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Genies, the Bob Iger-backed avatar tech company, announced Thursday the launch of its Developer Engagement Fund to reward developers that build AR experiences via Genies’ recently announced developer kit. The total fund size is $1 million. Genies will reward certain developers based on the level of traction, such as how many users are participating in […]

Avatar startup Genies launches $1M fund for developers building AR experiences by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

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. Two companies can now sell lab-grown chicken in the US The news: The first cultivated, or lab-grown, meat has been approved for sale in the US. Two companies, Upside Foods and Eat Just,…

This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. Say, theoretically, that a pipe in your bathroom springs a leak. Bad situation, right? The good news is that there are pretty much only two things you need to do: turn the…

French advertising technology giant Criteo has been issued with a revised fine of €40 million ($44 million) over failings to garner users’ consent around targeted advertising. The case in question dates back to 2018 when Privacy International filed a formal complaint with the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL), France’s data privacy watchdog, using […]

Adtech giant Criteo hit with revised €40M fine by French data privacy body over GDPR breaches by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

In Colombia, there’s a national debate about what to do with Pablo Escobar’s feral “cocaine hippos.” To many, the 160 hippos—descendants of four illegally imported African hippopotamuses that escaped from the drug kingpin’s private zoo after his death in 1993—are agents of destruction. Each night, they collectively chomp through half a ton of vegetation, and…

The amount of plastic waste produced globally is on track to triple to over 1,000 million tonnes by 2060. The OECD report predicts that developed countries will continue to produce the most plastic waste per person, although emerging regions like Africa and Asia are expected to experience the fastest growth owing to rapid population growth, and […]

Plastic upcycling startup Kubik closes $3.34M seed to scale production in Ethiopia by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch

There is an estimated 3 million software engineers in Europe, depending on what report you want to believe, but finding the rights engineers for the job in hand isn’t all that straight forward. London or Paris might well have the highest concentration of software engineers, but knowing what locales offer the best access to specific […]

Sequoia debuts Atlas, an interactive guide to the European tech talent landscape by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Supercritical, the carbon removal marketplace aimed (at the moment) mainly at tech companies that want to hit ‘net zero’, has raised a $13 million Series A funding round, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. The round includes funding from RTP Global, Greencode Ventures, MMC Ventures and others. We covered Supercritical’s launch back in August 2021, when it pointed out that the […]

Supercritical, a carbon removal marketplace aimed at tech firms, raises $13M Series A led by Lightspeed by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

Rivian acquired the company behind ABetterRouteplanner, a popular route planning app used by EV drivers, CEO RJ Scaringe confirmed Wednesday. Scaringe didn’t disclose financial terms of the deal to buy Iternio, the Swedish company that developed A Better Routeplanner, otherwise known as ABRP.  The acquisition was first reported earlier this month by Electrek. Reuters confirmed […]

Rivian’s latest acquisition aims to make EV route planning better by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch