Top 3 REITs Fueling Market Gains

April 4, 2024
Population growth and urbanization trends are fueling the need for retail properties. Moreover, the central bank’s anticipated interest rate cuts this year could amplify growth opportunities for REITs. To that…

DataStax acquires the startup behind low-code AI builder Langflow

April 4, 2024

DataStax made a name for itself by commercializing the open source Apache Cassandra NoSQL database, but these days, the company’s focus is squarely on using its database chops to build a “one-stop GenAI stack.” One of the first building blocks for this was to bring vector search capabilities to its hosted Astra DB service last […]

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Jobs for the Future’s new $50M fund looks to invest in underrepresented founders

April 4, 2024

Two years ago, Jobs for the Future (JFF), a non-profit dedicated to helping low-wage workers attain upward mobility, established a venture arm, JFFVentures, to back innovative employment tech. In a move implying that the launch went well, JFFVentures today unveiled its second fund, JFFVentures Fund II, with a target of $50 million. $15 million has […]

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The Download: Harvard’s geoengineering failure, and extending nuclear plants’ lifetimes

April 4, 2024
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. The hard lessons of Harvard’s failed geoengineering experiment In March 2017, at a small summit in Washington, DC, two Harvard professors, David Keith and Frank Keutsch, laid out plans to conduct what would…

Retro, an actually good photo-sharing app for BFFs, launches collaborative journals

April 4, 2024

As big social apps are optimizing for maximum engagement using algorithmic feeds and personalized content recommendations, Retro wants to go in the opposite direction: The company is launching a new feature called journals. It’s a flexible way to share photos with your favorite people and create visual records of whatever matters in your life. So […]

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