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.....»»
Studying clouds can provide deeper insight into climate change
An international team of scientists conducted CALISHTO, a large-scale air measurement campaign in Greece last fall, with the goal of surveying, counting and characterizing the tiny particles and their impact on cloud formation. The goal is to incorpo.....»»
Developing methods to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from landfills
Most people think about trash for 30 seconds a week—the amount of time it takes them to bring their garbage bin to the curb......»»
Turtles dying from eating trash show plastics scourge in UAE
The hawksbill sea turtle lay belly-up on the metal autopsy table, its shell ashen and stomach taut......»»
Chemists develop radical way to make it easier, more profitable to recycle plastic
The United States generates more plastic trash than any other country—about 46.3 million tons of it—or 287 pounds per person a year, according to a 2020 study......»»
100 Million and Counting: Nintendo Affirms that Switch is Still Mid-cycle
Nintendo's latest financial report to investors, issued as an overview of its fiscal year's third quarter, came with a momentous announcement for the veteran video game and console producer: Switch has joined the 100 million-worldwide-sales club. Fro.....»»
Epic Games vs Apple trial, verdict, and aftermath - all you need to know
After the Court's ruling in the Epic Games vs Apple App Store lawsuit, the legal wrangling shifted to the years-long appeals and an injunction process. Here's all you need to know about the courtroom drama, updated on February 5, 2022.Within the spac.....»»
100 million and counting: Nintendo affirms that Switch is still mid-cycle
Switch OLED sales figures—and Nintendo now has Japan's highest-selling console game. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Nintendo) Nintendo's latest financial report to investors, issued as an overview of its fiscal year's thir.....»»
Wag, a dog-walking startup that once raised $300 million from a single investor, is going public through a SPAC
Wag, a dog-walking startup that once received $300 million from a single investor only to stumble in executing its strategy, is set to go public in a deal valued not much higher than that one investment......»»
Treasure in tree rings: Using untapped tree ring data to calculate carbon sequestration
Having a solid estimate of the amount of carbon that forests can pull from the atmosphere is essential for global accounting of climate change—leaders are counting on forests to pull a good chunk of human-produced carbon back to earth. But in reali.....»»
Facebook loses users for first time ever, market cap drops by $200 billion
Meta's earnings call revealed bad news buried within bad news. Enlarge / A worker picks up trash in front of the new logo in front of Meta's headquarters on October 28, 2021, in Menlo Park, Calif. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images).....»»
SES to build largest li-metal battery factory in Shanghai
Honda has signed a joint development agreement with Boston-based SES Holdings for li-metal batteries, according to Nikkei Asia. SES Holdings is planning to go public on the New York Stock Exchange through a SPAC deal with Ivanhoe Capital, and Honda,.....»»
Investors lose out when investing in "blank-check" SPACs
The more revenue growth a company projects when it announces it will be acquired by a special purchase acquisition company (SPAC), the more investors buy the SPAC's stock—and the less likely those projections are to come true, according to new Univ.....»»
COVID testing firm piled unprocessed swabs in trash bags, billed feds $113M
Many consumers never got results; others got results for tests they never took. Enlarge / A person takes a rapid COVID-19 test. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) Federal and state investigations into a large national chain of COVID-.....»»
Gogoro, Poema announce additional PIPE investment from Hero MotoCorp, Engine No. 1
Gogoro, a developer of battery swapping ecosystems for urban mobility, and Poema Global Holdings, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), have announced its strategic partner, Hero MotoCorp, Engine No. 1 and another investor wil.....»»
FTC has a “plausible claim” that Facebook is an illegal monopoly, judge says
Judge says the FTC has “cleared the bar” with its new filing. Enlarge / A worker picks up trash in front of the new logo in front of Meta's headquarters on October 28, 2021, in Menlo Park, Calif. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Imag.....»»
US snowstorm strands drivers for 20 hours and counting
The snow storm is over but the travel misery is not: drivers on a major highway outside Washington reported Tuesday they have been stuck in their cars in freezing weather for 20 hours or more......»»
Amazing / Strange Things Scientists Calculated in 2021
fahrbot-bot writes: The world is full of beautiful equations, numbers and calculations. From counting beads as toddlers to managing finances as adults, we use math every day. But scientists often go beyond these quotidian forms of counting, to measur.....»»
Edge AI solution provider Gorilla Technology to trade on Nasdaq via SPAC
Gorilla Technology Group, a leading edge analytics AI solution provider headquartered in Taiwan, will become a publicly-traded company on Nasdaq through the merger with Global SPAC Partners, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)......»»
Meta investors are sick of the scandals and want more oversight
Shareholders want greater oversight of “risks to public safety.” Enlarge / A worker picks up trash in front of the new logo in front of Meta's headquarters on October 28, 2021, in Menlo Park, Calif. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty I.....»»
Firm transforms waste as Morocco faces trash "time bomb"
Recycling in Morocco may be in its infancy, but the North African kingdom is making steady progress, helped by a Swiss firm that specialises in processing organic waste......»»