Month: January 2020
How to blow through capital at an incredible rate
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. It was yet another jam-packed week full of big news, IPO happenings, and venture activity. As always we’ve done our best to deliver the gist on what’s been going on. We had…
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Planting 1 trillion trees might not actually be a good idea
Tree-planting campaigns have taken off, with everyone from YouTube creators to high-powered CEOs embracing trees as a solution to the climate crisis. But even as the arboreal campaigns have grown, dozens of scientists have warned that planting all those trees could potentially cause more harm than good. Others point to…
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Litter-Robot 3 Connect Review: A Worthwhile But Pricey Cat Toilet
The tricked-out litter box answers one of life’s great questions: What if my kitty’s toilet was a robot? Source
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Universal coronavirus treatments could help treat this outbreak — and the next one
Coronaviruses have caused three outbreaks in humans in the past 20 years: they were responsible for SARS in 2002, MERS in 2012, and the ongoing outbreak spreading rapidly through China and around the world. While finding ways to prevent and treat this new virus is the most pressing priority, in…
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Researchers build a robot hand that cools itself with sweaty fingers
Researchers have developed a soft, robotic hand that can grip objects and ‘sweat’ when warm to cool itself down. As explained in a paper published in Science Robotics, one of the biggest challenges for roboticists is keeping the temperature down, particularly when the robot is operating in warm environments. Mechanical…
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The Sims ‘for a new generation’ could have online play
EA has alluded to the possibility of online play in The Sims series’ future, saying that “social interaction and competition” will “start to become a part of The Sims experience in the years to come”. This came during an EA earnings call, where CEO Andrew Wilson was asked about the…
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