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Aether wants to shift you from blood diamonds to gems pulled from thin air

March 13, 2023

Diamonds: carbon, transparent, expensive, symbolic of love and commitment — and many of them come dripping with human rights abuses. They also come with a heavy environmental burden, even the lab-grown ones. So what if diamonds could be done differently, with proper traceability and sustainability? That’s exactly where Aether, a diamond-growing company based in New […]

Aether wants to shift you from blood diamonds to gems pulled from thin air by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

WordPress.com owner Automattic acquires an ActivityPub plugin so blogs can join the Fediverse

March 13, 2023

WordPress.com sites now have an easier way to integrate with the Fediverse, including Mastodon. Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Tumblr, and other web publishing tools is the new owner of the ActivityPub for WordPress plugin and has also recruited its developer to come work for the company, according to Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg. The newly […]

WordPress.com owner Automattic acquires an ActivityPub plugin so blogs can join the Fediverse by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Rivian in talks with Amazon to remove exclusivity clause of EV van agreement

March 13, 2023

Rivian is in discussions with Amazon to dissolve the exclusivity piece of their commercial EV van deal, the WSJ reported this morning citing unnamed sources. If successful, Rivian would be free to sell its commercial all-electric vans to other customers. The talks are ongoing, according to WSJ’s sources. Amazon confirmed that the exclusivity deal still […]

Rivian in talks with Amazon to remove exclusivity clause of EV van agreement by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch