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The world’s first industrial-scale plant for green steel promises a cleaner future
As of 2023, nearly 2 billion metric tons of it were being produced annually, enough to cover Manhattan in a layer more than 13 feet thick. Making this metal produces a huge amount of carbon dioxide. Overall, steelmaking accounts for around 8% of the world’s carbon emissions—one of the largest industrial emitters and far more…
April 2023
Why Harnessing the Power of Your Personal Brand Will Transform Your Business
Your personal brand is the missing piece. Having a strong personal brand can open infinite doors and create opportunities for you. It establishes credibility, attracts investors and enables professionals to stand out in their field.
Flipping is much easier than walking
I wrote about half of last week’s Actuator on Wednesday in an empty office at MassRobotics after meeting with an early-stage startup. I’m not ready to tell you about them just yet, but they’re doing interesting work and have one of the wilder founding stories of recent vintage, so stay tuned for that. Also, shoutout […]
Flipping is much easier than walking by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
What is this, revenue growth for ants?
Growth matters, but given the macroeconomic climate, smaller numbers are apparently OK as long as there are clear factors driving future revenue and profit.
What is this, revenue growth for ants? by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch
Hold: Why Investors Should Hold On to These 3 Air Defense Stocks Through The End Of April
Rising geopolitical tensions have necessitated increased defense spending and accelerated the development of new defense technologies and equipment. Therefore, investors could look to hold fundamentally strong air defense stocks BAE…
Elizabeth Holmes Was Supposed to Report to Prison Today, But There’s Been a Change of Plans
The former Theranos CEO is set to serve 11 years in prison after she was convicted on multiple charges of defrauding investors.
Pinecone drops $100M investment on $750M valuation, as vector database demand grows
When Pinecone launched a vector database aimed at data scientists in 2021, it was probably ahead of its time. But as the use cases began to take shape last year, the company began pushing AI-driven semantic search. With the rise of LLMs in the public consciousness, companies are beginning to see the value of vector […]
Pinecone drops $100M investment on $750M valuation, as vector database demand grows by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch
Instagram and Facebook will force their checkout experience on Shops soon
Meta announced today that it will be phasing out onboarding of new Shops without checkout on Facebook and Instagram enabled. Beginning June 5, onboarding of new shops via Commerce Manager and Shopify will only be with checkout on Facebook and Instagram enabled. By August 10, onboarding of new shops via all other partners will only […]
Instagram and Facebook will force their checkout experience on Shops soon by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
Dropbox lays off 500 employees, 16% of staff, CEO says due to slowing growth and ‘the era of AI’
Cloud storage giant Dropbox today joined the fray of tech companies announcing layoffs. The company today announced that it would be laying off 16% of its staff, equivalent to about 500 employees, due to slowing growth, and — in the words of CEO Drew Houston — because “the AI era of computing has finally arrived.” […]
Dropbox lays off 500 employees, 16% of staff, CEO says due to slowing growth and ‘the era of AI’ by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
The flawed logic of rushing out extreme climate solutions
Early last year, entrepreneur Luke Iseman says, he released a pair of sulfur dioxide–filled weather balloons from Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, in the hope that they’d burst miles above Earth. It was a trivial act in itself, involving far less of the gas than a commercial airliner releases. But the launch was imbued with meaning,…