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Clean energy: Scrubbing wind turbines with robots nets Aerones $39M

December 27, 2022

Aerones, a robotics startup that scrubs and inspects wind turbines so humans don’t have to, secured $38.9 million in fresh funding this month from dozens of undisclosed investors, TechCrunch has learned. Wind turbines produce clean energy, but their towers tend to leak oil, which can corrode blades, increase wind resistance and pollute the ground below. […]

Clean energy: Scrubbing wind turbines with robots nets Aerones $39M by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch

It’s all in the (lack of) details: 2022’s badly handled data breaches

December 27, 2022

Data breaches can be extremely harmful to organizations of all shapes and sizes – but it’s how these companies react to the incident that can deal their final blow. While we’ve seen some excellent examples of how companies should respond to data breaches over the past year — kudos to Red Cross and Amnesty for […]

It’s all in the (lack of) details: 2022’s badly handled data breaches by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Uber and Amazon blasted for poor working conditions for gig workers in India

December 27, 2022

Research firm Fairwork blasted Ola, Uber, Dunzo, PharmEasy and Amazon Flex in a report Tuesday, saying the firms scored zero in its assessment of whether they created fair conditions for their gig workers. The research project, which collaborated with partners at the University of Oxford, said the aforementioned firms did not provide fair pay, contracts, […]

Uber and Amazon blasted for poor working conditions for gig workers in India by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch