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Hey, of us, welcome again! Beneath we’ve bought some 2022 roundups and even some information. I believe it’ll get even leaner because the week wears on, however regardless of! There’ll at all times be tales to share. Now, right here is your Wednesday version of the Every day Crunch. — Hank

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Sports activities on Amazon: The tech large desires to proceed its march into broadcasting reside sports activities, including to its present lineup of Thursday Night time Soccer, Premier League soccer and the like, Aisha reviews. Professional tip, Amazon: Add cricket to your plans.
Ring true: Movano beat the CES rush and launched Evie, a sensible ring centered on ladies’s well being, Brian reviews.
Within the water: Earlier this month, Boundary Layer pivoted to producing private watercraft that can run events upward of $60,000 as soon as they’re prepared. Haje reviews that the corporate has greater than $1 million price of orders.

Expensive Sophie: Do staff should cease working till they get their EAD?

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Expensive Sophie,

Considered one of our staff is on an H-4 visa and has an Employment Authorization Doc. It’s been 5 months since he filed to resume his EAD, which is able to expire subsequent month. Is there any approach to expedite this course of? Does he should cease working if he doesn’t obtain his new EAD card earlier than his outdated one expires?

As a result of it’s taking so lengthy to get EAD playing cards, we’re frightened about one other of our staff, who has an L-2 visa with an EAD scheduled to run out early subsequent 12 months.

As well as, the H-4 visa worker desires to go to his household in India as a result of it’s been greater than three years since he final went. Will he and his household be capable to return to the U.S. after 4 weeks?

— Conscious Supervisor

We additionally rounded up the perfect of our local weather protection on TC+ this 12 months. And Tim had a pair extra favorites:

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Twitter trimming: A Norway-based developer informed Ivan that she created a instrument that will help you cull the checklist of accounts you observe, as a result of she was reaching the observe restrict on the platform.
Political … tick tock: The U.S. Home of Representatives has ordered all employees and lawmakers to delete TikTok from their gov-issued telephones, citing “safety points,” Carly writes.
Bitcoin mining deal: Galaxy Digital has agreed to accumulate Argo Blockchain’s bitcoin mining facility, Helios, for $65 million, Jacquie writes.
Code-generating AI: Sounds cool, proper? Effectively, Kyle wrote a few examine that discovered code-generating AI can introduce safety vulnerabilities.

2022 in Overview

Excellent news!: Amanda, Kyle, Tim, Devin and Rebecca have a roundup of some excellent news in tech for you. This crop of TC reporters put their heads collectively to mine 2022 for some tech goodness. Local weather tech bolstered by the Inflation Discount Act and the James Webb Area Telescope are on the checklist.
On the transfer: Rebecca has compiled the most important transportation tales that drove the 12 months.
Surveying buyers: And Karan and Ram provide you with a glimpse of the investor surveys that we ran on TC+ this 12 months.