Casey Handmer is not intimidated by very large quantities. Trillions of acres. Thousands of gigawatts of solar power. A billion metric tons of carbon. His startup, Terraform Industries, aims to operate at these ambitious scales. The company wants to turn hydrogen and atmospheric carbon into synthetic natural gas at scale. It’s more than a little
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We can all agree that data brokers are creepy and bad, and that in this age they have feasted upon our personal information like never before. Opting out is hard enough — which is why Optery is there to help — but as the data economy continues to evolve, we may want a more proactive
Protecting your eyes from everyday wear and the environment may not be at the top of your list of preventative health care concerns. But it’s summer, and your eyes deserve a little time in the limelight before you head out into the sunlight — the most powerful environmental element of them all. Best practices for
Each year at its annual developer conference, Google shows off the future of its biggest products — and this year, the company has got a whole lot to show. Google I/O 2023 is expected to have a heavy focus on AI as Google shows what comes next for its chatbot, Bard, and speaks to what other
Electric boats are still a rarity on America’s waterways, but everyone seems to agree they represent a cleaner, quieter future for our lakes, rivers, and coastal waters. Navier has moved impressively quickly from idea to prototype to production boat, and the startup is now touring the west coast, winning admirers in high places who hope
/ A now-removed listing on Amazon reveals that the 11-inch tablet could come with a Tensor G2 chip, 8GB of RAM, and up to 256GB of storage. Image: Google The expected launch of the Google Pixel Tablet is just days away, but its specs have already been leaked online, as spotted earlier by WinFuture. A
Imagine a gigantic brick of highly compressed dirt — as big as a pickup truck but, at 24 tons, about five times heavier. An elevator powered by solar panels or wind turbines hoists it over 300 feet up the side of a huge building, and a trolley stows it inside. But it’s not alone. An
There are, by my count, 1732 indie games coming out every day now, which makes promoting them (for devs) and covering them (for us) almost impossible. One trend I’ve enjoyed lately, though, is an attempt to market a game not just by showing the game, but by showing what went into making the game. This
Back in 2016, I drove over 1,000 miles from the UK to Barcelona on electric power alone. It was an odyssey, with difficult-to-find chargers resulting in big delays, almost costing me my job. This year, with so many improvements to the EV infrastructure across Europe, I tried it again. It wasn’t just easier this time.
As the writer’s strike enters its second week, the effects of not having some of most important people on set around are already starting to show: two of the biggest projects currently in production—Marvel’s Blade reboot and the fifth season of Stranger Things—have been put on ice (along with loads more movies and shows I’ll
I am old. 41 years old to be precise. In two weeks I’ll be 42. Oh dear. But I’m trying to preserve a youthful vibe. I’ve gone full “hello fellow kids.” Backwards baseball cap, desperately staying alive to current trends. Joining TikTok, avoiding cringe emoji use, fighting the good fight against the cheug. When it
Identity management used to mean making sure you had your driver’s license when you left the house, but these days it’s not so easy: Identity fundamentally underpins how we engage with the digital world, and identity services can take on many forms (and, unfortunately, abuses). I’m excited to host a TechCrunch Live event with Persona
In this article: Tablets are versatile tools that can be used for everything at school, work or home. Whether you’re checking email, managing finances, testing your art skills or casually browsing YouTube and watching videos, a tablet can do it all. Finding the best tablet isn’t hard, either, but knowing where to start can be
Are you a seed-stage founder who’s building a unicorn? NFX Founding Partner James Currier would like to save you some time: Startups that grow into billion-dollar companies have three basic forms of defensibility. Network effects: Your product becomes more valuable as more people use it. Embedding: Integrate your services so deeply, customers “cannot rip them
Welcome to The Interchange! If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. Every week, we’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous
Choosing an internet service provider typically involves two steps: comparing names — is Xfinity or Verizon Fios better? Should I go with AT&T or Spectrum? — and then selecting a plan (see our guide to picking the right speed). Many don’t know it, but there’s another factor to consider before the name, or before checking
Don’t be surprised if your Google search experience looks different sometime soon. Internal documents say the company plans to make its search engine more “visual, snackable, personal, and human,” with an eye toward young people worldwide, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. The makeover will involve adding AI features like chat, along with more social-media posts
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. It’s been a big week for tech acronyms. I woke up on Monday to news that First Republic Bank has been closed down by regulators — and JP
/ Google’s Pixel Buds Pro are also nearly matching their best price to date, making our exclusive deal an excellent alternative if you own a Google Pixel phone. Apple’s latest pair of wireless earbuds offer improved sound and more features without sacrificing the great ease of use for which AirPods are known. Happy Saturday, dear
Let’s face it — for most of us, technology has become an integral part of our daily lives. And unfortunately, a lot of that tech comes with a hefty price tag. Right now Woot has a number of solid deals on both new and refurbished devices including everything from TVs and phones to chargers, HDMI
Frontline is the latest startup grabbing VC dollars with a $6.4 million seed round Rebecca Szkutak 7 hours Wildfires, and the damage they cause, are a growing problem. The U.S. saw more than 66,000 wildfires in 2022 alone, and while many think of these natural disasters as largely a California problem, they burn all across
If you listen to podcasts on Amazon Music, you might soon be getting an AI assist. Amazon reportedly acquired Snackable AI at the end of last year. The audio intelligence startup’s technology automatically generates highlights and chapters in audio and video clips. “In December 2022, Snackable joined Amazon to continue innovating and exploring new experiences
/ Google’s new passkeys lets you access your account and apps more quickly and easily. Illustration: Samar Haddad / The Verge Passwords have always been a necessary evil, giving you the choice of either using one that is too simple (so you can easily remember it) or one obscure enough to be secure but complicated
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. Fri-Yay! If you’ve got some time on your hands today, get your Disrupt tickets — early-bird savings end in 7 days! Also, it seems a little daft to pick a fight against
Sony has quietly closed down PixelOpus, one of its first-party PlayStation Studios. Based in San Mateo, California, the studio was responsible for 2014’s Entwined and 2019’s Concrete Genie. This Wacky Magical Girl Anime Is Studio Trigger-Coded To Perfection Off English News of this first broke through a Twitter post from the studio, which expressed the
Last night I was scrolling through TikTok in the midst of an edible comedown, and I stumbled upon something so ridiculous, so cringe, so brilliant, that I couldn’t believe I had yet to see it before. It’s called Maverwatch, and it’s a 2018 hype video for the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks that features its star players
Indie developer Team17’s Killer Frequency, out June 1, surprises me by having some of the best, most convincing voice acting and dialogue I’ve witnessed in a horror game. It’s a tragicomedy set in a radio station in the ‘80s, and this necessitates a schmooze-y charm for its characters, but I’m impressed by how well it
Lifeweaver has been in Overwatch 2 for just under a month, and already the plant-based support hero has had some pretty significant reworks in both his control scheme and abilities. Personally, I’ve had a much better experience with the character since his last update, but it sounds like Blizzard is planning more changes as it
The Little Mermaid live-action remake and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts—two of the biggest upcoming movies of 2023—don’t share much in common. However, an apparent film projector accident at a theater showing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 led to the trailers for the two films playing at the same time. The end result might
Matan Even, the trolly kid who stealthed his way onto The Game Awards stage last December to shout out former U.S. president Bill Clinton, is back. This time, though, he crashed socialist Twitch streamer Hasan “Hasanabi” Piker’s May 4 livestream at the WGA writers’ strike picket line in Hollywood, California. Why? Well, the man stans
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