July 22, 2025

This startup wants to use beams of energy to drill geothermal wells

A beam of energy hit the slab of rock, which quickly began to glow. Pieces cracked off, sparks ricocheted, and dust whirled around under a blast of air.  From inside a modified trailer, I peeked through the window as a millimeter-wave drilling rig attached to an unassuming box truck melted a hole into a piece…

MegaCortex ransomware victims can now recover stolen files for free

January 6, 2023

Victims of the MegaCortex ransomware can now recover their encrypted files for free, thanks to the release of a new file decryptor. The free decryptor was built by cybersecurity firm Bitdefender and the EU’s No More Ransom initiative in cooperation with the Zürich Cantonal Police, the Zürich Public Prosecutor’s Office and Europol, which in September […]

MegaCortex ransomware victims can now recover stolen files for free by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Doorstead closes on $21.5M to make sure you always have a tenant for your rental property

January 6, 2023

Doorstead, a property management startup which offers “guaranteed” rental payments to homeowners, has raised $21.5 million in a Series B round of funding. Ryan Waliany and Jennifer Bronzo started Doorstead in 2019, initially testing out its model for setting prices for rental properties on Craigslist. Over time, the company built out a pricing model through […]

Doorstead closes on $21.5M to make sure you always have a tenant for your rental property by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: what’s next for quantum computing, and hacking circadian clocks

January 6, 2023
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. What’s next for quantum computing For years, quantum’s news cycle was dominated by headlines about record-setting systems. But this year, researchers are getting off the hype train and knuckling down to life in…

Healthifying NFTs

January 6, 2023
Despite the dire condition of India’s healthcare sector, India is making huge strides in innovating the future of health in the nation

How drugs that hack our circadian clocks might one day improve our health

January 6, 2023
This article is from The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, sign up here. We’ve got more than one biological clock. Beyond the one that marches onwards as we age, the circadian clock that sits in our brains keeps our bodies in rhythm. This clock helps…

What’s next for quantum computing

January 6, 2023
In 2023, progress in quantum computing will be defined less by big hardware announcements than by researchers consolidating years of hard work, getting chips to talk to one another, and shifting away from trying to make do with noise as the field gets ever more international in scope. For years, quantum computing’s news cycle was…

Indian fintech KreditBee nears $700 million valuation in new funding

January 6, 2023

Indian fintech KreditBee has raised an additional $100 million in a funding round, it said, as the lender looks to scale its business in the South Asian market. The new cash infusion is part of the larger Series D funding, which KreditBee said has now closed at $200 million. The new funding, led by Advent […]

Indian fintech KreditBee nears $700 million valuation in new funding by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Samsung’s quarterly profit hits 8-year low amid weak demand for memory chips, smartphones

January 6, 2023

Samsung Electronics’ operating profit plummeted 69% to $3.4 billion in the quarter that ended in December to an eight-year low, according to its preliminary estimates, as the global demand for memory chips and smartphones wanes due to high inflation and slowing economy. “Amid continued external uncertainties, including a potential global economic downturn, overall earnings decreased […]

Samsung’s quarterly profit hits 8-year low amid weak demand for memory chips, smartphones by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch