Casey Handmer is not intimidated by very large quantities. Trillions of acres. Thousands of gigawatts of solar power. A billion metric tons of carbon. His startup, Terraform Industries, aims to operate at these ambitious scales. The company wants to turn hydrogen and atmospheric carbon into synthetic natural gas at scale. It’s more than a little…
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinToday, it’s become an expectation in more types of businesses, regardless of the quality of the … [+] service. getty A guest checked into a hotel and the bellman carried the guest’s bags to the room. As the bellman set the bags down, the guest asked, “What’s the usual…
© Reuters. By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) -Gastroenterologist Wesley Kasen arrived in Hawke’s Bay New Zealand in February with his wife Marnie, two kids and dog from Colorado. Their arrival filled a vacancy at the local hospital. The Kasens are part of a migrant boom helping to ease the country’s acute labour shortages – a…
5/5 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan take part in a rally ahead of the May 14 presidential and parliamentary elections, in Ankara, Turkey April 30, 2023. REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan 2/5 By Jonathan Spicer ISTANBUL (Reuters) – If Turks oust President Tayyip Erdogan in elections this month it will largely be because…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A man walks past the headquarters of Bank of Japan in Tokyo, Japan, January 17, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato/ By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Several Bank of Japan (BOJ) board members said the central bank must be vigilant to the risk of inflation accelerating more than expected, minutes of the March…
It’s that time of week again, folks — Week in Review (WiR) time. For those new to the scene, WiR is TechCrunch’s regular newsletter that recaps the biggest tech stories over the past few days. There’s no better digest for the person on the go, we’d argue — but of course, we’re a little biased.…
SpaceX’s super-heavy launch system Starship is poised to fundamentally reshape the space economy. The 394-foot-tall vehicle, which took to the skies for the first time last month, is designed to carry a staggering amount of mass to low Earth orbit and into deep space. TechCrunch+ spoke with three pure-play space VCs — Space Capital founder…
The two legendary investors were asked about the techno king at Berkshire Hathaway’s shareholders meeting on May 6…
BitcoinBTC, ethereum and cryptocurrencies have been catapulted back into the limelight this year by the U.S. regional banking crisis that could be just getting started. Subscribe now to Forbes’ CryptoAsset & Blockchain Advisor and successfully navigate the bitcoin and crypto market roller-coaster The bitcoin price has almost doubled since falling to lows of around $15,000…
Are you a seed-stage founder who’s building a unicorn? NFX Founding Partner James Currier would like to save you some time: Startups that grow into billion-dollar companies have three basic forms of defensibility. Network effects: Your product becomes more valuable as more people use it. Embedding: Integrate your services so deeply, customers “cannot rip them…





