Carbon-capture company Svante raises $75M to trap emissions at their source

Carbon-capture company Svante raises $75M to trap emissions at their source

Claude Letourneau, President and CEO of Svante. (Svante photo) Svante of Vancouver, BC, has closed a $ 75 million financing round. The company calls it “the world’s largest private investment in carbon capture from point sources to date”. Since launching in 2007, the Canadian company has developed technology that enables industrial carbon emissions to be … Read more

Troops to help vaccine distribution; at-home test surge

Troops to help vaccine distribution; at-home test surge

More than 1,000 active duty troops will begin supporting vaccination sites around the United States, starting later this month in California, White House senior COVID-19 advisor Andy Slavitt announced Friday. Slavitt said that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin OK’ed the move and troops’ mission in California would being within 10 days. The White House COVID-19 Response Team … Read more

The Safe Tech Act is the latest Section 230 reform bill, but its critics warn of unpleasant side effects – TechCrunch

The Safe Tech Act is the latest Section 230 reform bill, but its critics warn of unpleasant side effects – TechCrunch

The first major reform proposal under Section 230 of the Biden era has appeared. In a new bill, Senate Democrats Mark Warner, Mazie Hirono, and Amy Klobuchar propose changes to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act that would fundamentally change the 1996 law that is widely credited with maintaining the modern Internet. Section 230 … Read more

Marjorie Taylor Greene Hurls Insults After Committee Removal

Marjorie Taylor Greene Hurls Insults After Committee Removal

Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, resisted the Democrats in her opening comments Friday after Parliament decided to remove her committee duties – and defiantly advocated leading the noisy Trump wing of the Republican Party . “I woke up this morning and literally laughed and thought about what kind of idiots the Democrats … Read more

The best deals we found this week: $100 off the MacBook Pro M1 and more

Apple MacBook Pro M1

All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team independently of our parent company. Some of our stories contain affiliate links. If you buy something through one of these links, we may receive an affiliate commission. We saw some great deals on tech this week, including sales on Apple devices and OLED TVs. … Read more

Gifts for cooks for Valentine’s Day

Gifts for cooks for Valentine's Day

(CNN) – For some couples, their language of love is food, and that often extends to preparing delicious meals and treats in the kitchen. To celebrate Valentine’s Day, whether you’re shopping for a couple or part of a romantic gourmet pairing, we spoke to the Boston Harbor Hotel chef and Boston Wine Festival founder Daniel … Read more

Here’s the biggest challenge facing Amazon’s Andy Jassy — at least in the words of one partner

Here’s the biggest challenge facing Amazon’s Andy Jassy — at least in the words of one partner

Andy Jassy, ​​CEO of Amazon Web Services, speaks at re: Invent 2018. (GeekWire Photo) Andy Jassy will have big shoes to fill when he succeeds Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, later this year. The Chicken Wing’s 53-year-old tech manager will also face a number of challenges – from labor problems to a sprawling empire of … Read more

FDA limits convalescent plasma use; 455K US deaths

Eileen Kane, rechts, erhält am Mittwoch ihre erste COVID-19-Impfung von Nathaly Castillo von der Illinois National Guard am Triton College in River Grove, Illinois.

Erwachsene 20-49 treiben die Ausbreitung von COVID-19 voran und die Impfung dieser Gruppe könnte laut einer Studie der Schlüssel zur Kontrolle des Infektionstempos sein. Forscher am Londoner Imperial College schätzten, dass mindestens 65% der neuen US-Infektionen aus dieser Altersgruppe stammen. “Die gezielte Intervention – einschließlich übertragungsblockierender Impfstoffe – bei Erwachsenen im Alter von 20 bis … Read more

Kuaishou, TikTok’s Chinese nemesis, surges 194% on IPO debut – TechCrunch

Kuaishou, TikTok’s Chinese nemesis, surges 194% on IPO debut – TechCrunch

Kuaishou, a Chinese video app largely underrated outside of China, has just completed a massive IPO in Hong Kong. The app is by far the biggest rival to Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, and unlike many western video platforms that make money from ads and subscriptions, Kuaishou’s Cash Cow is the tipping business. Kuaishou’s … Read more