a Spacecraft That Will Crash Into an Asteroid

Atom Bank introduces four-day working week without cutting pay

Apple digital-ID scheme delayed to 2022

Niantic Receives $300 Million Investment From Coatue

Ridley Scott confirms ‘Blade Runner’ and ‘Alien’ live-action shows

Virtual real estate plot sells for record $2.4 million

Houston-based tech company Lancium is spending $150 million to build bitcoin mines across Texas that will run on renewable energy.

Pet video marketplace Camlist eyes UK growth after raising $1.3 million pre-seed funding

How micromobility operators can unlock a $300B industry

The metaverse is a $1 trillion opportunity, crypto giant Grayscale says as virtual land sales boom

5 books you should read this holiday, according to Bill Gates

metaverse key takeaways from analysis of 158 mentions on investor calls.

China’s 5 big tech issues for 2022

China’s space programme will go nuclear to power future missions to the moon and Mars

NASA wants to put nuclear reactors on the Moon to power a future manned base