Source: Ahead of next Starship launch, SpaceX hires key NASA human spaceflight head
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SpaceX has hired Kathy Lueders, former head of NASA’s human spaceflight program, to work on developing the Starship launch system, which aims to enable human travel to the moon and beyond.
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Source: Active founders make good investors, but do they make good VCs?
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VC firms led by active founders outperform those without a founder at the helm, according to data from AngelList. Funds in the 90th percentile were reported to have nearly doubled the numbers from firms without a founder.
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💰 Venture funds with active founders outperformed those without within all percentiles of fund performance.
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Source: WhatsApp now lets you lock and hide individual chats
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WhatsApp introduces Chat Lock feature that allows users to lock a chat with a password or biometric authentication. This provides an added layer of security and hides locked chats’ contents in notifications.
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