This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Big Tech’s big bet on a controversial carbon removal tactic Microsoft, JP MorganChase, and a tech company consortium that includes Alphabet, Meta, Shopify, and Stripe have all recently struck multimillion-dollar deals to pay…
The sodium-ion battery startup went from announcing a $1.4 billion factory to filing for liquidation in just over a year. Natron’s troubled journey illustrates the challenges in making batteries in the U.S.