Could the forests and land of Europe offset most of its CO2? This startup hopes to prove it

The voluntary carbon market remains a Wild West. There are few standards, a myriad of approaches, while buyers and sellers are crying out for clarity. And there are lots of different approaches. In tokenization there are startups like Single.Earth and Flow Carbon. In marketplaces there is CarbonXch

Google cancels half the projects at its internal R&D group Area 120

Google CEO Sundar Pichai, speaking at the Code Conference last week, suggested the tech company needed to become 20% more efficient — a comment some in the industry took to mean headcount reductions could soon be on the table. Now, it seems that prediction may be coming true. technewss has l

Three days left to score a $110 discount on Disrupt 2022 tickets

A ticket to technewss Disrupt 2022 gets you inside all three days of the most important tech conference in the world and access to a future of unlimited promise. For the next three days, prospective attendees will receive an $1,100 discount on a full-priced admission, making now the perfect time t

4 days left to save up to $1,100 on passes for Disrupt

If you live and breathe the startup life, you can't afford to miss out on technewss Disrupt October 18–20 in San Francisco. The grand matriarch of tech conferences features revolutionary startups, introduces game-changing technologies and brings the industry's best and brightest icons, i

EU urged to reject ‘weak’ Amazon offer to end antitrust probe

A series of commitments offered by Amazon in the EU, where regulators are investigating competition concerns linked to its use of third-party data, has been dubbed “weak, vague and full of loopholes” in a critical submission signed by a dozen civ society and digital rights groups, non-g

Only five days left to save $1,100 on Disrupt passes

Ticktock, early-stage startup enthusiasts. technewss Disrupt takes place on October 18–20 — the very height of pumpkin spice season. However, your chance to score early-bird passes (and soak up serious savings) disappears in just four short-but-sweaty days of summer. Buy your pass before Septe

Yandex’s sale of News and Zen to VK completes

Russian search giant Yandex has confirmed the completion of the sale of two of its flagship media properties, News and Zen, to local social media giant, VK, following regulatory approvals. As we reported back in March, Yandex began looking for ways to offload its news aggregator and blogging recomm

What 227 Y Combinator pitches will teach you about startups

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week's startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. In some ways, Y Combinator's biannual Demo Day is somewhat predictable: There will be Stanford dropouts, last-minute pivots, and, as always, promises of ne

One week left to save $1,100 before Disrupt pass prices increase

At a time when every dollar counts, this is a reminder that you have only one week left to take advantage of regular-rate pricing on passes to technewss Disrupt on October 18–20. These savings will end on September 16 at 11:59 p.m. PDT — this is your last chance to save $1,100 before prices go

Why this Californian founder moved to Minneapolis to build a B2B fintech

Minneapolis-based Branch was founded in 2015, and it's now one of the fastest-growing companies in the Midwest. Its founder, Atif Siddiqi, is a Southern California transplant who first relocated to the Twin Cities to participate in the Target Techstars accelerator program. He hasn't looked

All the cool kids sign up for work exchange at TC Disrupt

It's hard to believe that technewss Disrupt is mere weeks away. Where will you be on October 18–20? Forget low budget. Here's a hot opportunity for cool kids looking for a no-budget way to experience Disrupt up close and personal — sign up to volunteer for work exchange. Not only will

With iPhone 14 Pro, your screen can always be on

You know what sucks? Having to turn your phone’s screen on just to check whether you have notifications or to check the time. With the new Apple iPhone 14 Pro and iOS 16, Apple introduces its “always on” display. By dropping the refresh rate of the screen to once per second, and a

Apple introduces the Apple Watch Series 8 with a temperature sensor, crash detection and more

Apple today introduced a new version of its Apple Watch, the anticipated Apple Watch Series 8, which replaces the prior Series 7 model. The big additions to this upgraded version include a new temperature sensor focused on women’s health, a crash detection feature, a new low-power mode option

Twitter expands its crowdsourced fact-checking program ‘Birdwatch’ ahead of US midterms

On the heels of a report detailing how Twitter had once accidentally allowed a conspiracy theorist into its invite-only fact-checking program known as Birdwatch, the company is today announcing the program will expand to users across the U.S. — with a few changes. The rollout will add 1,000 m