Agriculture can cut emissions in only so many ways. That’s why there’s growing interest in enhanced rock weathering — the use of minerals to absorb carbon dioxide.
Stripe-backed Eion digs up $12M Series A to help farms capture carbon with green rock dust by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch
Dakotah Rice spent years working in the investment banking industry at firms such as Goldman Sachs, Carlyle and Coatue. One thing that stood out to him was how only a small group of select people and firms could invest in venture capital and private equity funds. The barrier of entry is high, as minimums to […]
Poolit raises millions to turn accredited investors into LPs in VC, private equity funds by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch
AI investments might be down from their highs. But that doesn’t mean companies aren’t increasing their budgets for ‘intelligent’ apps.
Companies — and VCs — continue to invest in AI despite market slowdown by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Instagram is introducing and expanding a number of features to help users keep their accounts secure, the company announced on Thursday. Most notably, the social network is launching a new “hacked” hub where users can report and resolve account access issues. If you’re unable to log into your account, you can enter Instagram.com/hacked on your mobile […]
Instagram launches a new hub to help users resolve account access issues by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
Let this be my personal notice to Twitter developers: the team is gone, the investment has been undone.
Developer platforms are all about trust, and Twitter lost it by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch
U.S. officials say they have seized dozens of domains linked to some of the world’s leading distributed denial-of-service sites for-hire websites. But TechCrunch found that several of the seized sites are still active. In a press release on Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the takedown of 48 domains associated with some of the world’s […]
US claims major DDoS-for-hire takedown, but some ‘seized’ sites still load by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch
PayPal is primarily known as an online payment method. But the company wants to become an easy way to get started with cryptocurrencies. In that regard, ConsenSys, the company behind MetaMask, announced that it would add an integration in its crypto wallet so that users can buy cryptocurrencies using their PayPal account. MetaMask is one […]
PayPal and MetaMask team up to make it easier to buy crypto by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch
After Ross Chanin’s grandfather died, Chanin mourned not only him, but the fact that he’d never gotten a chance to hear more about his grandfather’s life. Over a conversation with a journalist friend, George Quraishi, it became clear to Chanin that Quraishi’s skill set — interviewing and audio editing — could be conducive to capturing […]
Artifact wants to record your family history in podcast-like audio recordings by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch