What happens when you donate your body to science

October 12, 2022
Rebecca George doesn’t mind the vultures. They remind her of toddlers as they rustle their feathers in annoyance when she opens the gate of the Western Carolina University body farm early one July morning. Her arrival has interrupted their breakfast. George studies human decomposition, and part of decomposing is becoming food. Scavengers are welcome.  The…

FlapKap provides revenue-based financing to e-commerce brands in MENA, gets $3.6M seed funding

October 12, 2022

Recent research suggests that the e-commerce market in Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt account for a combined $21.4 billion and is projected to grow by more than 50% to $33.3 billion in the next three years. And as MENA shoppers increase their commerce spending, it is increasingly becoming imperative for online stores to position themselves […]

FlapKap provides revenue-based financing to e-commerce brands in MENA, gets $3.6M seed funding by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch

Investing platform raises $10M to offer climate investing from a different angle to ESG ratings

October 12, 2022

Net Purpose, a platform for sustainable investors, has raised £10 million in a Series A round led by ETF Partners, funding which will be used to expand its product and team, says the company. The company is benefitting from a shit to investing in sustainable products. According to the UN Principles for Responsible  Investment, $120 […]

Investing platform raises $10M to offer climate investing from a different angle to ESG ratings by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

Carbon accounting platform acquired by Sage as ClimateTech heats up

October 12, 2022

Spherics, a UK-based carbon accounting platform for SMEs to understand and reduce their environmental impact, has been acquired by accounting giant Sage. Terms of the deal were not disclosed but it’s understood Spherics had raised £1.25m in equity financing from angel investors and £300,000 in grants. Spherics was a smaller startup playing in a similar […]

Carbon accounting platform acquired by Sage as ClimateTech heats up by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

Uber scales back in Pakistan

October 12, 2022

Uber is scaling back its operations in Pakistan, the latest in a series of efforts from the ride-hailing firm as it looks to improve its financial performance. The company says its marquee app is ceasing operations in five of the six cities where Uber had launched and expanded to over the years. The eponymous service […]

Uber scales back in Pakistan by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Apple and Google to soon release 5G support software updates in India

October 12, 2022

Apple and Google said Wednesday they will roll out software updates to enable 5G support on their respective handsets in India, the world’s second-largest wireless market, just days after local bureaucrats began pushing the phonemakers to expedite their efforts. Reliance Jio and Airtel, India’s two largest carriers, have started to offer 5G services in select […]

Apple and Google to soon release 5G support software updates in India by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Meta is desperately trying to make the metaverse happen

October 11, 2022
The star of Tuesday’s Meta Connect, the so-called “state of the union” for the company formerly known as Facebook, was Meta Quest Pro. Meta’s newest virtual-reality headset clocks in at a whopping $1,499.99. That’s a significant price jump from its previous iteration, Meta Quest 2, which could be yours for $399.99—not exactly cheap, but still…