Downey’s Dream Cars: Robert Downey Jr. targets EV skeptics in new series
Marvel retiree Robert Downey Jr. has a new show: Downey’s Dream Cars. It follows the millionaire as he seeks to reconcile two of his hobbies, classic car collecting and climate change mitigation. The Iron Man actor has led with this sort of juxtaposition before; when he kicked off his climate-focused
Read moreRivian’s latest acquisition aims to make EV route planning better
Rivian acquired the company behind ABetterRouteplanner, a popular route planning app used by EV drivers, the company confirmed Wednesday. Rivian didn’t disclose financial terms of the deal to buy Iternio, the Swedish company that developed A Better Routeplanner, otherwise known as ABRP. The acquisition was first reported earlier this month
Read moreWith $10T on the line, 6 fusion investors explain why they’re all in
Fusion power could be considered the quintessential venture capital bet: It’s expensive and risky, but the potential rewards are enormous. The world paid $10 trillion for energy last year, according to the IEA, so even a single-digit percentage of that pie would generate revenues in the tens of billions. Oh,
Read moreInsight cutting its fundraising target isn’t reason to panic
The late-stage market is truly whacked. But it’s not only the startups who are suffering. Insight Partners, a double-dipper growth equity and late-stage venture investor, recently reduced its fundraising target of $20 billion to $15 billion after raising a measly $2 billion of the pot. Insight isn’t the only venture
Read moreWe’ve officially entered a new era of ‘cultivated’ meat production
U.S. regulators met another alternative protein milestone Wednesday when they approved both Upside Foods and Good Meat to sell their cultivated chicken products within the country. Known as “cell-cultivated” or “cultured meat,” these proteins are made from animal cells rather than slaughtered animals and are often developed using a fermentation
Read moreDyson’s Gen5outsize is an excellent home vacuum
You don’t need a $1,050 home vacuum. Nobody does. No one spends $1,050 on a vacuum because it’s the only way to get the job done. But that doesn’t mean you don’t want one. I don’t blame you if you don’t, however. I never particularly wanted a Dyson vacuum. I
Read moreLauncher’s Orbiter glitches in orbit, forcing emergency deployment of space startups’ payloads
Launcher’s Orbiter spacecraft experienced an anomaly after reaching orbit that will likely result in the premature end of its customer’s missions, including Starfish Space’s Otter Pup demonstration mission. Launcher and its customer Starfish Space released a joint statement Wednesday detailing what happened in the hours after the Orbiter spacecraft lifted
Read moreWith $18M in funding, System Initiative wants to modernize DevOps
The promise of DevOps is often frustrated by the reality of having to stitch together a bunch of products. System Initiative‘s co-founders believe that in order for DevOps to live up to its promises, it’ll take a wholesale reimagining of what this toolchain looks like. At the core of System
Read moreWhat’s the Point of Blameless Postmortems?
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Read moreWarner Bros. Discovery reportedly considers licensing HBO titles to Netflix
Two major streaming rivals in the industry may be working out a deal together. Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is reportedly in talks to license HBO titles to Netflix. According to a Deadline report, the select library of HBO titles will be released on Netflix on a non-exclusive basis, which means
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