Californian agricultural startup Plenty has won a $140 million Series D funding round, as it continues to scale out its vertical farming solution. The San Francisco-based company won the injection from Japan’s…
Google Invests in Atlanta’s Black Entrepreneurs
Google for Startups, the tech giant’s entrepreneur wing, will invest in a host of Black entrepreneurs in Atlanta, as part of the company’s $5 million Black Founders Fund. Thirty-five of the Fund’s…
Treasure8 Scales its Revolution Against Food Waste
Humans waste around 1.3 billion tonnes of food each year – that’s enough to fill around two-thirds of Lake Eerie. Agriculture contributes almost a fifth of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, and…
TikTok and Oracle Team Up, as Microsoft Bid Fails Dramatically
Oracle will partner with social media platform TikTok in the United States, as a bid from Microsoft was rejected. The terms of the Oracle deal have not yet been made public, but…
Musician Andrew Paley Creates AI Videos: “Collaborating with a Machine Fit the Moment”
Andrew Paley first appeared on music radars in 2002 with his Burlington, Vermont-based post-punk band The Static Age. But the musician has another life in tech – and this year he’s combined…
Tech Giants Open New Front Line in Battle Against White House
Fresh from their adversarial hearings, US tech’s biggest players are going in to bat against the White House again – this time over President Donald Trump’s ban on certain working visas. Apple,…
New York Preps New Antitrust Laws, with Big Tech in Sights
New York lawmakers have introduced a new antitrust bill that will make it simpler for authorities to sue big tech companies for alleged breaches of monopoly powers. The sultrily-named S8700A bill is…
WhatsApp Hopes its Misinformation-Busting Feature Will Help Democracy
Social media platform WhatsApp has launched a new feature it hopes will make discourse more truthful. “Search the web” allows users to click on a small magnifying-glass image next to posts shared…
Coronavirus Changing Tech’s Values on Remote Working – Report
A new report has shown that tech workers’ willingness to work from home has changed indelibly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hired‘s State Of Salaries 2020, which combs hundreds of thousands of job…
Zuckerberg Faces Staff Anger, as Black Lives Matter Protests Continue Across America
Protests against racial injustice continue to march through cities in America and abroad. Four police officers complicit in the death of George Floyd are appearing in court. Workers are erecting tall fences…