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Capella’s Earth-imaging satellites are deorbiting faster than expected
Capella Space’s synthetic aperture radar satellites are falling back to Earth much sooner than than the three years they were anticipated to operate, according to...
Berkeley Yeast, S2G dish on the future of beer, meat and more at TC Disrupt 2023
In case you missed it, July 2023 was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth. On the bright-ish side, research shows that 69% of Americans...
Hate your commute? Googlers can sleep on campus at a discount
The pandemic disrupted the office in a fundamental way. Remote work turned from a nice perk to a way of life for many. It’s an...
SoftBank sues IRL over ‘elaborate scheme’ that swallowed $150M
SoftBank once invested in social app IRL at a $1.1 billion valuation. Now, the Japanese investment firm is suing the defunct company for fraud, alleging...
Twitch streamer’s PS5 giveaway sparks Union Square ‘riot’
Twitch streamers Kai Cenat and Fanum invited fans to Union Square on Friday for a real-life stream and giveaway. They promised to hand out gift...
Astra lays off 25% of workforce, reallocates engineers, in an effort to fight dwindling cash reserves
Astra has laid off 25% of its workforce since the beginning of the quarter and is reallocating at least 50 engineers and manufacturing staff away...
Pony, investor Toyota partner to ‘mass produce’ robotaxis in China
Autonomous-driving company Pony.ai and Toyota say they’re teaming up with the goal of one day cranking out a bunch of “fully driverless robotaxis.” The two...
Henrik Fisker: No “final conclusion” yet in Foxconn deal
Two years ago, EV startup Fisker seemed to have hooked a giant when it announced a deal with Taiwanese iPhone maker Foxconn to build a...
SEC ends investigation into Better.com, which is bleeding cash ahead of planned SPAC vote
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it does not intend to recommend an enforcement action against digital mortgage lender Better.com. The pronouncement comes...