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The modern world relies on vast networks for extracting, processing, transporting, and ultimately consuming hydrocarbons such as crude oil and natural gas. However, these resources come at a cost. Resources are finite, and it is difficult to extract carbon dioxide from the ground and release it into the atmosphere. Rather than reduce humanity's dependence on hydrocarbons (which, depending on you, is either impossible, undesirable, or both), Terraform Industries' solution is to reduce electricity and air through a system called the Terraformer. is used to produce this resource. Today, the startup announced that it has commissioned its demonstrator Terraformer to produce…
According to the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA), Apple's stranglehold on the App Store ecosystem for iPhone apps is stifling competition, forcing the tech giant to open up to new rivals. ing. As a result, we're starting to see what the App Store ecosystem could look like if other developers were allowed to compete with the default iPhone App Store. One notable example is AltStore, an alternative app store. AltStore is preparing to launch the latest version of its app marketplace in the EU with DMA, and plans to support Patreon-backed apps. To comply with new European law, Apple is…
The current wave of AI is a constant barrage of news items. To see what I mean, ask yourself how much time you spent thinking about the fact that Amazon spent an additional $2.75 billion on Anthropic AI last week. right? Despite the headline numbers getting even bigger, we have become accustomed to the influx of capital that has become common in the AI space. Yes, Amazon is shelling out cash for Anthropic, but billions of dollars is nothing compared to what some companies are planning to spend. Indeed, compared to true giants, even smaller technology companies spend to stay…
To give female academics and others focused on AI their well-deserved and overdue spotlight time, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews highlighting notable women who have contributed to the AI revolution. Start. As the AI boom continues, we'll be publishing several articles throughout the year highlighting key research that may go unrecognized. Click here for a detailed profile. Urvashi Aneja is the founding director of the Digital Futures Lab, an interdisciplinary research effort that seeks to explore the interaction of technology and society in the Global South. She is also an Associate Research Fellow in the Asia-Pacific Program at…
Hello. Welcome to Equity, the startup business podcast. Uncover the numbers and nuances behind the headlines. This is a Monday show where we dig into the weekend and give you a peek into his week ahead. We'll talk more about Wednesday, but this week is Y Combinator Demo Day week, so expect a ton of startup news. Today's podcast digs into the latest news that shows Discord is moving towards opening up its doors to advertising. As I wrote in 2022, this is standard practice for growing tech companies, even if you don't like it as a consumer. (Look at…
Microsoft plans to introduce new versions of its Microsoft 365 and Office 365 subscription services that exclude Teams and unbundle the suite following scrutiny from European Union regulators and complaints from competing Slack. The move follows Microsoft's agreement last year to sell its Office 365 suite in the EU and Switzerland without offering Microsoft Teams. The company introduced Teams as a free service in its Office 365 suite in 2017. Many companies claim that Microsoft enjoys an unfair advantage by combining the two products. Salesforce-owned Slack called the move “illegal,” claiming Microsoft forced customers to install Teams through its market-dominant…
The venture capitalists who have long run GGV Capital, a 24-year-old cross-border company that has served as a bridge between the U.S. and China, have since announced they would split its U.S. and Asian operations. After about 6 months, we settled on two new brands. As first reported by Forbes magazine, veteran investors Jenny Lee and Jixin Fu have just rebranded their Singapore-based business as Granite Asia. Meanwhile, the company's co-founder, Hans Tung, lives in the Bay Area. Published in X Yesterday, it was announced that the US team is now called “Notable Capital.” GGV Capital announced last fall that…
To give female academics and others focused on AI their well-deserved and overdue spotlight time, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews highlighting notable women who have contributed to the AI revolution. Start. As the AI boom continues, we'll be publishing several articles throughout the year highlighting key research that may go unrecognized. Click here for a detailed profile. Brandie Nonnecke is the founding director of the CITRIS Policy Lab, headquartered at the University of California, Berkeley, which supports interdisciplinary research that addresses questions about the role of regulation in promoting innovation. Nonnecke leads projects on AI, Platforms, and Society…
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech (formerly The Interchange)! This week, we take a look at Robinhood's new Gold Card, challenges in the BaaS space, and how a small startup caught the eye of Stripe. Get TechCrunch's roundup of the biggest and most important fintech stories delivered to your inbox every Sunday at 7:30 a.m. PT. Subscribe here. big story Robinhood unveiled its new gold card to much fanfare last week. It has a long list of great features, including 3% cashback and the ability to invest that cashback through the company's brokerage account. Users can also transfer that cash back to…
There are many ways to explain what is happening to the Earth's climate: Global warming. climate change. climate crisis. Global strangeness. They all try to capture phenomena caused by anomalies in the world's weather systems in different ways. Despite the large selection of thesaurus entries, it is still a very difficult concept to relate. However, researchers at MIT may finally have an answer. Instead of predicting Category 5 hurricanes and record-breaking hot days, they predicted how many “outdoor days” their region would experience between now and 2100 if rising carbon emissions were unchecked. We have developed a tool that allows…