December 22, 2025

Welcome to Kenya’s Great Carbon Valley: a bold new gamble to fight climate change

The earth around Lake Naivasha, a shallow freshwater basin in south-central Kenya, does not seem to want to lie still.  Ash from nearby Mount Longonot, which erupted as recently as the 1860s, remains in the ground. Obsidian caves and jagged stone towers preside over the steam that spurts out of fissures in the soil and…

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8VC raises $880M in new fund that aims “to fix a broken world”

March 2, 2023

Austin-based venture firm 8VC, led by controversial Palantir founder Jon Lonsdale, has raised $880 million in its fifth fund. In a blog post published today, Lonsdale – who serves as 8VC’s general partner – said that his firm’s mission is “to fix a broken world.” While he did not specify which industries the new fund […]

8VC raises $880M in new fund that aims “to fix a broken world” by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

Google’s Sameer Samat on ecosystems, regulation and competition

March 1, 2023

Android was, predictably, everywhere at Mobile World Congress. At a show where Apple has no public-facing presence, Google’s mobile operating system is almost entirely ubiquitous. As in past years, the company also set up a sprawling outdoor booth between halls. This time, the focus was on interoperability and ecosystem. You’d be hard-pressed to find a […]

Google’s Sameer Samat on ecosystems, regulation and competition by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Tweetbot and Twitterific ask customers to decline refunds in rare App Store exception

March 1, 2023

Twitter last month officially banned third-party clients putting a sudden end to popular apps including Tweetbot, Twitterific, and others. Now, in an unusual turn of events, two developers this week have updated their shuttered apps with new functionality: they’re asking their subscribers to decline to receive a refund by clicking a new “I don’t need […]

Tweetbot and Twitterific ask customers to decline refunds in rare App Store exception by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Salesforce strikes back

March 1, 2023

It would be an understatement to say that Salesforce has been having a rough ride of late — from activist pressure to executive departures and layoffs — it seems like everyone was piling onto a company that was already struggling as profits declined. It needed a strong quarter, and all indications were they wouldn’t get […]

Salesforce strikes back by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Link-in-bio platform Koji launches new tool to let creators to sell e-books

March 1, 2023

Koji, the link-in-bio platform that gives creators a digital storefront on social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok, launched a new e-book tool that lets users sell e-books and audiobooks, the company announced yesterday. The new tool is essentially a template that creators can use to sell any e-book or audiobook from within social media […]

Link-in-bio platform Koji launches new tool to let creators to sell e-books by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch