Elephant in the dining room: Startup makes mammoth meatball
Throw another mammoth on the barbie? An Australian company on Tuesday lifted the glass cloche on a meatball made of lab-grown cultured meat using the genetic sequence from the long-extinct pachyderm, saying it was meant to fire up public debate about.....»»
$460, 5,471-piece Lego Barad-dûr set comes for LOTR fans’ wallets in June
Fiery eye actually lights up, and multiple towers can be stacked. Lego Barad-dúr silently surveils a living room. [credit:.....»»
TCL’s 2024 Dolby Atmos soundbars have room calibration and start at $180
TCL's 2024 soundbars are priced to compete with Vizio's, and they have a number of special features that TCL TV owners will want to check out......»»
Struggling Our Next Energy taps consultant to help battery maker raise funds
Electric vehicle battery startup Our Next Energy Inc. hired a Chicago-based financial consultant specializing in distressed businesses in its quest to rebound from a failed Series C fundraising round. The suburban Detroit battery manufacturer rece.....»»
Iceland"s "Mammoth" raises potential for carbon capture
With Mammoth's 72 industrial fans, Swiss start-up Climeworks intends to suck 36,000 tonnes of CO2 from the air annually to bury underground, vying to prove the technology has a place in the fight against global warming......»»
Matter 1.3 pushes the standard into your kitchen, laundry room, and garage
Matter's latest update adds support for more appliances and features like the ability to finally set Scenes......»»
When choosing co-founders, entrepreneurs have a gender gap
One of the most important decisions an entrepreneur can make when launching a business is choosing the right co-founder. Should compatible personalities guide the choice? Or should the priority be someone who brings resources to the startup? How do e.....»»
Milking venom from Australia"s deadly marine animals
Imagine feeling like an elephant is sitting on your chest, you can't breathe, there's a sense of impending doom and the pain is so intense you want to die......»»
Blockbuster "Baldur"s Gate 3" adventure game not coming to iPad
A rumor was floating around that mammoth Dungeons and Dragons adventure game "Baldur's Gate 3" was coming to the iPad — but that has since been squashed by the publisher.Baldur's Gate 3 promo artworkApple is doing what it can in hardware to attract.....»»
Forgepoint Capital boosts Nudge Security’s seed round
Nudge Security announced new funding from Forgepoint Capital, which joins Ballistic Ventures in bringing the fast-growing startup’s seed funding to $16.5 million. Forgepoint Co-Founder and Managing Director Alberto Yépez will join the Nudge Securi.....»»
Fisker files for reorganization in Austria after production idled; Magna cutting 500 jobs
Fisker said the move gives it 'breathing room to protect its business while it conducts a value-maximizing strategic transaction or other sale of assets.'.....»»
Hyundai-backed self-driving startup Motional delays plans, cuts employees
Motional, the joint venture between Hyundai and Aptiv, said Tuesday it would delay its driverless commercialization plans and it had laid off employees......»»
Little-known self-driving startup raises $1 billion from Nvidia, Microsoft, SoftBank
Wayve is a UK startup with an AI-focused approach to solving autonomy for cars. It's akin to a vehicular version of ChatGPT......»»
Animal behavior research better at keeping observer bias from sneaking in—but there"s still room to improve
Animal behavior research relies on careful observation of animals. Researchers might spend months in a jungle habitat watching tropical birds mate and raise their young. They might track the rates of physical contact in cattle herds of different dens.....»»
5 underrated movies on Netflix you need to watch in May 2024
Our picks for five underrated movies to watch on Netflix in May include a heist thriller from an Oscar-winning auteur and a charming comedy about The Room......»»
Lucid to report Q1 earnings amid cash burn, waning EV growth
The startup produced 1,728 Air sedans in the first quarter, running behind its 2024 forecast of 9,000 vehicles. Lucid plans to launch a second model, the Gravity crossover, this year......»»
Rocket Report: Astroscale chases down dead rocket; Ariane 6 on the pad
Rocket Factory Augsburg, a German launch startup, nears a test-firing of its booster. Enlarge / This image captured by Astroscale's ADRAS-J satellite shows the discarded upper stage from a Japanese H-IIA rocket. (credit: Astrosca.....»»
Study unveils 3D printing PQD-polymer architectures at room temperature
A technology enabling the fabrication of intricate three-dimensional (3D) quantum dot (QD)-based structures at room temperature has been developed......»»
Why you can taste more ethanol in a cold pint of beer or warm glass of baijiu
We all have our own preferred drinking temperatures for different alcoholic beverages, with people commonly enjoying beer or white wine chilled, red wine near room temperature, or baijiu (Chinese whisky) or sake warmed......»»
Activity in a room stirs up nanoparticles left over from consumer sprays, study shows
Common household products containing nanoparticles—grains of engineered material so miniscule they are invisible to the eye—could be contributing to a new form of indoor air pollution, according to a Rutgers University study......»»
Invasive termites dining in our homes will soon be a reality in most cities, says research
With climate change continuing its relentless march, the world faces not only rising temperatures and extreme weather but also an insidious threat to our homes: invasive termites. And the bill could be steep; invasive termites currently cost over US.....»»