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Mitti Labs aims to make rice farming less harmful to the climate, starting in India
Rice is the staple crop of more than half of the world’s population. Demand is growing with the…
Hank Green reckons with the power — and the powerlessness — of the creator
Hank Green has had a while to think about how social media has changed us. He started making…
How to tell if your online accounts have been hacked
More and more hackers are targeting regular people with the goal of stealing their crypto, perhaps getting into…
The AI financial results paradox
There is a general consensus today that generative AI is going to transform business in a profound way,…
Google reportedly in talks to acquire cloud security company Wiz for $23B
Google’s parent company Alphabet might be on the verge of making its biggest acquisition ever. The Wall Street…
Synapse’s collapse has frozen nearly $160M from fintech users — here’s how it happened
The collapse and bankruptcy of BaaS fintech Synapse has revealed how treacherous things are for the often-interdependent fintech…
Helixx wants to bring fast-food economics and Netflix pricing to EVs
When Helixx co-founder and CEO Steve Pegg looks at Daisy — the startup’s 3D printed prototype delivery van …
India clings to cheap feature phones as brands struggle to tap new smartphone buyers
India, the world’s second-largest smartphone market after China with around 750 million users, is struggling to get new…
Meet the soft robots that can amputate limbs and fuse with other robots
Roboticists at The Faboratory at Yale University have developed a way for soft robots to replicate some of…
If you’re an AT&T customer, your data has likely been stolen
This week, AT&T confirmed it will begin notifying around 110 million AT&T customers about a data breach that…
Here’s the full list of 28 US AI startups that have raised $100M or more in 2024
For some, AI fatigue is real — but clearly venture investors haven’t grown tired of the category. In the…
Whistleblowers accuse OpenAI of ‘illegally restrictive’ NDAs
Whistleblowers have accused OpenAI of placing illegal restrictions on how employees can communicate with government regulators, according to…
How to protect your startup from email scams
Despite years of claims that the “death of email” is fast approaching, the decades-old communication method continues to…
What exactly is an AI agent?
AI agents are supposed to be the next big thing in AI, but there isn’t an exact definition…
Europe confirms first clutch of DSA grievances on Elon Musk’s X
The platform formerly known as Twitter has earned the dubious honor of being the first very large online…