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Lithium mining needs to get greener for EVs to maintain their earth cred
Green cars aren’t enough: All transport needs to be electrified
( From the "If wishes were horses" dept. Not on today's distribution grid. And - What's to power it ? )
Building tech tools for the 40% who don’t have internet access in 2022
Open-sourcing Twitter’s algorithms is more complex than Elon Musk implies
Watch this giant Japanese robot fix railways (and pray it doesn’t turn on us)
Amazon introduces Kindle EPUB support in the most ‘Amazon’ way possible
Twitter finally copies an Instagram feature it should have had ages ago
Sonos vows to fix stuttering surround sound caused by 14.6 software update
Video calls make us less creative — but that’s no reason for your boss to force you back to the office
AI research is a dumpster fire and Google’s holding the matches
Sony’s WH-1000XM5 noise-canceling headphones have leaked — here’s what we know
Tech Crunch
Amazon pledges $20 billion in exports from India by 2025
11 hours ago –
Amazon said on Wednesday that it aims to export locally produced
Indian goods worth $20 billion by 2025, doubling its initial goal of
$10 billion set for the same time frame as the e-commerce group attracts
over 100,000 exporters in the key overseas market. It took the company —
which launched it...
China’s tech giants are having FOMO on NFTs
12 hours ago –
In mid-April, a group of industry associations in China issued a
warning against the potential financial risks of non-fungible tokens,
digital assets that represent real-world objects or intangible goods
like a song. NFTs must not be traded with cryptocurrencies, said the
country’s banking, inter...
Google touts more Workspace controls for users in Europe
12 hours ago –
Google has announced a package of additional controls for users
of its productivity suite, Google Workspace (neé G Suite), in Europe —
which it’s rolling out by the end of this year and next. It says these
extra control will enable organizations — both public and private sector
— to “control, lim...
Tailscale lands $100 million to ‘transform’ enterprise VPNs with mesh technology
6 hours ago –
Zero trust security is an emerging paradigm in enterprise IT. It
means that no one is trusted by default from inside or outside a
network and verification is required from everyone trying to gain access
to resources on the network. This added layer of protection has been
shown to prevent data bre...
Ursa Major lands order for 200 rocket engines from Phantom Space
6 hours ago –
Hundreds of rocket engines manufactured by startup Ursa Major
will be going to space company Phantom Space over the next few years,
part of a massive order that reflects Phantom’s bullish stance on the
small launch market. “We placed the order based on how far out we could
see the demand, and we ...
Just Eat Takeaway takes away chairman, investigates COO, weighs Grubhub sale as meal delivery cools down
6 hours ago –
The food delivery business, and tech companies leading the
charge, were hot commodities at the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic as
people stayed indoors and turned to apps to fill their bellies with
pre-made meals. Now with that trend cooling off, those companies are
feeling the chill. In the latest...
Starbucks to launch NFTs this year, offering access to ‘unique experiences and benefits’
4 hours ago –
Would you like an NFT with your Starbucks latte? The coffee
giant this week announced its plans to enter the web3 space with the
launch of its own NFT collection later this year, where the individual
digital collectibles also provide their owners with access to exclusive
content experiences and o...
Robinhood to let users lend out their shares in its attempt to diversify revenue
4 hours ago –
Trading platform Robinhood is launching a feature that will
allow its users to lend out their stocks in hopes of earning passive,
recurring income from borrowers, the company announced today. Robinhood
says the feature is currently being rolled out and will be available to
all customers by the en...
Tactic wants to reinvent accounting software for the web3 age
4 hours ago –
Tactic, a startup that helps businesses manage — and simplify —
cryptocurrency finances, is emerging from stealth today with $2.6
million in seed funding. Founders Fund and finance automation startup
Ramp co-led the raise for Tactic, an eight-person outfit based in New
York City. Elad Gil and Fig...
Psychedelics startups are on a long journey to consumer markets, but these 5 VCs are taking the ride
3 hours ago –
Previously relegated to underground communities and raves,
ketamine, MDMA and psilocybin are now being studied to develop therapies
to treat everything from PTSD to cluster headaches.
