In the Netherlands, central heating boilers will be banned by 2026 and its government has incentivized the installation of heat pumps. Meanwhile, the U.K. government estimates that heating buildings accounts for 25% of the U.K.’s greenhouse gas emissions. It passed the Energy Security Bill, and is aiming to install 600,000 heat pumps a year by […]
HeatTransformers turns up the dial on heat pumps with new funding by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
Earned’s “proprietary wealth engine” combines a physician’s career journey with predictive technology to create data-driven financial recommendations.
Forme Financial launches out of beta as Earned to help physicians manage wealth by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
Lyft is re-launching a feature that will allow riders to request an electric or hybrid vehicle for their next pickup. The service, Lyft Green, will initially only be available to business travelers in select cities when it begins April 17. Lyft had originally launched Lyft Green in 2019 in Seattle, with plans to scale across […]
Lyft re-launches EV service, starting with business travelers by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Cows are a significant source of methane emissions, primarily due to their unique digestive system. Milk and beef cows are ruminants, which means they have a specialized stomach chamber (called the rumen), which houses billions of microbes that facilitate the breakdown of fibrous plant material. The process is called “enteric fermentation,” and as these microbes […]
Alga Biosciences wants to help climate change, one bovine burp at a time by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
As tensions between the United States and China continue to escalate, a new startup has emerged from stealth with millions raised and a plan to send intelligence-gathering pursuit satellites to orbit this year. Colorado-based True Anomaly was founded last year by a trio of ex-Space Force members. The company’s set out to supply the Pentagon […]
True Anomaly wants to train space warfighters with spy satellites by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch
Aqua Cultured Foods is using proprietary mycoprotein (fungi) fermentation processes to create whole cuts of calamari, shrimp, scallops and filets of tuna and whitefish.
Alternative seafood startup Aqua Cultured Foods reels in $5.5M by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
Elon Musk’s Twitter could be on the hook for a pipeline of multi-million dollar penalties for failing to take down illegal hate speech in Germany. Fines could even stack up to billions if the federal government acts on the scores of cases of content moderation inaction that have already been reported to it and German […]
Twitter could be facing slew of fines in Germany over illegal hate speech by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch