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Uber is overhauling its driver background check process across the United States, a move that follows a string of sexual assault lawsuits. The ride-hail giant says the new screening is more stringent, though critics will be watching closely to see whether tighter vetting translates into meaningful change on the ground.
Meanwhile, the financial story around Strategy, the firm formerly known as MicroStrategy, is getting complicated. For years, investors priced the company at a premium above its actual bitcoin holdings, giving founder Michael Saylor room to raise capital aggressively. Now that premium has evaporated, and the stock is trading below the raw value of its crypto reserves — a significant shift in market confidence.
And on the more inventive end of things, a design student named Sarah Ali, working alongside NASA and the Royal Botanical Society, has built what she calls Brew Lab — a coffee machine that uses agricultural data to simulate what your morning cup might taste like fifty or a hundred years from now, as climate change reshapes where and how coffee can grow. It is equal parts science project and quiet warning.
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