Cruz Foam’s chitin-based packaging brings in $18M as industries scramble to go green

October 28, 2022

The best way to remove plastics from the ecosystem is to make sure they never get there in the first place, and Cruz Foam is well on its way to replacing some of the worst ones out there with its naturally-derived and compostable alternative — and the company just landed an $18M series A to […]

Cruz Foam’s chitin-based packaging brings in $18M as industries scramble to go green by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

NASA’s Psyche mission to a metal-rich asteroid is back on the books for October 2023

October 28, 2022

NASA said Friday that its Psyche mission (named after the asteroid the mission is targeting) has been rescheduled to October next year. The news comes just a few months after the agency announced that it would definitively miss its planned 2022 launch attempt. The delayed schedule is due to late delivery of key components of […]

NASA’s Psyche mission to a metal-rich asteroid is back on the books for October 2023 by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Elon Musk says Twitter will form a content moderation ‘council’ before deciding on Trump

October 28, 2022

Elon Musk has only been in control of Twitter for a short time, but he’s already making big moves. Musk fired a number of key executives on day one, including Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, but in a new tweet he claims he’ll be moving more slowly when it comes to making content moderation decisions. Musk […]

Elon Musk says Twitter will form a content moderation ‘council’ before deciding on Trump by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: the human toll of ethical AI, and lab-grown meat

October 28, 2022
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. Responsible AI has a burnout problem Margaret Mitchell had been working at Google for two years before she realized she needed a break. Only after she spoke with a therapist did she understand…