Month: December 2023
Lightspeed Venture Partners officially moves forward with scaling efforts as other companies make similar moves Connie Loizos @cookie / 20 hours hurdle Series A funding has…
NINDS Research on High Blood Pressure and Cognitive Decline NINDS Research on High Blood Pressure and Cognitive Decline by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke…
The experience has gotten even better for some markets who choose Firefox instead of Chrome, the default browser on Android devices. Mozilla, the maker of Firefox,…
I’ve spent most of the past year discussing generative AI and large-scale language models with robotics experts. It is becoming increasingly clear that this type of…
Understanding Digital Capitalism New research analyzes Silicon Valley texts to understand the impact of today’s digital capitalism. The survey found that solutionism, the belief that technological…
Welcome to Chain Reactions. Get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important crypto articles delivered to your inbox every Thursday at 12pm PT. Subscribe here.…
Are you dreaming of a white Christmas? If so, that dream may have to wait until 2024. Above-average temperatures are expected across much of the United…
Are you passionate about photography but feeling limited by the capabilities of your iPhone’s camera? Finding the perfect photography gifts and equipment can be overwhelming, but…
Shaman, a hairy armadillo cub, cries after being fed custom baby milkRoshan Patel/Smithsonian National Zoo/Conservation Biology Institute Killer whale milk has a blindingly fishy smell. Seal…
peer-to-peer car sharing company Moving filed its first earnings report since going public a year ago Via SPAC combination. The company’s third-quarter earnings report details that…
More venture companies may be opening the champagne corks before the New Year. Several investment companies announced new funds today. Artis VenturesBoxGroup, Playground Global, and Singular…
Credit Karma co-founder and chief revenue officer Nichole Mustard is leaving the company after 16 and a half years, TechCrunch exclusively learned today. A spokesperson for…
Bearded seals have complex nasal bones that help retain internal heat. Ole Jorgen Rioden/naturepl.com Arctic seals have evolved clever adaptations to help them stay warm in…
Top US YouTuber MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) co-founds new analytics platform Viewing statistics, currently available in beta. similar to tools like social blade ViewStats uses the YouTube…
Illustration of NASA’s Cassini spacecraft diving through the plume of Saturn’s moon Enceladus.NASA/JPL-California Institute of Technology The plumes of water vapor spewing from Enceladus’ surface appear…
Choose what’s currently available for Waymo One riders Pick it up or drop it off? via the company’s robotaxis curbside at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.…
DeepMind’s FunSearch AI can tackle mathematical problemsArengo/Getty Images Google DeepMind claims to have made the first ever scientific discovery in an AI chatbot by building a…
Venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz has announced its intention to begin lobbying the U.S. government, but their plan is as tone-deaf and insensitive as this summer’s…
by US Department of Energy December 14, 2023 Scientists used supercomputer simulations to study gravitational waves produced by neutron star mergers and found a correlation between…
The superabsorber becomes a liquid under ultraviolet light after absorbing enough water. It can then be reused. Credit: Ken Pekarsky, KIT Water and UV light effectively…
A few years Earlier, when the pandemic was still in full swing, Raj Kapoor and Josh Felser started investing in climate change technology startups.they called their…
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday that the era of fossil fuels “must end” and that science suggests there is no way to limit global…
Earlier this fall, it was revealed that Spotify was developing a new feature that would allow users of its streaming app to create playlists using AI…
In a groundbreaking study, researchers identified the right inferior frontal gyrus (rIFG) as important in the brain’s inhibitory control circuits. Using dynamic causal modeling and fMRI…
when apex space The company, which came out of stealth last October, had the provocative goal of eliminating “new bottlenecks” plaguing the space industry by building…
increase in perimeter Some people get bigger during the holidays than they were before the holidays. A team from the University of Castilla-La Mancha and the…
playground globalThe renowned early-stage venture capital firm has brought $410 million in capital commitments to Fund III to invest in early-stage deep technology and science companies.…
Fazilde’s trapdoor spider rediscovered in northern PortugalSergio Enriquez/Re:wild The elusive trapped spider has been rediscovered in a small village in Portugal after 92 years of disappearance.…
South Korean internet giant Kakao – Under investigation for multiple antitrust and securities violations – appointed A new CEO is trying to right the ship. Shina…
Hyperplane, a San Francisco-based startup building foundational models to help banks predict customer behavior, today raised $6 million in funding led by former Stripe executive Lachy…
A satellite image of Tropical Storm Jasper taken on December 12, 2023 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite. The first storm of…
Kenyan e-commerce and fintech platform for mass market consumers copia global appointed John Lazarthe former CEO of Microsoft subsidiary Metaswitch, has joined the company’s board of…
This photo from the International Space Station orbiting 462 miles above cloudy Central Asia shows the jagged Moon waning just above Earth’s horizon. Credit: NASA The…
tunnelSouth African parcel delivery platform has secured $1 million in pre-seed funding from investors including Founders Factory Africa, Digital Africa Ventures, E4E Africa and Jozi Angels.…
meta fuel aims to change the landscape of sustainable jet fuel and has just received an $8 million suitcase from local ZRH baggage carousel 3. Ah,…
New research reveals the role of omega-3 fatty acids in the fight against non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) Using innovative analytical techniques, researchers determined that omega-3 targets betacellulin,…
Aye Finance, an Indian startup that provides a digital lending platform for small businesses, continues to help small businesses grow their businesses and increase incomes for…
The F.C.C. Starlink’s $885 million application finally rejected Despite spending public money to expand orbital communications infrastructure that covers parts of rural America, the company said…
The in-vehicle technology used by Ford, GM and others to ensure drivers pay attention to the road has come a long way. However, the National Highway…
DUBAI, UAE – A draft COP28 climate change agreement that does not include a phase-out of fossil fuels has drawn widespread criticism from key stakeholders, highlighting…