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.....»»
Astronomers Nervously Counting Down to Christmas Eve Launch of $10B Webb Telescope
"What do astronomers eat for breakfast on the day that their $10 billion telescope launches into space?" asks the New York Times. "Their fingernails." The worst-case scenario is "You work for years and it all goes up in a puff of smoke," they're to.....»»
LiveWire, Harley-Davidson"s electric motorcycle division, expected to become publicly-traded company in 2022
Harley-Davidson is expected to spin off its electric motorcycle division and turn it into a public-traded company through a SPAC deal in the first half of 2022......»»
BigBear.ai Announces Completion of Business Combination With GigCapital4
Combined Company’s Modular Suite of Solutions Operationalizes AI and ML at Scale, Delivering Superior Decision Support for Defense, Intelligence and Commercial Sectors BigBear.ai Expected to Begin Trading on NYSE Under Ticker Symbols “BBAI” and.....»»
Southeast Asia roundup: Grab goes public in US
Thailand's Bitkub Online is exploring neighboring markets while Singapore's Grab went public in the US stock market as the biggest SPAC deal ever......»»
GigCapital4 and BigBear.ai Announce Shareholder Approval of Business Combination
Expected Closing Date of December 7, 2021 Combined Company Expected to Begin Trading on NYSE Under Ticker Symbols “BBAI” and “BBAI.WS,” Respectively, on December 8, 2021 PALO ALTO, Calif. & COLUMBIA, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$GIG–.....»»
Opinion: Composting should be mandatory in New York City
In Japan, all residents are responsible for sorting their trash into several waste streams. They are required to label clear garbage bags with their name and address, so the contents can be easily identified. If anything is sorted incorrectly, they w.....»»
Ocean plastic is creating new communities of life on the high seas
Coastal plants and animals have found a new way to survive in the open ocean—by colonizing plastic pollution. A new commentary published Dec. 2 in Nature Communications reports coastal species growing on trash hundreds of miles out to sea in the No.....»»
Your holiday trash could be contributing to environmental injustice
The past few weeks have been hectic. Almost every week we had a party at home. Usually, Diwali celebrations continue for a month. Families invite other families for lavish meals, show off their beautiful saris, and kids go to sleep very late—I mean.....»»
Researchers identify broccoli genes that affect freshness
As soon as a head of broccoli is harvested, an internal freshness clock starts counting down. Eventually, that crisp, green broccoli crown wilts and yellows......»»
The US Space Force Wants to Clean Up Junk in Orbit
Debris from a Russian anti-satellite weapons test adds new urgency to international and government efforts to get rid of high-flying trash......»»
Asia Venturing V: Global capital market flat? New trends emerging in Asia
Is the global capital market getting flat? Are late-stage investors chasing early-stage startups a new trend or a fad? Is Rivian SPAC reasonably valued? Experts discussed these questions at the fifth round of Asia Venturing, a monthly event co-powere.....»»
Latest Apple Arcade games for iPhone, Mac, Apple TV [New: Galaga Wars]
Apple Arcade launched with close to 100 titles and the service is seeing new games added regularly with over 200 games now in the library. Follow along with our guide on the latest from Apple’s gaming service. New for 11/12: The classic spac.....»»
Skyrim had a ‘trash planet’ while it was in development
An accidental trash planet caused Skyrim's frame rate to tank while it was loaded in......»»
Improve recycling compliance by using this technique in public service announcements
A specific messaging strategy used in a public service announcement (PSA) video can effectively encourage New Yorkers who struggle with recycling compliance to properly separate their trash from recycling, according to the results of a University at.....»»
Keep your beer cool and on tap with the best kegerators
Kegerators are a fantastic way to serve beer and save the planet. Because you can buy the beer in gallons, you don't need trash cans worth of cans and bottles every time you have a party. They can also look really cool if you are making your at-home.....»»
How accurate is Fitbit"s calorie counting?
Most fitness trackers keep a fair number of the same stats: things like steps taken, distance traveled, and, of course, calories burned. But how accurate is the calorie counter on a Fitbit?The quick answer: Definitely not 100 percent accurate. The sl.....»»
Counting CO2 is Hard and Expensive, But Tech Firms Think They Have a Solution
An anonymous reader shares a report: After spending nearly half a year, every year, gathering and calculating carbon emissions data on spread sheets, Salesforce.com's climate team was fed up. So in 2017 they built an app to crunch the numbers -- and.....»»
Photon-counting distributed free-space spectroscopy
Remote sensing of atmospheric gas plays an important role in the fields of greenhouse gas monitoring, toxic, harmful, flammable, explosive gasses, and biochemical weapons early warning. With the advent of quantum mechanics and lasers, precise spectra.....»»
Trump to launch social media platform to compete with Twitter and Facebook
Former US president to go public with TRUTH Social via merger with SPAC. Enlarge (credit: Chris Delmas | Getty Images) Donald Trump is launching a social media platform called TRUTH Social, which will go public via a merger wi.....»»
Squid Game app downloaded thousands of times was really Joker malware in disguise
There is no official Squid Games app—not counting Netflix, of course—yet ESET’s Android malware researcher Lukas Stefanko tweeted that there are over 200 applications related to the series listed on the Play Store, and at least one of them was.....»»