TikTok introduces its first ad product to offer a revenue share with creators
3 hours ago –
TikTok is introducing a new way to lure advertisers to its
platform by giving them the ability to showcase their brands’ content
next to the best videos on TikTok. Ahead of its NewFronts presentation
to advertisers scheduled for this afternoon, TikTok announced the launch
of TikTok Pulse, a new c...
A major Patreon survey shows that most creators don’t want crypto payments
3 hours ago –
Patreon announced the results of its first creator census, which
invited the community to share feedback about how the fan membership
platform can best support independent creatives. Out of 250,000 creators
active on Patreon, over 13,000 people responded to the survey,
representing 113 countries ...
Porsche joins $400M bet on lithium-silicon batteries to juice up future EVs
7 minutes ago –
Porsche has read the room. With its first electric vehicle now
outselling the quintessential 911 sports car, the German automaker is
responding by upping its bet on EVs, in part via a hefty investment in
lithium-silicon battery developer Group14 Technologies. Porsche injected
$100 million into Gr...
A second Apple Store files to hold a union election
8 minutes ago –
Apple store employees in Towson, Maryland have organized a union
and petitioned to hold an official union election. This marks the third
Apple retail location in recent weeks that has taken significant steps
toward becoming the first formally recognized Apple union, following
stores in Manhattan ...
8 ways the tech industry can step up to protect abortion rights
13 minutes ago –
It looks as if the right to have an abortion will be curtailed
nationwide with the revocation of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court’s
majority. While the fight for reproductive rights will continue in
courts and capitals, this is an opportunity for startups and tech to
play an important role in kee...
The Verge
The best Mother’s Day sales happening now
a day ago –
The Beats Fit Pro are some of the many noise-canceling earbuds
currently on sale. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge
Mother’s Day is less than one week away, and in honor of that fact,
several retailers are now discounting a wide range of tech and
accessories. We’re seeing some of the lo...
a day ago –
The workers have reached an agreement with the company and set
a date. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Apple Store employees in Atlanta have reached an agreement with the
company to hold a union election on June 2nd, according to a copy of the
stipulated election agreement obtai...
YouTube Live stole one of Twitch’s best features and managed to make raids better
20 hours ago –
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
A few years ago, YouTube added Live Redirects as a way for creators to
hold livestreams that ended by pointing viewers to another video on
their own channel for premiere events, like BTS engaging fans before
showing off a new music video. Now it has...
a day ago –
Photo: iOttie
Cars have become bastions of electronic gadgetry — but that doesn’t
mean that we can’t add a few of our own. Some of us are simply not
content with what came with our vehicles, some of us want to have
emergency gear available just in case, and some of us have older cars
that...
Lenovo’s excellent Chromebook Duet has dropped below $200 for the first time
5 hours ago –
Lenovo’s Chromebook Duet is a budget-friendly 2-in-1 that’s
selling for just $189 today. | Photo by Monica Chin / The Verge
With graduation just around the corner, Best Buy’s current deal on the
Lenovo Chromebook Duet — our favorite budget-friendly Chromebook —
couldn’t have arrived at a ...
9 hours ago –
The refreshed Model S interior and large center display. |
Image: Tesla
A Model S with a factory-equipped motorized, swiveling center screen
has been spotted in the wild thanks to a video posted to Twitter by
Larry Li. In it, Li can be seen tilting the display from center, to
left, and th...
ESPN Plus streams its first exclusive NFL game on October 30th
3 hours ago –
Trevor Lawrence at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on October 17,
2021, in London, England. | Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images
Last year when the NFL signed new broadcasting deals, they included a
healthy package of digital distribution streaming rights for Disney
(ESPN Plus), Amazon, N...
4 hours ago –
The physical button makes a huge difference
Clippy is in Halo Infinite
21 minutes ago –
The smugness remains.
Clippy, the beloved(?) paperclip-shaped assistant for Microsoft
Office, has made an appearance in Halo Infinite as a series of
unlockable items. IGN points out that it’s not quite clear yet how to
unlock the decals, but it seems likely that equipping them won’t
sudde...
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