July 25, 2025

The Download: saving the US climate programs, and America’s AI protections are under threat

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 nonprofits and academia are stepping up to salvage US climate programs Nonprofits are trying to preserve a US effort to modernize greenhouse-gas measurements, amid growing fears that the Trump administration’s dismantling of…

The Download: abandoning carbon offsets, and creating new materials

November 30, 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. The University of California has all but dropped carbon offsets—and thinks you should, too In the fall of 2018, the University of California tasked a team of researchers with identifying projects from which…

3 Energy Gems for Your Portfolio – Buy Them Now

November 30, 2023
The escalating crude oil prices, bolstered by robust global energy demand, could provide an impetus for operators to amplify oil and natural gas production, creating fruitful prospects for the energy…

NomuPay, formed out of Wirecard’s ashes, acquires Total Processing for tooling and customer service

November 30, 2023

NomuPay — the payments startup that was formed out of some of the healthier pieces of the dramatically failed fintech Wirecard — has made an acquisition as it continues on its trajectory of better economies of scale. It has picked up Total Processing, a startup out of Manchester that builds payment processing solutions for functions […]

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Meta reportedly set to launch Threads in the EU next month

November 30, 2023

Since its launch in July, Meta’s text-based social network Threads has gained many features, but a major missing part in the puzzle has been the app’s availability in the EU. The company, however, could launch the platform in the EU next month, according to the Wall Street Journal. The report notes that to comply with […]

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What’s up with Tesla’s Cybertruck? Everything to know about much-hyped electric pickup

November 30, 2023

Tesla is moving forward with the long-awaited launch of its Cybertruck electric pickup. The boxy vehicle is Tesla’s first new model since 2020, when it started delivering the Model Y. Yet, Cybertruck’s initial debut predates that moment; Tesla CEO Elon Musk showed off an early version of the pickup at a memorable 2019 event, when […]

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The University of California has all but dropped carbon offsets—and thinks you should, too

November 30, 2023
In the fall of 2018, the University of California (UC) tasked a team of researchers with identifying tree planting or similar projects from which it could confidently purchase carbon offsets that would reliably cancel out greenhouse gas emissions across its campuses.  The researchers found next to nothing. “We took a look across the whole market…

As Temu shakes up global ecommerce, PDD nears overtaking Alibaba

November 30, 2023

PDD, the firm behind the fast-growing shopping app Temu, is shaking up China’s Big Tech club. On Thursday, news of Alibaba’s market cap sliding under that of PDD made headlines all over the Chinese internet. This development marked a historic shift in China’s e-commerce space, where for years Alibaba had held the crown jewel. Now […]

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It’s official: Evernote will restrict free users to 50 notes

November 30, 2023

Days after Evernote started testing a free plan with access to only one notebook and 50 notes with limited users, the company has now made this its new default free plan. The notetaking app said that this change will be applicable for all new and existing free users starting December 4. In a post on […]

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