Reusable rocket startup Stoke raised another massive round: $260M
Y Combinator alum Stoke has an ambitious goal to build the first fully reusable rocket and VCs have opened their wallets wide. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…Governments call for spyware regulations in UN Security Council meeting
Several governments participated in a meeting on the proliferation of commercial spyware at the United Nations Security Council. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…
Micheál Martin and Simon Harris welcome Gaza ceasefire after ‘15 months of immense human suffering’
Michael D Higgins said massive scale-up of humanitarian aid is needed now to save lives…
OYO’s new policy may be at the cost of rights
Beyond the practicalities of providing ‘valid proof of relationship,’ it is clear that OYO is encouraging partner hotels to discriminate against customers based on their marital status…
Sony’s “Entertainment Network”, Soneum, Goes Live
Sony launched a layer 2 network on Ethereum to create an entertainment layer on top of a Web3 finance layer. The network is open to all creators and will protect creator rights while ensuring equitable value distribution between creators and consumers. Sony, the media and Entertainment giant…
World reacts to Israel-Hamas Gaza ceasefire announcement
Officials welcome announcement of truce agreement, call for surge in humanitarian aid to Gaza…
Animal rights advocates are ready for Trump’s war on science
Democrats and Republicans generally don’t agree about science. The vast majority of Democrats believe climate change is a major threat, for example, while less than a quarter of Republicans say the same. But people across the political spectrum agree on animal testing. Or, more accurately, no one knows what to think: About half of each…
‘LIFE’ scores map out where habitat loss for crops drives extinction
Across the globe, no other human activity currently affects the survival of wildlife species more than where we choose to grow our food. Alongside other impacts like hunting and climate change, agricultural production is helping to drive what scientists call Earth’s sixth mass extinction, with roughly three times more extinctions happening now than expected to…