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here's your daily crunch. We have a new FTC Commissioner. The Senate confirmed Big Tech

Critic and Prominent Antitrust Scholar, Lena Khan, as a commissioner to the Federal Trade Commission.

It signaled a new era of scrutiny for the tech industry.

Khan was confirmed in a 69 to 28 vote with Republicans joining Democrats in a rare show of bipartisan

support for Kahn's ideas on reigning in Tech's most powerful companies.

Now let's check in on what's going on in the world of startups.

Heliogen has raised 108 million dollars in funding to test its thousand degree solar furnace at a few participating mines and refineries.

Book Club, which gives authors a chance to hold book groups, share exclusive video-based interviews,

and answer questions from readers has raised $20 million in a series A round.

Carbine has raised $20 million to help coordinate calls to emergency response teams,

ambulances, hospitals, and other actors who need to work together to save a life.

Moving on to what's happening with the biggest tech players.

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