Vibrant Planet — which is creating an “operating system for forest restoration” — comes as a pleasant surprise, and not one I expected. Climate tech, while relatively new, has settled into two camps: hardware and…
Nokia is gearing up to launch a new smartphone called the Nokia Style+. The device has appeared on various certification platforms, including China Quality Certification (CQC) and WiFi Alliance, in recent weeks. It has now…
Liberal justices in their dissent of Friday’s Supreme Court ruling said it will impact “countless life decisions,” including “whether and how to invest in education or careers, how to allocate financial resources and how to approach…
Senior living communities often rely on paper or legacy systems to manage their operations, making it difficult for healthcare providers to keep track of residents’ needs. August Health is on a mission to change that,…
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has slapped Samsung with an AUD 14 million fine (roughly $9.65 million) for lying about the water-resistance capabilities of its phones. The regulatory body found that the Korean…
Russian forces are gaining an advantage in eastern Ukraine as they learn from mistakes made during the earlier stages of their invasion of the country, including better coordinating air and ground attacks and improving logistics and…
Seattle-based laser-cutting hardware startup Glowforge announced this morning that it has raised another healthy round. The $43 million Series E joins the roughly $70 million the company has raised since its 2015 founding. It’s been…
Amazon has named Doug Herrington as the new CEO of its consumer business. Herrington will take over the role from the current CEO Dave Clark on July 1st. Clark is leaving the company after 23…
A Russian railway locomotive moves past freight train wagons at the border railway station in Kybartai, Lithuania, on June 21. (Ints Kalnins/Reuters) The Kremlin has said Lithuania’s transit ban on European Union-sanctioned goods to Russia…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today that the company is rolling out more ways for creators to make money on Facebook and Instagram, and is also expanding some of its current monetization tools to more…
US Rep. Adam Schiff appears on CNN’s “State of the Union.” (CNN) The House Jan. 6 committee will show evidence at its upcoming hearing about then-President Donald Trump’s involvement in a scheme to submit fake slates of electors in the 2020…
Meta wants to make it clear it’s not giving up on high-end VR experiences yet. So, in a rare move, the company is spilling the beans on several VR headset prototypes at once. The goal,…
AT&T is doubling the amount of monthly high-speed data on its 12-month Prepaid plan for no added cost. The $300 a year (360 days) plan will now include 16GB of high-speed data every month. It…
Anton Alikhanov, governor of the Kaliningrad region, at the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on June 17. (Gleb Schelkunov/Kommersant/Sipa USA/AP) Lithuania’s decision to ban the transit of sanctioned materials to Russia through the Kaliningrad…
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WhatsApp has been adding on useful features and changes recently, and it’s not slowing down. The company just pushed some minor changes to the app that prove to be pretty useful. One feature is the…
CNN — The West must prepare for a long war in Ukraine as Russia makes incremental gains in a furious battle to control the country’s east, the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and British Prime…
For years, startups addressing the recycling crisis labored in relative anonymity. But for those who have stuck with it — or survived the lean times — investors are now rewarding them with growing support, three…
All of the hype and mystery regarding the Android-powered Nothing Phone(1) is pretty much gone, as we know what the device will look like. Now, people who are excited about this device are waiting on…
Reuters — Spain is seeing its hottest early summer temperatures, one area of France banned outdoor events, and drought stalked Italian farmers as a heatwave sent Europeans hunting for shade and fretting over climate change….