Good morning, it’s Tuesday August 30th. I am Jose Montes de Oca and you are listening to Newslit daily, expertly curated news bits on what is happening around us to supercharge your mornings

In today's edition:

Y Combinator Names Venture Capitalist Garry Tan As Its Next President. Y Combinator names Garry Tan as its next president, replacing Geoff Ralston in January of next year; Tan will step away from his role at Initialized Capital. (Alex Konrad / Forbes)

Secret Data, Tiny Islands and a Quest for Treasure on the Ocean Floor. Mining in parts of the Pacific Ocean was meant to benefit poor countries, but an international agency gave a Canadian company access to prized seabed sites with metals crucial to the green energy revolution.. (Eric Lipton / The New York Times)

Honda, LG Energy Plan $4.4 Billion EV Battery Factory in U.S. Tokyo-based Honda and South Korea’s LG Energy join a growing roster of joint ventures between car makers and battery suppliers planning new factories in the U.S. which brings greater shape to a new supply chain forming for electric cars. (River Davis / Wall Street Journal)

Cryptocurrency influencers are peddling bad investment advice to millions of viewers. There's very little anyone can do to stop them. Influencers like BitBoy Crypto, Moon Carl, and MMCrypto are building huge audiences on YouTube and earning big money off their followers — while making wildly inaccurate predictions. Despite this, they’re now being increasingly cited as experts by mainstream media. (Rob Price / Business Insider)

Elon Musk files another notice to terminate Twitter acquisition, citing additional 'undisclosed' reasons. Elon Musk filed another notice on Tuesday to terminate his acquisition of Twitter, citing additional "undisclosed" reasons. (Arjun Kharpal / CNBC)

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