Seven things every EV fast-charging network needs
People love their electric vehicles. In survey after survey, the vast majority of EV owners say that their next car will also be electric. EVs score top marks nearly across the board except one: fast charging. While most people do almost all of their charging at home, fast charging is
Read MoreClair raises, Deel defends allegations and Mercury shares post-SVB growth figures
It was a short week and that was reflected in the amount of news we covered in fintech land last week. But there was still plenty to talk about, including Clair’s raise, some allegations against Deel and exclusive post-SVB growth numbers shared by banking services startup Mercury. On-demand pay gets
Read MoreCircular, hyperbolic, and elliptic functions
This post will explore how the trigonometric functions and the hyperbolic trigonometric functions relate to the Jacobi elliptic functions. There are six circular functions: sin, cos, tan, sec, csc, and cot. There are six hyperbolic functions: just stick an ‘h’ on the end of each of the circular functions. There
Read MoreSwift Enums Design Systems
Implement design systems with progressive disclosure — utilise the Swift type system for simple, customisable SwiftUI componentsIf you’ve worked on any large development projects, you’ll likely have encountered a design system. A design system is a library that encapsulates your branding into reusable components, colors, fonts, icons, and motifs, to help ensure
Read MoreMnemonic hexagons
I posted some notes here about mnemonics for trig identities and hyperbolic trig identities. The post Mnemonic hexagons first appeared on John D. Cook.
Read MoreMeta’s Threads goes live, OpenAI launches GPT-4 and Pornhub blocks access
Hey, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular roundup of the week in tech. Been too slammed to follow the news cycle as closely as you’d like? Not to worry. That’s why WiR exists. We’ll get you up to speed in no time. Thanks to the July 4th
Read MoreSwiftUI apps at scale
It’s been production-ready since 2020SwiftUI is fantastic, but not perfect. Some of these imperfections are expected from a nascent 4-year-old framework, but just one creates the roadblock to wider adoption.Today, I’m going to tell the story of my SwiftUI journey at 3 startups; and explain my solution to the critical flaw
Read MoreVertical AI and who might build it
W elcome to the TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. It was a short workweek in the U.S., but there was plenty to read and reflect on. For
Read MoreVirtual meeting etiquette and navigating the new normal. A surprising study and interview with Joseph Toma, CEO of Jugo
Virtual meetings caught many of us off guard, thrust upon us by necessity rather than design. While we had dabbled in occasional virtual meetings before, the sudden shift to practically living in this new environment presented unique challenges. For better or worse, our personal and office lives merged together. Dress
Read MoreDeal Dive: Startups can still raise capital — even if it’s for a good cause
When venture funding started to slow in 2022, many feared that investors would retreat to where they were comfortable: SaaS companies founded by folks in their network. And any company that wasn’t posting top growth metrics would struggle to secure funding. While this has largely been true, there have been
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