The SPAC trash ticker is counting down
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week had the whole crew aboard to record: Grace and Chris making us sound good, Danny to provide levity, Natasha.....»»
Floods of nutrients from fertilisers and wastewater trash our rivers. Could offsetting help?
The rivers running through the hearts of Australia's major cities and towns are often carrying heavy loads of nutrients and sediments......»»
(Almost) everyone likes a helpful trash robot
How do New Yorkers react to robots that approach them in public looking for trash? Surprisingly well, actually......»»
SpaceX Starship, world"s biggest rocket, set for first test flight
SpaceX is counting down to the first test flight on Monday of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, designed to send astronauts to the Moon and Mars and beyond......»»
Nikola, once the "Tesla of trucking," sells stock at discount
Nikola, which was one of the first EV companies to go public via the special acquisition company or SPAC process, is selling roughly 90 million shares at a 20 percent discount......»»
Counting male chickens before they hatch means good news for ethical farming
By identifying the gender of chicks in their eggs, technologies could help prevent the killing of millions of the birds every year......»»
Counting heads: How deep learning can simplify tedious agricultural tasks
The selective breeding of grain crops is one of the main reasons why domesticated plants produce such excellent yields. Selecting the best candidates for breeding is, however, a remarkably complex task. On one hand, it requires a skilled breeder with.....»»
Drones and deep learning: Researchers develop a new technique to quantify rice production
Rice, a major food crop, is cultivated on nearly 162 million hectares of land worldwide. One of the most commonly used methods to quantify rice production is rice plant counting. This technique is used to estimate yield, diagnose growth, and assess l.....»»
Deep learning model predicts waste accumulation and determines how often trash should be collected
Artificial intelligence has made a giant leap into our rubbish bins thanks to new technology being deployed at the University of South Australia......»»
Russia claims an “external impact” damaged its Progress spacecraft
Two Russian spacecraft in two months have been struck this way. Supposedly. Enlarge / The European robotic arm is seen investigating Soyuz MS-22 after a leak occurred in mid-December. (credit: NASA TV) Russia's main spac.....»»
Why being declared dead when you’re alive still occurs
Death is a process, not an event, and some steps appear to be reversible. Enlarge / This photo taken on March 30, 2018, shows a Thai teenager trying out a traditional coffin at the Kid Mai Death Awareness Cafe, an exhibition spac.....»»
More lunar missions means more space junk around the Moon—two astronomers are building a catalog to track the trash
Scientists and government agencies have been worried about the space junk surrounding Earth for decades. But humanity's starry ambitions are farther reaching than the space just around Earth. Ever since the 1960s with the launch of the Apollo program.....»»
Cells routinely self-cannibalize to take out their trash, aiding in survival and disease prevention
Don't let the textbook diagram of a simplified two-dimensional cell fool you—within this tiny structure of life is a complex universe of molecular machinery that is continually being built, put into motion and eventually broken down......»»
In Spain, storks" trash diet driven by climate change
The storks float and swoop in formation, circling over a landfill in the foothills of the Sierra de Guadarrama mountains north of Madrid. Then a garbage truck pulls up and disgorges its contents. One by one, they dive to the ground: breakfast is here.....»»
‘OpenCore’ tool that lets users run macOS Ventura on unsupported Macs is now available
Earlier this year, a group of developers created a tool that lets users install macOS Ventura on unsupported Macs, such as the “trash can” Mac Pro. While this tool was previously a beta software, the official release of OpenCore 6.0 is now avail.....»»
Where do your online shopping returns end up? In the trash, new research finds
For e-commerce companies, it is cheaper to throw away returned items rather than selling them again. In a new study, researchers at Lund University in Sweden interviewed members of the textile and electronics industries, hoping to better understand a.....»»
Amid economic downturn, space investment plummeted in 2022
One reason is that investors may have been wary after the space SPAC crash. Enlarge / Sir Richard Branson took to the sky in the summer of 2021. But since then, with no additional spaceflights, Virgin Galactic's stock has taken a.....»»
Mill is a $33/mo trash bin by a Nest cofounder that reduces food waste
After leaving Apple, Matt Rogers founded Nest with Tony Fadell and stayed at Google for several years following the acquisition. Mill is a new company from Rogers that offers a “kitchen bin” with a monthly subscription that can “de-stink your.....»»
Mill is a $33/mo trash bin by a Nest co-founder that reduces food waste
After leaving Apple, Matt Rogers founded Nest with Tony Fadell and stayed at Google for several years following the acquisition. Mill is a new company from Rogers that offers a “kitchen bin” with a monthly subscription that can “de-stink your.....»»
Bin, app, and subscription combo pledges a cleaner kitchen, environment
Food waste is a big problem in the US. Is a Wi-Fi-equipped trash can a solution? Enlarge / Thanks to its wireless connection, the Mill can alert you when it needs emptying. (credit: Mill) A new subscription-based service.....»»
A better photon detector to advance quantum technology
A team of researchers has developed an on-chip photon-counting device that could significantly advance numerous applications of quantum technology......»»