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Tesla’s solar installs drop, but battery business is booming
It was a bad year for Tesla solar — its worst since 2020.
A $58M round for this European Mycelium startup shows the tech is on the cusp of big things
Infinite Roots (IR), formerly Mushlabs, is a German biotech company which has been plying the furrow of Mycelium, the material coming from fungi which has been hailed as something of an answer to everything from food to building materials.
Latest room-temperature claims met with heaps of skepticism
Swiss startup Terra Quantum says it has discovered a form of graphite that superconducts.
Visible wants to track your illness, more than your fitness
There’s no shortage of health and fitness trackers — the list of suppliers is as long as my arm, ranging from the mainstream (Apple, Google, Samsung, Fitbit, Withings) to the more esoteric and specialized (Polar, Suunto, Garmin).
Saying goodbye to the little helicopter that could
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Startup studio Hexa hires former Doctolib exec to launch its health vertical
Hexa, the Paris-based startup studio that recently raised $22 million, is launching a new vertical focused on improving the healthcare system.
Pitch Deck Teardown: PhageLab’s $11M Series A deck
This week, we’re taking a look at what PhageLab got right in this pitch deck and why it could use some judicious pruning.
Virgin Galactic investigating anomaly discovered after last crewed suborbital mission
Virgin Galactic is working with regulators to investigate an issue with an alignment pin that was discovered after the last crewed suborbital flight in January.
These founders want a more ethical company structure for startups
Called Regenerative and Circular Operations, this organizational model aims to be a practical approach to integrating sustainability at the core.
Y Combinator wants 100 times more MRI scans
Leveraging resources such as virtual data rooms and shared labs makes it easier for biotech startups to grow.
Avengers: Kang Dynasty Is Getting A Major Rework And Ditching Its Villain: Report
Superhero movies are in a weird place right now, especially at Marvel’s house of ideas.
Varda Space, Rocket Lab nail first-of-its-kind spacecraft landing in Utah
A spacecraft containing pharmaceutical drugs that were grown on orbit has finally returned to Earth today after more than eight months in space.
These desktop lamps beam near-infrared light, in a bid to improve your mood
As humans spend increasing amounts of time indoors, we lose access to the sun’s natural benefits.
Geothermal startup Fervo Energy is tapping fresh $221M round, filing reveals
The company draws heavily on drilling techniques pioneered by the oil and gas industry and has a deal with Google to provide carbon-free power.
SynFlora is working on bioengineering a skincare revolution
Biotech startup SynFlora brought an enticing pitch for a new type of skin treatment technology to 4YFN at the MWC tradeshow in Barcelona this week.
Toyota wants hydrogen to succeed so bad it’s paying people to buy the Mirai
Despite automakers like Toyota and Honda pushing fuel-cell vehicles, hydrogen’s future lies elsewhere.
Mill’s updated bin will turn your food waste into chicken feed before breakfast
The Nest co-founders’ latest startup quickly incorporated customer feedback, arriving at not just new hardware but a tweaked business model, too.
TechCrunch Space: Good night, Odysseus
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Cultivated Biosciences poised to take its plant-based cream to market in 2025
The company went public in December with its first proof-of-concept coffee creamer that remains stable when added to hot coffee.
As mega-rounds become rarer, energy startups are powering up
The largest funding rounds raised by startups are becoming rarer and rarer.
Apple Pitches Vision Pro as Healthcare Solution
Apple today highlighted the Vision Pro’s ability to aid the healthcare industry, showcasing a wide range of apps now available on the visionOS App Store.
Apple to Expand Research and Development Facilities in China
Apple is planning to expand its applied research and development labs in China, the company today announced.
With cycle tracking, Withings considers taking half of the population seriously
Whenever I talk to people working in the quantified self — fitness and health trackers — there’s a murmuring about how little attention is given to literally half the population.
Microbiome startups respond as industry is accused of ‘questionable practices’
The biotech sector has embraced the microbiome in recent years, a green field market powered by cheap genome sequencing and venture dollars, promising bespoke treatments for everything from gut troubles to skin problems.