SpaceX Starship spirals out of control in second straight test flight failure
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SpaceX’s Starship spiraled out of control while in space during a test flight Thursday, marking the second launch in a row that the vehicle has run into a fatal problem on its way to orbit. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) briefly halted flights into major Florida airports and appears to have diverted some others out of […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Renaissance Fusion raises €32M to radically simplify complex fusion reactors
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The startup is betting that by simplifying stellarators, it can make fusion power cheaper and easier to maintain. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
From high school science project to $18.3M: AI-accelerated enzymes are coming for fast fashion’s plastic waste
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A U.K. startup, originating from founder Jacob Nathan’s high school science project on using enzymes to break down plastic waste, has secured an oversubscribed $18.3 million in Series A funding. Founded in 2019 in London, Epoch Biodesign now a 30+ strong multidisciplinary team of chemists, biologists and software engineers. It will be using the new […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Big tech companies aren’t sleeping on quantum chips: Amazon Web Services introduced Ocelot; Microsoft, Majorana; and Google, Willow. But although all of these can be considered to be breakthroughs, quantum startups often focus on more practical advancements — and they are making progress. Founded in 2020, Dutch startup QuantWare is one of these, which claims […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Privacy-focused messaging app Signal has been flying high in the Dutch app stores this past month, often sitting at the top as the most downloaded free app on iOS and Android across all categories, per data from multiple app-tracking platforms such as Sensor Tower. The app has experienced surges in popularity over the years, often […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.