December 29, 2025

Bangladesh’s garment-making industry is getting greener

Pollution from textile production—dyes, chemicals, and heavy metals like lead and cadmium—is common in the waters of the Buriganga River as it runs through Dhaka, Bangladesh. It’s among many harms posed by a garment sector that was once synonymous with tragedy: In 2013, the eight-story Rana Plaza factory building collapsed, killing 1,134 people and injuring…

Indonesian aquaculture startup eFishery nets $200M at unicorn valuation

July 7, 2023

After reports that it is raising new funding, Indonesian aquaculture startup eFishery announced today that it has netted $200 million in a Series D. The company, which makes a smart feeding system for fisheries, says this makes it the first startup in the global aquaculture industry to pass a $1 billion valuation. It’s goal is […]

Indonesian aquaculture startup eFishery nets $200M at unicorn valuation by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch

Covid hasn’t entirely gone away—here’s where we stand

July 7, 2023
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles like this first, sign up here. We’re well into summer here in the Northern Hemisphere. For a parent of two young children, that means ice creams, water fountains, picnics, and—inevitably—coughs and…

Threads doesn’t deserve my FOMO, but here we are

July 7, 2023

Be still, my heart. No matter how much FOMO you feel, do not burden me with another social network. Yet, resisting the latest fad app is proving tougher than I thought. Meta (a.k.a. Facebook) is being uncharacteristically smooth in its launch strategy for Threads, the millionth Twitter clone and current number-one app in Apple’s app […]

Threads doesn’t deserve my FOMO, but here we are by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch

EU’s competition unit takes a deeper look at Amazon’s iRobot acquisition

July 7, 2023

Amazon’s planned acquisition of iRobot is now under in-depth antitrust scrutiny in the European Union. The $1.7BN deal for the ecommerce behemoth to pick up the robot vacuum maker, announced just under a year ago, was cleared by competition regulators in the UK last month. But EU regulators are now stepping in for their own […]

EU’s competition unit takes a deeper look at Amazon’s iRobot acquisition by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Robotaxi haters in San Francisco are disabling the AVs with traffic cones

July 7, 2023

A decentralized group of safe streets activists in San Francisco realized they can disable Cruise and Waymo robotaxis by placing a traffic cone on a vehicle’s hood, and they’re encouraging others to do it, too. The “Week of Cone,” as the group is calling the now-viral prank on Twitter and TikTok, is a form of […]

Robotaxi haters in San Francisco are disabling the AVs with traffic cones by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Tesla to provide more info on its driver alert system amid Autopilot probe

July 7, 2023

U.S. regulators have requested more information from Tesla to assist in their ongoing investigation into 830,000 Tesla vehicles that include Autopilot, the automaker’s advanced driver assistance system. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) sent Tesla a letter on July 3 seeking updated responses to questions it had asked in August 2022. Those were specifically […]

Tesla to provide more info on its driver alert system amid Autopilot probe by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

EV truck maker Nikola fails again to secure enough shareholder support to issue more shares

July 6, 2023

Nikola failed for the second time since June to get enough shareholders to vote on a proposal that would allow the EV truck maker to issue more shares in a bid to raise more capital. The company said Thursday it adjourned its annual meeting of shareholders until August 3 when it will try once more […]

EV truck maker Nikola fails again to secure enough shareholder support to issue more shares by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch