Inside a battery recycling facility

October 5, 2022
Hello and welcome to the first-ever edition of The Spark! Thanks so much for joining me for this weekly climate newsletter, where we’ll explore tech that could help combat the climate crisis. I’m so glad you’re here! This week, we’re kicking things off with a special travel edition of the newsletter. So buckle up, because…

Space billboards could cost $65M and still turn a profit

October 5, 2022

Space-based advertising has been on the minds of every marketer on the planet since the Apollo era, yet no one has made it happen. A new study suggests that a billboard-like constellation of about 50 satellites, costing $65 million all in, could shine ads to every corner of the Earth for months — and potentially […]

Space billboards could cost $65M and still turn a profit by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

The porcelain challenge didn’t need to be real to get views

October 5, 2022
Despite what you may have heard, the teens are not stealing their family’s fine dinnerware, tossing it in a blender, and snorting the resulting dust for the “porcelain challenge.” That’s just what Sebastian Durfee, a 23-year-old actor and TikTok creator, hoped you might believe when he spread the word on social media of the latest…

Google answers Meta’s video-generating AI with its own, dubbed Imagen Video

October 5, 2022

Not to be outdone by Meta’s Make-A-Video, Google today detailed its work on Imagen Video, an AI system that can generate video clips given a text prompt (e.g., “a teddy bear washing dishes”). While the results aren’t perfect — the looping clips the system generates tend to have artifacts and noise — Google claims that […]

Google answers Meta’s video-generating AI with its own, dubbed Imagen Video by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Grubhub and Gopuff team up for grocery and alcohol delivery

October 5, 2022

Grubhub and Gopuff are partnering to provide fast delivery of grocery items, alcohol and essential items. The new partnership will see the Chicago-based food delivery platform tap into Gopuff’s warehouses to deliver a wider selection of convenience items to its customers, while also opening up a new channel for Gopuff to reach more customers.  The […]

Grubhub and Gopuff team up for grocery and alcohol delivery by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Engage with AT&T, Polygon & more at TechCrunch Disrupt

October 5, 2022

A world-class tech conference like TechCrunch Disrupt — coming to you live and in person in San Francisco on October 18-20 — doesn’t just happen. It’s an all-hands-on-deck situation, and we want to direct your attention to an essential group of deck hands — our partners. Building a startup is no easy task — not […]

Engage with AT&T, Polygon & more at TechCrunch Disrupt by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch

As Iran throttles its internet, activists fight to get online

October 5, 2022

As protesters flooded the streets of Iran in September after the death in custody of Mahsa Amini — a 22-year-old woman who was arrested for not wearing her hijab in accordance with the country’s strict dress code for women — videos and images of the protests spread online inside the country. Previously unheard-of acts, such […]

As Iran throttles its internet, activists fight to get online by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch