Big offshore wind farms are now transmitting sweet, sweet battery juice to the US grid
Moments before midnight on Tuesday, a single turbine near Martha’s Vineyard delivered 5 megawatts of renewable energy to the New England grid. The turbine is one out of 62 planned for Vineyard Wind... © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreSatellite imagery analysis shows immense scale of dark fishing industry
Satellite imagery and machine learning offer a new, far more detailed look at the maritime industry, specifically the number and activities of fishing and transport ships at sea. Turns out there are way more of them than publicly available data would suggest, a fact that policymakers should heed. As a
Read moreSpaceX launches first batch of direct-to-cell Starlink satellites for testing this year
SpaceX launched its first batch of Starlink satellites that will be able to connect directly to cell phones ahead of planned testing later this year. The company launched six Starlink satellites with this capability with a batch of 15 other Starlink birds aboard a Falcon 9 rocket late last night.
Read moreTwitch attire policy update shuts down the viral topless meta
Twitch is effectively banning the “topless meta” and other implied nudity streams with another update to its attire policy. Under the new policy, announced on Wednesday, streamers are no longer permitted to “imply or suggest that they are fully or partially nude,” and may not show a visible outline of
Read moreFun new deepfake consequence: more convincing crypto scams
It’s a scam! | Screenshot: Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge The video is almost convincing: it features Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko announcing a “historic day” for Solana. He thanks the “S-O-L” community and offers a giveaway through a QR code and a website. Sure, he sounds a little robotic —
Read moreXerox to cut 15 per cent of its workforce
Xerox today announced that it will lay off 15 per cent of its workforce as part of a newly introduced reinvention and operating model. The U.S. based corporation provides printing and digital document products and services. According to its latest filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Xerox
Read moreBroadcom drops bombshell with ‘termination notice’
A “termination notice” sent to VMware channel partners by Broadcom on Dec. 22, as they were preparing to head out of the office for the holidays, did not leave many feeling the warmth of the season, said Jason Van der Schyff, the chief operating officer (COO) of private cloud infrastructure
Read moreCrypto losses declined over 50% in 2023
While hackers continue to hack the crypto industry for a cash grab, the dollar amount is down substantially compared to the previous year. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreSpaceX wrongly fired eight activist employees, US labor board alleges
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed a complaint alleging that SpaceX illegally fired eight employees who wrote and distributed an open letter with workplace concerns. Circulated in June 2022, the open letter called out how SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk’s public behavior was harming the company’s reputation. At
Read moreCloud Predictions 2024: Costs control, sovereignty concerns, competitors and more to spark disruptions
Major disruptions are expected in the cloud business this year which will see hyperscalers adapting, leaving an opportunity for challengers and startups to catch up, Forrester revealed in a new report. Here’s what we can expect in 2024: 1. FinOps FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS), an initiative driven
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