Tesla revamps its megapack in an attempt to turn its declining storage business around
Tesla is updating utility-scale megapack batteries to halt the decline of its lucrative energy storage business. The new battery product known as the Megapack 3, which Tesla revealed late Monday, is a bid to seduce utilities and data center developers who are desperate for power. The Megapack 3 promises a longer lifespan, with approximately 1 […]
The CEO of smart ring maker Oura is tackling the recent backlash, says Future is a “wearable cloud.”
Oura CEO Tom Hale is trying to straighten the records of Smart Ring Maker’s partnership with the Department of Defense (DOD) and Data Miner Palantir, used in defense, intelligence reporting agencies and law enforcement agencies in the US and elsewhere. At the Fortune Brainstorm Tech Conference on Monday, Hale’s interview began with a bang with […]
New emojis include Bigfoot, Orca whales, Treasure Chests and more
The Unicode Consortium will check the next emoji slate and come to your eager thumbs the following year. Yes, in reality, there are nonprofit organizations that create standardized languages across devices from a wide range of hardware manufacturers. So, if you send a flamenco dancer emoji to a friend from your iPhone, you can see […]
Geotherm is too high, but Energy’s incredibly small drill rig might fix it
On a farm near Manchester, New Hampshire, I was recently treated to a spurt of dirty water, not something that most startups would show reporters. But with DIG energy, mud is not a bug in its compact drilling rig, but a feature. The startup, which has been operating stealth for the past five years, has […]
Plex urges users to change their password after a data breach
Streaming Giant Plex is urging customers to change their passwords after revealing a data breach in one of their user databases. In a post Monday, the company said it is aware of security incidents related to theft of PLEX customer account information, including username, email address, scramble password and unspecified authentication data. It is unclear […]
Minute Media, backed by BlackRock, wins Indian AI startups extracting sports highlights
Startup Media, backed by BlackRock and Goldman’s Sachs, which own properties such as Sports Illustrated, The Players’ Tribune, 90 Minutes, announced on Monday that it has acquired an Indian AI startup that allows broadcasters to extract highlights and create content from sports footage. Videoverse’s clients include the Indian Premier League and Women’s Premier League (Cricket) […]
Netskope tracks Rubrik as a rare cybersecurity IPO, both backed by Lightspeed
Cybersecurity is a large sector, but startups in the category are more likely to be acquired than they are publicly available. Even Wiz, who had held the title of the fastest growing startup for a while, gave up his IPO ambitions when he agreed to sell to Google earlier this year. Over the past few […]
Sam Altman says the bots are making social media feel “fake”
X enthusiast and Reddit shareholder Sam Altman had an epiphany on Monday. The bots made it impossible to determine whether social media posts were actually written by humans, he posted. The realization came when I was reading (and sharing) several posts from R/ClaudeCode SubredDit, which praised Openai Codex. Openai launched a software programming service in […]
Deep fission of nuclear startups is revealed in strange spacks
The deep nuclear fission of nuclear power generation announced Monday that it was revealed in a reverse merger, winning the company $30 million. No, not 2021. The startup proposes building a small, cylindrical nuclear power plant and lowering it into a 30-inch diameter hole drilled into the Earth a mile. By filling the reactor, the […]
Bluesky adds private bookmarks | TechCrunch
Social networking startup Bluesky rolls out one of the most demanding features for users. No, it’s not an edit button. – Bookmarks. The company announced a new addition on Monday, called Saved Posts. This feature provides access to the new bookmark icon below each post, next to your heart. Saved posts can be viewed at […]