Hello friends and welcome back to Week in review. Last week we delved into the truly bizarre machinations of the NFT market. This week we’re talking about something a little more impactful for the current state of the web – Apple’s NeuralHash Kerfuffle. If you’re reading this on the TechCrunch site, you can get it … Read more
Hurricane Ida devastated the state of Louisiana as a Category 4 storm for about six hours. Ida was downgraded to a Category 3 storm by the National Hurricane Center in an update at 7 p.m. ET. It hit land as a Category 4 storm at around 1 p.m. ET. For reference, Hurricane Laura, which hit … Read more
Manav Garg is CEO and founder of Eka Software Solutions and founding partner of SaaSboomi and Together Fund. Software as a service is one of the most important technology sectors today. While its transformative potential was fairly clear prior to the pandemic, the sudden shift towards dispersed workforces skyrocketed interest in SaaS products as medium … Read more
Fred would be the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. The probability that the fault will develop into a tropical storm is 90% within 48 hours. Most of Florida remains in the system’s five-day forecast cone. SARASOTA, Florida – Tropical Storm Fred developed south of Puerto Rico late Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center … Read more
In May, Path Robotics announced a Series B for $ 56 million. It was a sizeable increase in the robotics rounds. But the Columbus, Ohio-based startup is already back, launching a “preventive” Series C just two and a half months later. And it’s a huge thing. The company has raised $ 100 million under the … Read more
Elsa, the first hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic storm season, was downgraded to a tropical storm on Saturday and was on track to hit Florida by early next week. “We are pretty confident that we will see at least one tropical storm that will hit many Florida communities,” said Governor Ron DeSantis at a surfside … Read more
A weather system evolving in the Gulf is expected to turn into a tropical storm by late Friday. Tropical storm warnings were in place for parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. Louisiana has declared a state of emergency where up to 20 inches of rain could fall this weekend. Tropical Storm Claudette was expected … Read more
Tim Burgess (bottom left), Rachel Smith (top right), Kieran Snyder (bottom right) and presenter Mike Lewis from GeekWire There is no denying that Seattle is having a homelessness crisis; how to solve it. In the midst of the fray is Compassion Seattle, an initiative attempting to rewrite the city charter with a roadmap that prescribes … Read more
PATH coordinated the installation of pressure swing adsorption systems for oxygen generation in medical facilities in India with suppliers. (Courtesy photo of PATH) The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has partnered with two Chicago financial groups to pour $ 5.5 million into Seattle-based nonprofit PATH’s efforts to deliver more oxygen to COVID-19 patients in India. … Read more