More games, and more NFTs pose questions for the gaming industry Karan Bhasin 7 hours There has been stiff backlash against NFTs in video games since they first started popping […]
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Back to news homeEV battery leases could be a boon for manufacturers, a bust for consumers
For years, observers have thought that consumers would be better off leasing EV batteries than buying them outright — because the batteries are prone to degradation, because new technology will […]
🌎🔥😬🥴🤷😠Why we need an emoji for climate change
Five years ago, the group that approves new emoji rejected one for climate change. It’s time for them to rethink that decision. After a summer of drought, floods, fire and […]
Concert Bio lands seed round to fix hydroponic farming’s ‘dirty secret’
If the world wants to feed 10 billion people in 2050, it’ll need to find a better way to grow food. Today, about half the world’s habitable land is devoted […]
Will Volkswagen’s new CEO hamstring its EV push?
Volkswagen dropped a bombshell announcement late last week: Herbert Diess was out as CEO. As a manager, Diess was controversial, with a style that chafed both executives and labor leaders […]
While venture cools down around the world, climate startups are blazing hot
While the venture capital world slows, climate tech is bucking the trend as startups in the space continue to ink deals at a record pace. In the process, the sector […]
Zap Energy nets $160M Series C to advance its lightning-in-a-bottle fusion tech
Fusion startup Zap Energy has reached two milestones that could nudge it ahead in the race to offer low-cost, carbon-free energy — a $160 million Series C round and a […]
‘How doomed are we?’ and more questions for a climate expert
Thanks in no small part to the fossil-fueled cult of obstructionism, we’re on track to blow past the 1.5 degrees Celsius global-warming threshold laid out in the 2016 Paris Agreement. […]
A decade after the bubble burst, 5 climate tech investors explain why they’re all in
Climate tech has been one of the biggest successes of the last few years. By 2025, investors are expected to sink $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion annually into a wide […]
Dual-chemistry battery tech could push BMW’s iX EV to 600-mile range
Startup Our Next Energy is behind the energy storage tech Tim De Chant 8 hours Battery startup Our Next Energy (ONE) and BMW today said the carmaker’s prototype of its flagship […]