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After processing Bering Sea crabs like this one, the fish companies face the problem of disposing of the shells. A Bellingham, Washington-based company called Tidal Vision has developed green chemical technology to turn the discarded trays into a useful, sustainable industrial chemical. (Tidal Vision photo) Perhaps the cliché is true that a boar’s ear cannot … Read more
CNN — Compared to fabrics like cotton, linen sheets are expensive — we’re talking a median price of around $200 — but that high price is commensurate with the quality and craftsmanship of the fabric, which can last several more years than cotton. To find the best linen sheets on the market, we washed, … Read more
Hello friends! Lucas always starts with that, doesn’t it? Lucas is out for a couple of weeks so I’ll take care of Week In Review until he gets back. TL; DR about me: I’m Greg and I’ve been with TechCrunch for a very long time. I joined around the time that Twitter found the vowels … Read more
The suspects in the shooting were taken into custody. The deceased officer is a 29-year-old woman. She is the first Chicago officer in almost two years to be fatally shot while on duty. A Chicago police officer was dead and another fought for his life after a shooting at a traffic stop on Sunday, authorities … Read more
WeChat may be an integral part of China’s digital life, but that doesn’t stop the country’s government from restricting the messaging giant’s behavior. Reuters reports that Beijing prosecutors have sued Tencent over allegations that We Chat’s restricted “youth mode” violates child protection laws. The lawsuit failed to explain how the mode allegedly violated the law. … Read more
He also discovered that Mr. Clark had had unauthorized talks with Mr. Trump in an attempt to get the Justice Department to publicly question President Biden’s victory, especially in battlefield states that Mr. Trump was fixated on, like Georgia. Mr Clark penned a letter that he asked Mr Rosen to send to Georgia state lawmakers, … Read more
An Amazon employee walks into a fulfillment center in Kent, Washington and is handed a mask by another employee with a pair of pliers before starting a shift in the huge parcel handling warehouse last June. (GeekWire file photo / Kurt Schlosser) A day after its office workers’ return to a personal environment was postponed … Read more
“The war has changed” The CDC today released data warning that the Delta variant appears to spread as easily as chickenpox and cause more severe infection even in those who have been vaccinated. CNN Political Director David Chalian is breaking down President Biden’s new and more aggressive response to this sobering data. But the scientific … Read more
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android devices alone. … Read more
Even an online medical community cannot completely avoid misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines. Gizmodo reports that CNBC found a spate of fake anti-vaccine claims on Doximity, an industry networking tool for doctors. While the stories shared come from mainstream news outlets and scientific publications, the comments appear to be full of misinformation about vaccine safety, mask … Read more