February 6, 2025

What a return to supersonic flight could mean for climate change

This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. As I’ve admitted in this newsletter before, I love few things more than getting on an airplane. I know, it’s a bold statement from a climate reporter because of all the associated…

Roku lays off 200 US employees, citing economic conditions

November 17, 2022

Roku wrote in a new SEC filing that it plans to cut 200 jobs in the U.S. as it braces for economic headwinds. Thanks to the workforce reduction, the company expects to incur a non-recurring charge of between $28 to $31 million, mainly because of severance payments, employee benefits contributions, other related expenses, and notice […]

Roku lays off 200 US employees, citing economic conditions by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Sources: Palo Alto Networks is buying Cider Security for up to $300M

November 17, 2022

More consolidation is afoot in the world of cyber security. TechCrunch has learned from sources that Palo Alto Networks is going to be announcing the acquisition of Cider Security for $200 million in cash and a further $100 million in shares. The deal has been rumored for weeks, but we understand that investors have now […]

Sources: Palo Alto Networks is buying Cider Security for up to $300M by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

OpsHelm emerges from stealth to automatically correct your security blunders

November 17, 2022

There are so many preventable cybersecurity incidents each year if only you were aware of the problem. It could be the classic exposed Amazon S3 bucket or a firewall vulnerability. These are what many security experts might call rookie mistakes, but which hit companies all the time because of the sheer complexity tracking security along […]

OpsHelm emerges from stealth to automatically correct your security blunders by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Google rolls out new features across Maps, Search and Shopping

November 17, 2022

Google announced today that it’s introducing a slew of new Maps, Search and Shopping features. The company revealed majority of the new features during its Search On event in September and is now starting to roll them out to users. Search Starting today, users will be able to use Search to find their favorite dish […]

Google rolls out new features across Maps, Search and Shopping by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Mozilla looks to its next chapter

November 17, 2022

Mozilla today released its annual “State of Mozilla” report and for the most part, the news here is positive. Mozilla Corporation, the for-profit side of the overall Mozilla organization, generated $585 million from its search partnerships, subscriptions and ad revenue in 2021 — up 25% from the year before. And while Mozilla continues to mostly […]

Mozilla looks to its next chapter by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

Namecoach raises cash to teach users how to correctly pronounce names

November 17, 2022

We’ve all been faced with a name that’s difficult to pronounce. But not everyone considers the consequences of their mispronunciations. In a piece for Fast Company, Madhumita Mallick, the head of inclusion, equity and impact at Carta, recalls how her name became a source of anxiety even when she was a grade-school student. Studies have […]

Namecoach raises cash to teach users how to correctly pronounce names by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Terzo lands $16M to extract key data from contracts

November 17, 2022

Contract governance is the steps taken to make sure agreed-upon terms between a company and its suppliers are met. It’s an essential part of doing business, and the consequences for getting it wrong can be steep. McKinsey estimates that poor contract governance can cost organizations up to 9% of their total revenue, which equates to […]

Terzo lands $16M to extract key data from contracts by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

ReadySpaces, which offers co-warehousing spaces to corporate customers, secures $20M in debt

November 17, 2022

Jon Zimmerman — the co-founder of ReadySpaces, a warehouse storage provider for small businesses — was working in the self-storage market when he had the idea for a product with the flexibility of self-storage but the capabilities of a traditional warehouse, aimed primarily at enterprise customers. His partner, Kevin Petrovic, had a different company that […]

ReadySpaces, which offers co-warehousing spaces to corporate customers, secures $20M in debt by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: cattle’s deadly tick-borne disease, and molten salt batteries

November 17, 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. A new tick-borne disease is killing cattle in the US In the spring of 2021, Cynthia and John Grano, who own a cattle operation in Culpeper County, Virginia, started noticing some of their…