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Gov. Kathy Hochul is directing the New York Power Authority, which owns and operates two dozen power plants — mostly dams and gas turbines — to develop the new facility. The plans are still in their infancy: NYPA, a state government entity, has yet to pick a location or a design.

AllSpice’s platform sits between existing workflow software. It allows hardware teams to collaborate on the types of documents they traditionally work in — documents that don’t easily translate over Slack and email — like PCB files and electronic CAD files, both of which are used to design circuit boards. AllSpice’s platform has landed customers such as Blue Origin and Bose and just raised a $15 million Series A round.

Two U.S. senators have requested that the FTC investigate Spotify due to allegations that the company bundled its subscription without user consent, while also undercompensating creators.

The TikTok parent company ByteDance started a book publisher in 2023, but it’s already shutting it down.

Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha is acquiring German salary payment platform for seafaring workers, Kadmos.

Google’s adding a slew of AI features to the Chromebook Plus line, including a search and text capture tool, NotebookLM, and a tool for simplifying text.