More top reads Dodge flexes its muscle cars: We have not one, but two all-electric versions of the Dodge Charger. It even has a system that mimics the rumble of a Hemi V-8 engine. Purrrrrrr. Google takes out the search junk: Google is taking on the SEO industry with a search quality update focused on improving the search quality ranking of websites. As such, the search giant will update its spam policies. Coachella gets some NFTs: OpenSea and the Coachella music festival are partnering to create three NFT collections that offer VIP experiences. The first includes festival passes and access to a new lounge area. Fire will cost Tesla $100 million in lost production: Officials suspect a fire at a Tesla factory outside of Berlin was the result of arson. Hereâs our take, and here’s Reuters’. Intellexa founder gets on the wrong side of the U.S. government: The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Tal Dilian, the founder of Intellexa, and Sara Aleksandra Fayssal Hamou for targeting Americans. Apparently, this is the first time the U.S. government has targeted specific people, in addition to companies, with sanctions related to the misuse of commercial spyware. I guess someone has to be first. New venture rounds: Three companies unveiled what they were working on today. San Franciscoâbased Ema, creating a âuniversal AI employee,â raised $25 million. Meanwhile, two DeepMind alums developed Haiper, a video generation tool that just grabbed $13.8 million in seed funding. And Fused has $1 million in pre-seed funding and an approach to streamlining satellite imagery. In larger dollars, the U.K.âs challenger bank Monzo put some serious capital in its pocket with a $430 million raise. This shows that massive rounds in fintech can happen and that it can happen to a company thatâs had its fair share of challenges. Boomerang Miles: Venture capitalist Miles Grimshaw is going back to Thrive Capital after three years at Benchmark. | 
