Technology

The Logic School wants to teach tech workers activism

January 12, 2023

Product folks and engineers know what they are doing, and by and large, they — and the companies they work for — have a disproportionate amount of power about how the world is shaped. Over a 13-week course called Logic School (delivered free, with support from the Omidyar Network), the school aims to teach tech […]

The Logic School wants to teach tech workers activism by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

From cloud computing to proptech: Digital Ocean co-founders raise $29M for Welcome Homes

January 12, 2023

When Alec Hartman first decided he wanted a house after his first child was born several years ago, he was surprised by the lack of options. “I didn’t like anything I saw, and I wanted a new house and I couldn’t get one,” he recalls. “And like every crazy tech person, you have to ask […]

From cloud computing to proptech: Digital Ocean co-founders raise $29M for Welcome Homes by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: virtual grief meet-ups, and bitcoin mining in Kazakhstan

January 12, 2023
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. Inside the metaverse meetups that let people share on death, grief, and pain Days after learning that her husband, Ted, had only months to live, Claire Matte found herself telling strangers about it…

Why the time is right for a Mercedes-Benz charging network

January 12, 2023

When your Rolex is due for servicing, you’ll probably take the time to take it to a specialty service center. Likewise, you’re not going to trust the repair of the crimson soles of your Louboutins to the corner shoe-shiner. So why, then, should you be forced to use any plebeian charging network for your premium […]

Why the time is right for a Mercedes-Benz charging network by Tim Stevens originally published on TechCrunch

Two climate technologies that matter

January 12, 2023
It’s been an exciting week here at MIT Technology Review, because on Monday we released our 2023 list of the 10 Breakthrough Technologies! This is always one of my favorite times of the year, when we get to take a hard look at technologies that will matter in the upcoming year and beyond. And this…

As it shifts focus from DIY computer kits, Kano spins out its creative software suite as a standalone business

January 12, 2023

Kano Computing (“Kano”), the venture-backed company best known for its DIY computer kits and software for teaching coding and STEM skills to kids, is spinning out its creative software suite and online community platform as an independent business. The move comes as the U.K. company has been shifting its focus away from its build-your-own PC roots […]

As it shifts focus from DIY computer kits, Kano spins out its creative software suite as a standalone business by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Inside the metaverse meetups that let people share on death, grief, and pain

January 12, 2023
Days after learning that her husband, Ted, had only months to live, Claire Matte found herself telling strangers about it in VR. The 62-year-old retiree had bought a virtual-reality headset in 2021 as a social getaway. Ted had late-stage cancer, and the intense responsibility of caring for him had shrunk her daily reality. With the…

Bitcoin mining was booming in Kazakhstan. Then it was gone.

January 12, 2023
To reach Kazakhstan’s largest bitcoin mine, you need to travel deep into the country’s rust belt, to the city of Ekibastuz. In the far northeast of the country, equidistant between the capital city of Astana and the country’s border with Siberia, it’s a drab sprawl of down-at-heel shops and cramped Soviet-era apartment buildings, known locally…