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Quirky, the invention startup that burned through $200 million and went bankrupt, is back from the dead with a new business model

Failed New York City startup Quirky has risen from the dead. Quirky was founded in 2009 with the goal of “making invention accessible” by creating a platform for inventors to submit their ideas, which Quirky could then manufacture and sell. But the …
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U.S. Officials See Terror Invention as Possible Future Model

Early last year, agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation showed up at Nephetia Brown’s home in Brooklyn’s East New York neighborhood with some alarming news. They said her son, now 15 years old, was tweeting about Islamic State’s violent …
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