October 8, 2025

The Download: carbon removal factories’ funding cuts, and AI toys

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. The Trump administration may cut funding for two major direct-air capture plants The US Department of Energy appears poised to terminate funding for a pair of large carbon-sucking factories that were originally set…

Understanding the S&P 500’s significant surge

March 26, 2024
The S&P 500, a stock market index that measures the stock performance of 500 large companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States, has increased significantly by 25% over…

Synctera is the latest banking-as-a-service startup to lay off staff

March 26, 2024

Banking-as-a-service startup (BaaS) Synctera has conducted a restructuring that has resulted in a staff reduction, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. While Synctera did not share how many employees were impacted, a report in Fintech Business Weekly pegs the number to be about 17 people, or about 15% of the company. Doing the math, that means […]

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