Billionaire Robinhood co-founder launches Aetherflux, a space-based solar power startup
It’s been the stuff of science fiction for decades: to provide gigawatts of cheap, clean power anywhere on Earth, day or night, using satellites that collect and transmit solar energy directly on orbit. Aetherflux, a new startup emerging from stealth Wednesday, says it is developing a novel design for space-based
Read morePayment Tech Firm Named Associate Participating Organization
Stanchion has been appointed as an Associate Participating Organization with the PCI Security Standards Council, tasked with enhancing global payment data protection through continuous development and implementation of PCI Security Standards. The PCI SSC oversees a global, cross-industry effort to improve payment security by establishing flexible, industry-driven, and effective data
Read moreGlassdoor takes a leaf out of LinkedIn’s book, launches short videos, polls and images
Workplace and salary review platform Glassdoor is drawing inspiration from LinkedIn’s roadmap as it is launching short videos, polls, and images to foster engagement with the community. Professional platforms are launching experiments around short video formats after seeing the success of consumer apps like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. Earlier this
Read moreUnhappy with their exit, these ex-Planetly employees are using AI to refine carbon accounting
Startup employees often go on to found interesting ventures, basing their new work on the experience gained from their time building a company from scratch. But not all of those experiences are positive, and sometimes, a less-than-satisfactory exit can do more to fuel a founder’s fervor than anything else. In
Read moreUS government considers historic break-up of Google in antitrust case
The U.S. Justice Department has put forth a sweeping proposal to force Google to sell off parts of its business, potentially leading to the first major corporate breakup in four decades and reshaping one of the world’s most valuable tech companies. The Department of Justice and a coalition of state
Read moreMeta is testing a feature to let you post Instagram Reels directly on Threads
Since its inception, Meta’s Threads has tried to leverage the network effects of its other social networks Facebook and Instagram by experimenting with cross-posting and highlighting Threads posts on a carousel. Now, the company is testing a new feature that will let you share Instagram Reels directly to Threads. App
Read moreOpenAI to open offices in Singapore, Paris, Brussels to facilitate global expansion
OpenAI said in a post on X that it is opening new offices in multiple cities, including NYC, Seattle, Paris, Brussels, and Singapore, in addition to its existing locations in San Francisco, London, Dublin and Tokyo, as part of the company’s global expansion efforts. The expansion effort follows the San
Read moreAtlassian’s Rovo AI is now generally available
Atlassian first showed off Rovo six months ago. Rovo is what the company calls its “AI teammate” that combines smarter search and chat-based AI tools with agents that can help users automate some of their workflows in tools like Jira and Confluence. At its Team ’24 Europe event in Barcelona,
Read moreAtlassian’s Jira has had it with your issues
Atlassian recently announced its plans to combine its Jira Software tools for developers and Jira Work Management tool for business teams into a single product. Jira was originally for developers and the teams that directly support them, but over time, it also became popular with business teams. That’s a trend
Read moreThe Boring Company’s Las Vegas loop is attracting riders, and trespassers
The Boring Company’s 2.4-mile underground Loop in Las Vegas is proving anything but boring for management, with at least 67 trespassing occurrences since 2022, according to a deep dive by Fortune. Designed for Tesla models to shuttle passengers underneath the Las Vegas Convention center, others who’ve found their way into
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