December 29, 2025

Bangladesh’s garment-making industry is getting greener

Pollution from textile production—dyes, chemicals, and heavy metals like lead and cadmium—is common in the waters of the Buriganga River as it runs through Dhaka, Bangladesh. It’s among many harms posed by a garment sector that was once synonymous with tragedy: In 2013, the eight-story Rana Plaza factory building collapsed, killing 1,134 people and injuring…

Now anyone can hail a Waymo robotaxi in downtown Phoenix

November 10, 2022

Waymo has opened up its fully driverless ride-hail service in downtown Phoenix to members of the general public. Previously, the company had only been operating a commercial service with no safety driver behind the wheel for participants in its “trusted tester” program. The expansion in Phoenix is yet another sign of Waymo’s accelerated push towards […]

Now anyone can hail a Waymo robotaxi in downtown Phoenix by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Police arrest suspected LockBit operator as the ransomware gang spills new data

November 10, 2022

A Russian national linked to the LockBit ransomware operation has been arrested over his alleged involvement in attacks targeting critical infrastructure and large industrial groups worldwide. The 33-year-old suspect was arrested in Ontario, Canada on October 26 following an investigation led by the French National Gendarmerie with the help of Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre, the […]

Police arrest suspected LockBit operator as the ransomware gang spills new data by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Meet Pineapple, the platform aiming to reshape professional networking for Gen Z

November 10, 2022

Pineapple, an app that’s aiming to reshape professional networking for Gen Z, is officially launching to the public today. The idea behind Pineapple is to give young professionals a way to network with others through a visual story profile that’s kind of like a digital portfolio. For now, the platform is only available on iOS. […]

Meet Pineapple, the platform aiming to reshape professional networking for Gen Z by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

“Self-therapy” startups are blooming in the ‘moderate mental health’ space

November 10, 2022

Mental health problems – and the tech products which aim at them – come in all shapes and sizes. There are ‘mental wellness’ products like Calm and Headspace. On the more severe side of things there is Cerebral, Betterhelp, and, of course, marketplaces for actual, card-carrying therapists. If you have more moderate mental health problems […]

“Self-therapy” startups are blooming in the ‘moderate mental health’ space by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

Contraline erects $7.2M for contraceptive implants for men

November 10, 2022

The cervix industry has had implants to prevent pregnancy since the late 1960s, but there hasn’t exactly been stiff competition to slow down the fallopian swim team at its source. In fact, Contraline claims it is the first major innovation in this space since the vasectomy was performed on a human some 125 years ago. […]

Contraline erects $7.2M for contraceptive implants for men by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch