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About two-dozen venture capital firms say they are teaming up to “build a robust movement” in the VC business to combat the climate crisis. The group calls itself the Venture Climate Alliance, or VCA. The coalition counts well-known tech investors, including Kleiner Perkins, Tiger Global and Union Square Ventures as members, and said in a […]

Big-time VCs link arms for climate coalition by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch

Certain non-Tesla vehicles in China can now charge at selected Superchargers, the company said Tuesday. The expanded access will also be available at certain destination charging points, which are wall connectors available in public locations. To start, 10 Supercharging stations across Beijing and Shanghai, as well as 120 destination charge points in 25 provinces and […]

Tesla expands non-Tesla Supercharger access to China by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

In an era where hybrid work is becoming the norm, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon seems to be swimming against the tide. With the recent news of the bank’s request for managing directors to return to the office full-time, it’s clear that Dimon’s crusade to bring employees back in person is not only a sign of weakness but also exposes an inability to adapt to the evolving world of work.

Alphabet reported its latest earnings report today, citing that YouTube raked in $6.69 billion in advertising revenue for the first fiscal quarter of 2023—an approximate 2.6% decline compared to the $6.87 billion during the same period last year. Despite the disappointing number, YouTube managed to slightly beat analysts’ expectations of $6.6 billion. This is the […]

YouTube continues to see ad revenue decline, 2.6% drop YOY by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Owiso Makuku, MArch ’99, MCP ’99, knows what it means to stand out. Opinionated, driven, and half Kenyan, half Jewish, Makuku has long navigated spaces where she’s pegged as different or unconventional—especially once she began working in executive roles traditionally filled by white men. But drawing on her MIT training, she has made a career…

Children who attend preschool at age four are significantly more likely to go to college, according to an empirical study led by MIT economist Parag Pathak. To conduct the study, Pathak and his colleagues followed more than 4,000 students who took part from 1997 to 2003 in a lottery the Boston public school system conducted…