SiTration uses silicon wafers to reclaim critical minerals from mining waste
The startup is hoping its durable filters can make metals refining and battery recycling more efficient, too.
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Why the Moltbook frenzy was like Pokémon
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Lots of influential people in tech last week were describing Moltbook, an online hangout populated by AI agents interacting with one another, as a glimpse into the future. It appeared to show…
Dive goes cloud-native for its computational fluid dynamics simulation service
Spun out of Bosch, Dive wants to change how manufacturers use computer simulations by both using modern mathematical approaches and cloud computing.
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Insurance provider Understory gets into renewable energy following $15M Series A
After growing 500% year-over-year in the past year, Understory is now launching a product focused on the renewable energy sector.
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The Download: more energy-efficient AI, and the problem with QWERTY keyboards
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. How a simple circuit could offer an alternative to energy-intensive GPUs On a table in his lab at the University of Pennsylvania, physicist Sam Dillavou has connected an array of breadboards via a…
Alphabet’s new CFO is Eli Lilly’s Anat Ashkenazi
Alphabet has announced who its new chief financial officer (CFO) will be, revealing today that it has hired pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Company’s CFO Anat Ashkenazi. Ashkenazi will start her new role at Google’s parent company on July 31, 2024, according to an SEC filing today, after 23 years at Eli Lilly where she […]
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With $21.8M in funding, Tobiko aims to build a modern data platform
Tobiko aims to reimagine how teams work with data by offering a dbt-compatible data transformation platform.
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Eko Health scores $41M to detect heart disease earlier and more accurately
In 1816, French physician René Laennec invented an instrument that allowed doctors to listen to human hearts and lungs. That device — a stethoscope — eventually evolved from a simple wooden tube to a lightweight two-earpiece version most doctors today wear on their necks. Eko Health, a startup founded in 2013, is bringing this ubiquitous […]
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DARPA and Slingshot build system to detect ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’ adversary satellites
The number of satellites on low Earth orbit is poised to explode over the coming years as more mega-constellations come online, and it will create new opportunities for bad actors to hide weapons or spy satellites amongst their fleet. That’s according to DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which tasked space startup Slingshot Aerospace […]
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How QWERTY keyboards show the English dominance of tech
This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. Have you ever thought about the miraculous fact that despite the myriad differences between languages, virtually everyone uses the same QWERTY keyboards? Many languages have more or fewer than 26 letters in…
SAP to acquire digital adoption platform WalkMe for $1.5B
Enterprise software giant SAP is acquiring “digital adoption” platform provider WalkMe in an all-cash transaction worth $1.5 billion. WalkMe’s Nasdaq closing price yesterday was $9.64, with SAP’s $14 offer representing a premium of 45%. Founded in 2011, companies use WalkMe’s software to integrate on-screen product walkthroughs into their software, for instance to guide users through […]
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