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A SCiFi Foods’ analysis showed that 1 kilogram of its SCiFi burger had a lesser environmental impact than a traditional beef patty.

Cultivated beef companies tout sustainability. Will it lead to marketability? by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

With nearly a third of the global music-streaming market share, Spotify needs little in the way of introduction. Some 456 million people consume music, podcasts and audiobooks through Spotify each month, 42% of which pay a monthly fee while the rest are subjected to advertisements. Indeed, ads and subscriptions have been the cornerstone of Spotify’s […]

Spotify’s grand plan to monetize its open source Backstage project via premium plugins by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

The goal is to help restaurants increase sales by offering upsells, reduce wait times, improve order accuracy and just delight customers.

Presto can now make Santa, celebrities, ‘appear’ in your drive-thru by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

Seeking to bring greater security to AI systems, Protect AI today raised $13.5 million in a seed-funding round co-led by Acrew Capital and Boldstart Ventures with participation from Knollwood Capital, Pelion Ventures and Aviso Ventures. Ian Swanson, the co-founder and CEO, said that the capital will be put toward product development and customer outreach as […]

Protect AI lands a $13.5M investment to harden AI projects from attack by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Zipline got its start six years ago using its autonomous electric drones to deliver blood in Rwanda. Now, the logistics and drone delivery startup is expanding its Rwandan government partnership with a lofty aim: complete nearly 2 million instant deliveries and fly more than 200 million autonomous kilometers in the country by 2029. The government […]

Zipline is now the national drone service provider for Rwanda by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

Microsoft will begin a phased rollout of an expanded data localization offering in the European Union on January 1, it said today. The EU Data Boundary for the Microsoft Cloud, as it’s branding the provision for local storage and processing of cloud services’ customer data, is intended to respond to a regional rise in demand […]

Microsoft to start multi-year rollout of EU data localization offering on January 1 by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch