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Japan reports an outbreak of Bird Flu, orders nationwide disinfection; could this be another example of disbalance, planet Earth, Humans, and over consumerism?
An outbreak of bird flu has hit Japan; Japan’s government on Wednesday called for nationwide disinfection of poultry farms to…
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Bird shuts down Circ operations in Middle East, scraps as many as 10,000 scooters
Bird has shut down scooter sharing in several cities in the Middle East, an operation that was managed by Circ,…
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Bird lays off about 30% of workforce amid COVID-19 pandemic
Bird is the latest startup hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, Bird laid off about 30% of its employees amid…
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Bird launches Scoot Mopeds in Austin ahead of SXSW
The Scoot Moped — an electric moped born out of Bird’s acquisition of Scoot — will launch in Austin five…
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The Station: Lucid Motors spy shot and the birth of an AV startup
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Bird is raising a Series D round led by Sequoia at $2.5 billion valuation
Bird is raising a Series D round led by Sequoia Capital at a $2.5 billion valuation, TechCrunch has learned. Sources,…
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The uncertain future of shared electric scooters
Cities all over the world have seen an influx of two-wheeled, electric kick scooters on the road over the last…
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Scooter startup Bird tried to silence a journalist. It did not go well.
Cory Doctorow doesn’t like censorship. He especially doesn’t like his own work being censored. Anyone who knows Doctorow knows his…
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