June 25, 2025

The Download: Introducing the Power issue

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. Introducing: the Power issue Energy is power. Those who can produce it, especially lots of it, get to exert authority in all sorts of ways.  The world is increasingly powered by both tangible…

Worldcoin hit with temporary ban in Spain over privacy concerns

March 6, 2024

Spain’s data protection authority has ordered Worldcoin to temporarily stop collecting and processing personal data from the market. It must also stop processing any data it previously collected there. The controversial, Sam Altman-founded eyeball-scanning blockchain crypto project started operations in the market last July, as part of a global rollout. The Spanish authority is using […]

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OpenAI fires back at Musk, and Monzo raises a megaround

March 6, 2024

In today’s episode, we talk about OpenAI bringing receipts to its tussle with Musk, Monzo’s big fundraise, a big startup deal, and new climate regulations.

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Babylon Micro-Farms is bringing vertical farming to K-12 classes

March 6, 2024

In an e-mail exchange, Babylon Micro-Farms CEO Alexander Olesson tells me “we’ll have these in every school and apartment one day.” It’s a nice vision, and really the level of belief/commitment required to run a startup – particularly in a field as oft-fraught at vertical farming. With a price point of $6,500, howver, the STEM […]

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Back to the Office: 6 Best Tips to Hire Employees Locally

March 6, 2024
Returning to the office is a chance for businesses to strengthen ties with the community through strategic hiring. Create a strong workforce that contributes to organizational success and community development with these tips.

k-ID launches a solution that helps game developers comply with ever-changing child safety regulations

March 6, 2024

Making a video game successful is already hard. Doing so while complying with the growing number of child safety laws and regulations around the world is an almost insurmountable task. A new technology company called k-ID aims to make this process much easier for game makers, by offering a framework that protects publishers and developers […]

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Binance made crypto perfume in a baffling attempt to woo women

March 6, 2024

What does crypto smell like? Ozone, salt and moss, according to Binance’s new fragrance, “CRYPTO.” Binance is the largest crypto exchange in the world by volume, but the company is facing serious challenges. The company and its co-founder, Changpeng Zhao, pled guilty to money laundering charges and agreed to pay $4.3 billion in fines to […]

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This Korean startup wants to take on Carta in cap table management

March 6, 2024

A South Korean startup called QuotaLab is on a quest to follow in the footsteps of Carta, the cap table management company that’s used by a host of startups and investors in the U.S. Carta started life as “eShares” in 2012 as a cap table management service that startups could use to issue equity to […]

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