Radical thinks the time has come for solar-powered, high-altitude autonomous aircraft

April 24, 2024

Though many eyes are on space as orbit develops into a thriving business ecosystem, Radical is keeping things a little closer to the ground — but not too close. Its high-altitude, solar-powered aircraft aim to succeed where Facebook’s infamous Aquila failed by refining the tech and embracing more markets. It’s hard to believe that Facebook’s […]

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Stripe, doubling down on embedded finance, de-couples payments from the rest of its stack

April 24, 2024

Stripe continues to hold the title of being the biggest financial technology business still in private hands, with a current valuation of about $65 billion and a whopping $1 trillion in total processed payment volume last year alone. But fintech is fragmented and a fast-moving target, and with competitors chipping away at its place, Stripe is […]

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A new kind of gene-edited pig kidney was just transplanted into a person

April 24, 2024
A month ago, Richard Slayman became the first living person to receive a kidney transplant from a gene-edited pig. Now, a team of researchers from NYU Langone Health reports that Lisa Pisano, a 54-year-old woman from New Jersey, has become the second. Her new kidney has just a single genetic modification—an approach that researchers hope…

WhatsApp adds global support for passkeys on iOS

April 24, 2024

WhatsApp is introducing support for passkey verification on iOS, removing the need for users to deal with SMS two-factor authentication.

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