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Spinning out of top U.K. universities Cambridge University and UCL, Carbon Re just raised £4.2 million ($4.8 million) in a bid to tackle the gigatonnes of carbon emissions spewing forth from the traditional thorn-in-climate-change-side cement industry. The company says it is building state-of-the-art AI to decarbonize energy-intensive industries. It claims that its “Delta Zero AI”
Twitter’s new owner and CEO, Elon Musk, has wasted no time putting his stamp on the influential social network. Immediately after Musk bought Twitter on Oct. 27, the billionaire began making significant changes that include firing top executives and laying off half the staff. Twitter’s saga with Musk was chaotic even before he took control. He signed
Amazon is now offering to replace customers’ discontinued Cloud Cam smart cameras with a new Blink Mini following its decision earlier this year to shut down its Cloud Cam line of products and end support for the device’s associated mobile apps. At the time of the retailer’s May 2022 announcement, Amazon said it would email
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On the gameplay side, Ramattra can play as either a defensive tank, attacking from a distance and using a shield to protect teammates, or an offensive one that goes full berserk mode with his fists and vortex ability. Players can shift back and forth depending on the situation, potentially making Ramattra one of Overwatch 2’s
When you say portable speakers, most people think about cheap Bluetooth speakers that you can easily put in your backpack when you’re going to the park. But Devialet has something different in mind with the Devialet Mania. The French high-end speaker maker wants to make the most luxurious and best sounding portable speaker around. The
Welcome to UFC 281, probably the last truly mega UFC card of 2022. Featuring a headliner to die for and an undercard made up of compelling match-ups, UFC 281 is not a PPV you can afford to miss. At the top of the card is Israel Adesanya. One of the UFC’s biggest stars, he defends
French startup PhotoRoom has raised a $19 million Series A funding round. The company develops a popular photo editing app for e-commerce vendors and small businesses. In particular, it helps you remove the background behind objects you are about to sell so that your photos look more professional. Balderton Capital is leading the Series A
As such, one of Musk’s first orders of business as Twitter owner was to float the idea of replacing the current verification process—one where Twitter manually verifies with your people/company that you’re actually you—with…a system where anyone can pay $8 for a blue tick (a move that has since been delayed until after the US
Apple warned investors and customers on Sunday that it expects to ship fewer iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max units as the world’s most valuable tech firm grapples with the ongoing Covid-19 lockdown in China. The company said it continues to see strong demand for the pro models of the new iPhone 14
About 47 million light-years from where you’re sitting, the center of a black-hole-laden galaxy named NGC 1068 is spitting out streams of enigmatic particles. These “neutrinos” are also known as the elusive “ghost particles” that haunt our universe but leave little trace of their existence. Immediately after coming into being, bundles of these invisible bits plunge
After years of waiting and a delay or two, God of War: Ragnarok hits the PS4 and PS5 on Nov. 9. It’s one of the best games of 2022. Ragnarok features dazzling realms and exhilarating combat, but its greatest strength may be its story. The relationship between Kratos and his son Atreus is the foundation of
500 Drones over New York sky to Celebrate 10 Years of Candy CrushAs Business Insider report, though, the demonstration was not without its critics. They interviewed a number of specialists, like researcher Fabio Falchi, who said “These sort of things should be stopped by laws if the reason is lacking, as it seems, before it
Some of the best companies only come about because they found a problem worth solving. For Mike Salguero, CEO and co-founder at ButcherBox, the problem and opportunity in the extraordinarily broken space of meat production and distribution simply could not be ignored. Armed with an idea for how to do things differently, the company ran
Heads up, Xbox gamers. Whether you need to replace a broken controller, grab a second one for couch co-op or just like having a few different colors to choose from, we’ve got a deal for you. Right now, Target is offering 40% off all color variants of the standard Xbox Series X/S wireless controller, so
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In this article: Gel mattresses are becoming more and more common as companies strive to offer multiple options to customers. Some companies utilize gel with standalone layers, while others use it in memory foam. There are a number of great reasons to move over to a gel mattress, too. One of the best features is
A “blood moon” total lunar eclipse will take place in the US on Election Day, Nov. 8. Decide for yourself if that’s a foreboding omen or a sign of providence. Skywatchers in parts of Europe and Asia were treated to a partial solar eclipse last month, but that was just the first half of “eclipse season,”
Try as you might, you can never really escape your past. Kratos, God of War: Ragnarok’s protagonist, tries repeatedly to teach this lesson to his son Atreus. But it’s not just true for people — it’s true for games too. Ragnarok has the gargantuan task of following up 2018’s God of War, one of the best
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Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. We’ve been living through a lot of tech history over the past two years, but the brutal Twitter layoffs feel especially sad, complex and exhausting
As rumors rumbled that the U.S. Federal Reserve would hike rates once more — and when it followed through earlier this week — another round of layoffs hit the tech sector. Stripe, Opendoor, Chime, Zillow, Cerebral, Brex, and of course Twitter, among others, have already cut or are about to eliminate thousands of jobs. That’s
If you are like me who is always on the lookout for easier ways to clean the house, a robot vacuum cleaner is for you. Modern cordless vacuums are the best vacuum cleaner to own for most people, especially the push variety because they’re much simpler to use than the heavy corded models. They’re lightweight,
Jack Dorsey, who stepped down as Twitter CEO less than one year ago, finally addressed the layoffs that impacted approximately 50% of the company he co-founded in 2006. The workforce reduction, led by Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk, impacted thousands of people – and key teams working on human rights, accessibility, AI ethics and curation.
Advertisement In an interview with Eurogamer, producer Daisuke Taka said he thinks it is “completely normal” for games to include a non-binary option for players. While having gender-neutral pronouns feels like a small part of the farming sim as a whole, Taka said it was important to let players choose their gender identity because the
This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. There are few jobs as hard as a teacher’s, let alone more important. These people work to educate the adults of the future, and they don’t often get much thanks for the job, either. Some teachers can even imprint beautiful
WWE is returning to Saudi Arabia for Crown Jewel on Saturday. WWE typically pulls extravagant rabbits out of its hat for Saudi events, but even by those standards Crown Jewel has a strange main event. Logan Paul, in his third ever wrestling match, takes on Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship titles. Look at
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Friday, and all eyes are on the vast number of Twitter employees who were given the boot, unceremoniously, with many of ’em finding out they’d lost their job because they were unable