Shahar Keinan Contributor Share on Twitter Shahar Keinan, co-founder and CEO of Polaris Quantum Biotech has over 20 years of extensive experience in computational and theoretical chemistry. Pek Lum Contributor Share on Twitter Pek Lum, co-founder and CEO at Auransa, has more than 20 years of genomics and drug discovery experience and is the chief
Read MoreThe BMW Group announced Thursday its intentions to commit to a 50% reduction from 2019 levels in global carbon dioxide emissions during the use-phase of its vehicles by 2030, as well as a 40% reduction in emissions during the life cycle of the vehicle. These goals, including a plan to focus on the principles of
Read MoreTo get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Thursday, September 2, 2021. TechCrunch is largely off tomorrow thanks to a pan-Yahoo corporate reprieve. But don’t worry, all systems will continue to function while
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple has completed the design of its three chips for its upcoming AR/VR headset. It has also completed the design of the image sensor and display driver. The headset is expected to need an iPhone, iPad, or Mac to operate. The first generation Apple headset will be like the Apple
Read More(Photo: NASA)NASA’s Perseverance rover has been playing second banana to the incredible Ingenuity helicopter since the pair landed earlier this year, and the rover’s first major operation didn’t go as planned. Several weeks ago, Perseverance failed to collect its sample after drilling into a rock, a mystery that took NASA a few days to solve.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro The launch of Super Follows marked the beginning of the end for truly free content on Twitter, and the start of whatever Patreon-infused future lays ahead for the microblogging app. Supporting creators directly with monthly payments isn’t a bad thing, but as app researcher Jane Manchun Wong spotted on Thursday, the
Read MoreAsh Parrish / The Verge: Gamesight data shows a dip in Twitch viewership on Wednesday, possibly 5%-15%, as some streamers took #ADayOffTwitch to bring awareness to “hate raids” — It seems as if the Twitch walkout was a success — Streamers took a day off Twitch on September 1st to bring attention …
Read MoreApple’s MacBook Air laptops equipped with the company’s revolutionary M1 chip offer excellent performance for a wide range of tasks, and you can get one now with an $150 discount. Apple MacBook Air M1 Chip 13.3-Inch Laptop w/ 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD ($849.00) Apple’s latest MacBook Air comes equipped with Apple’s new M1 SoC,
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple TV+ has released a behind-the-scenes look at ‘You’re All I Need To Get By,’ the new music video from ‘CODA.’ The award-winning film is streaming now on Apple TV+. Go behind-the-scenes with Deaf West Theatre. Apple TV+ has released a behind-the-scenes look at the new music video from ‘CODA.’
Read MoreUrban areas soak up the sun’s energy, dramatically raising temperatures. In the hurricane’s aftermath, Louisiana is sweltering without AC.
Read MoreLast year’s M1 MacBook Air is just one of many items on sale this Labor Day weekend. Labor Day deals are finally getting into full swing, with a slew of notable discounts going live on some major hardware and accessories across the tech spectrum. Whether you’re picking up some last-minute gear for school or preparing
Read MoreAnirban Sen / Reuters: Sources: Reddit is seeking to hire investment bankers and lawyers ahead of an IPO that may occur as soon as early 2022, following a $10B valuation in August — Reddit Inc, the operator of online message boards that became the go-to destination for day traders chasing this year’s frenzy …
Read MoreWhat you need to know The third season of ‘Dickinson’ will premiere on Apple TV+ on November 5, 2021. The third season of the series will be its last. Emily Dickinson is making her last debut on Apple TV+. The third season of ‘Dickinson’ will be its last, Today, Apple announced that the third and
Read MoreEarlier this summer, Amazon released its MMO, New World, for beta testing. It didn’t take long for reports of failed RTX 3090 GPUs to begin popping up online. The failures were specifically concentrated in EVGA RTX 3090 GPUs. Back when Ampere launched, some wondered whether the different capacitors used on some models were a potential
Read MoreIf you’re a big Nintendo fan and you want to buy the newest console, it may be worth your time to look into Nintendo Switch bundles. You may be able to find the console, complete with the perfect game, to get your collection started. And some of these bundles will even have special designs that
Read MoreSome bicycles are built primarily for practicality, while others are more focused on novel looks. [Make It Extreme]’s latest project, the extending bicycle, falls squarely in the latter category. Built around four custom-machined pneumatic pistons, this electric bike can lift the rider about a meter into the air with the flick of a switch. The
Read MoreSheila Dang / Reuters: Sources: AWS plans to hire content moderators to look for emerging extremist groups and remove content that violates its cloud service policies — Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) plans to take a more proactive approach to determine what types of content violate its cloud service policies …
Read MoreAndrew Thurman / CoinDesk: Dom Hofmann’s Loot, with NFTs of random lists of items ostensibly from a fantasy video game, had $46M in sales in just 5 days, attaining a market cap of $180M+ — The latest non-fungible token (NFT) craze is among the simplest – and the strangest – yet: a randomly generated list
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Streamers took a day off Twitch on September 1st to bring attention to the persistent hate raids that have plagued the platform in the past weeks. While skeptics panned the idea, suggesting that the walkout participants weren’t influential enough to effect significant traffic changes, according to data compiled
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon is planning to expand its in-house moderation team for Amazon Web Services, according to a new report from Reuters. Citing two sources within the company, the report says Amazon is planning to develop a proactive threat monitoring capability within AWS, which will seek out prohibited content on
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority A new leak suggests the Apple Watch series 7 will be larger than ever with higher resolution displays. The increased screen real estate will be utilized by several new watch faces. We don’t know when Apple will launch the new smartwatch, but it should be in September. It’s pretty
Read MoreImage: Samsung Labor Day in the US is a great opportunity to get deals on many types of tech products. Of course, we’re covering all of the best discounts across categories in our detailed guide to the best Labor Day sales, but we’ve made this post just to focus on the many 4K TV deals
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman shared more details Thursday about what to expect from the rumored bigger screens coming to the next Apple Watch. Gurman has previously reported that the next watch, which he says will be called the Apple Watch Series 7, will be offered in 41mm and 45mm
Read MorePhoto by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo is grounded until the Federal Aviation Administration completes and signs off on an investigation into the company’s high-profile test flight carrying Richard Branson, the agency said Thursday. During that July flight, Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo veered out of its approved airspace on its
Read MoreWhat you need to know The Apple Watch Series 7 is predicted to have a 16% larger display on the 45mm model. That larger display will enable new watch faces that could launch with the watch. The new watch faces include Modular Max, Continuum, World Time, and special editions for Hermes and Nike. That…is a
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