PowerZ raises $8.3 million for its video game focused on education

Good News Notes: “French startup PowerZ has raised another $8.3 million (€7 million at today’s exchange rate) including $1.2 million (€1 million) in debt — the rest is a traditional equity round. The company is both an edtech startup and a video game studio with an ambitious goal — it wants to build a game that is…

Take Online Cooking Classes with Celebrity Chefs for Charity

Good News Notes: “With all this time at home this year, a lot of people have been getting into cooking. While some are just starting off and mastering basics like eggs (they’re harder than they look!), other more experienced home chefs are taking on new, more challenging projects. If you fall into that second category—or just enjoy…

Hilaria Baldwin Opens Up About Pregnancy and Reveals When She’s Due

Good News Notes: “Alec and Hilaria Baldwin are expecting their fifth child! Hilaria made the sweet announcement this week, months after suffering her second miscarriage in a year. She spoke with ‘Extra’s’ Renee Bargh via Zoom on Tuesday from the family’s home in the Hamptons, where the Baldwins are hunkered down during the COVID-19 outbreak.”…

Four technologies tackling the problem of river plastic pollution

Good News Notes: “The Interceptor is an autonomous solar-powered device that uses a barrier stretching across a river to collect plastic. Rubbish is funnelled towards a floating processing plant that resembles a barge. The trash is passed up a conveyor belt and deposited into bins, which signal to the system when they are full so…