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…

Hear NASA’s science and tech ambitions from Carolyn Mercer at TC Sessions: Space

November 4, 2022

TechCrunch Sessions: Space returns on December 6, and among our distinguished guests is Dr. Carolyn Mercer, chief technologist for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, who will share the agency’s tech and science ambitions and priorities in the Artemis era. Mercer is a NASA veteran and started as a research engineer at Glenn before ascending through the […]

Hear NASA’s science and tech ambitions from Carolyn Mercer at TC Sessions: Space by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

Emerge Career’s pre-release job training lands $3.2M seed and new state contracts

November 4, 2022

Education options during and after incarceration have never been particularly extensive, despite the best intentions of educators. Emerge Career is working on changing that, and its early success in putting formerly incarcerated folks to work is attracting investment from both VCs and government programs. It was only August when Emerge first appeared as it came […]

Emerge Career’s pre-release job training lands $3.2M seed and new state contracts by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter cancels its Chirp conference for developers amid management transition

November 3, 2022

Twitter is canceling its Chirp conference for developers amid management transition, the company said late Thursday. The conference was scheduled to take place in San Francisco on November 16. After Elon Musk took over the company last month, there have been several executive exits and directional changes in the company’s product strategy. So it is […]

Twitter cancels its Chirp conference for developers amid management transition by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Tiger Global-backed SaaS startup Chargebee cuts 10% jobs

November 3, 2022

Chargebee, backed by marquee investors including Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital India, has laid off about 10% of its staff in a “reorganization” effort due to ongoing global macroeconomic challenges and growing operational debt. The Chennai and San Francisco-headquartered startup, which offers billing, subscription, revenue and compliance management solutions, confirmed to TechCrunch that the update […]

Tiger Global-backed SaaS startup Chargebee cuts 10% jobs by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Sacca’s Lowercarbon doubles down on startup bringing solar modules to Indian rooftops

November 3, 2022

Chris Sacca’s Lowercarbon is doubling down on a startup that is racing to bring solar modules to rooftops in India. SolarSquare said on Thursday it has raised $13 million in a Series A funding round led by Lowercarbon and Elevation Capital, just months after securing its seed financing. Existing backers Good Capital, Rainmatter, Better Capital […]

Sacca’s Lowercarbon doubles down on startup bringing solar modules to Indian rooftops by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Better developer platforms are the key to better digital products

November 3, 2022
The move to thinking about “products” instead of “projects” should be welcomed when it comes to developer tooling. At a time when hiring and retaining talent—technical or otherwise—is one of the biggest concerns for organizations, paying attention to the needs of internal customers can only be a good thing. However, for all the benefits of…

A new age of disaster recovery planning for SMEs

November 3, 2022
Today’s cyberthreat landscape has become increasingly complex. Gone are the days when devastation to enterprises’ data and IT systems was caused solely by force majeure events and physical terrorist attacks. Rising geopolitical tensions, fast-tracked digital transformation, and remote and hybrid working styles driven by the pandemic have made both public and private organizations across the…