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Air Company, a startup that turns carbon dioxide into things like perfume, vodka, hand sanitizer and aviation fuel, is now on the U.S. Defense Department’s payroll, so to speak. The JetBlue and Toyota-backed company struck an up-to $65 million deal to help the Air Force capture CO2 and turn it into “sustainable” aviation fuel on […] Startup inks $65M deal to help Air Force make ‘sustainable’ jet fuel on bases by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch... →

Electric vehicle maker Rivian generated $663 million in revenue in the fourth quarter and $1.66 billion for the full year, a result that was buoyed by an uptick in production and deliveries towards the end of the year but still wasn’t enough to meet Wall Street’s expectations. Yahoo analysts surveyed expected Rivian to generate $742.4 […] Rivian shares fall on missed revenue expectations, production forecast by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch... →

Mammoth, a recently launched Mastodon app that’s trying to make it easier on users who want to join the decentralized social web, has a notable financial backer. The company confirmed that its leading pre-seed investor is Mozilla, a proponent of the open web, who invested in the company’s first general round alongside others, including Long […] Mozilla leads Mastodon app Mammoth’s pre-seed funding by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google said it might have its own way of sending traffic to publishers with its AI chat, Bard...... →

Календарь SEOnews: Олимпиада Clean Code Cup по искусственному интеллекту... →

The Block-owned music streaming service TIDAL is shifting the way it pays artists after an experimental program failed to generate results. Unlike Spotify and other market leaders, which pay musicians small fractions (…of fractions) of pennies for each play, TIDAL has taken a more imaginative approach to artists payouts. The platform, which targets consumers who […] TIDAL will cut ‘direct artist payout’ program to invest more in emerging artists by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

The NFT market may be finding its footing again as the market on the Ethereum blockchain surpassed $1 billion for the first time since May 2022. Ethereum NFT marketplace passes $1B in volume for first time since May as the creator royalties war heats up by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch... →

Bluesky, the Twitter alternative backed by Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey, has hit the App Store and more testers are gaining access. Though the app is still only available as an invite-only beta, its App Store arrival signals that a public launch could be nearing. We haven’t heard much from Bluesky since October 2022, […] Jack Dorsey-backed Twitter alternative Bluesky hits the App Store as an invite-only app by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

U.S. satellite television provider Dish confirmed that a ransomware is to blame for an ongoing outage and warned that intruders exfiltrated data from its systems. The multiday outage, which began last Thursday and was confirmed by Dish on Monday, is affecting Dish’s main website, apps, and customer support systems, along with the company’s Sling TV […] Dish confirms ransomware attack allowed hackers to steal personal data by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch... →

Tesla plans to build a new factory in Monterrey, Mexico, the country’s president said Tuesday confirming speculation that the automaker would set up shop there. Notably, Tesla has agreed to use recycled water, addressing a major environmental concern in northern Mexico, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said. Tesla will share more information about the new factory […] Tesla’s next factory will be in Mexico, president confirms by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch... →

Typeface, a startup developing an AI-powered dashboard for drafting marketing copy and images, emerged from stealth this week with $65 million in venture equity backing from Lightspeed Venture Partners, GV (Google Ventures), M12 (Microsoft’s Venture Fund) and Menlo Ventures. Founded by former Adobe CTO Abhay Parasnis, Typeface attempts to combine generative AI with a brand’s […] Typeface emerges from stealth with $65M to bring generative AI to the enterprise by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunc... →

Adding predictive LTV to your startup’s marketing strategy may literally help you stop throwing money away. TechCrunch+ roundup: Using predictive LTV, Boston VC survey, active learning for ML teams by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch... →

When Salesforce reports earnings on Wednesday, it could be a critical report for the company with five activist investors circling. With 5 activists in the mix, Salesforce will report earnings Wednesday by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch... →

At a session on the future of 6G during Mobile World Congress, expert speakers from companies such as Samsung, the European Space Agency and Telefonica came together to give their views about how 6G will play out. The first thing to note is that it’s not arriving any time soon. The projections are that the […] The brave new terabyte broadband world of 6G is coming, but not just yet by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch... →

Temporal, an open source microservices orchestration platform used by companies including Netflix, Snap, and Comcast, has raised $75 million from a slew of high-profile investors including Sequoia Capital and Greenoaks. The startup has also maintained its coveted unicorn status with a valuation of “just over” $1.5 billion, despite some reports to the contrary a few […] Microservices orchestration platform Temporal raises $75M and remains a unicorn by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Romanian cybersecurity firm Bitdefender has released a free decryption tool for MortalKombat, a months-old strain of ransomware targeting predominantly cryptocurrency users. MortalKombat, named after the popular video game franchise, was first observed by Cisco Talos researchers in January. The researchers said that the financially motivated gang had been deploying the ransomware to steal cryptocurrency from […] MortalKombat ransomware victims can now decrypt their files for free by Carly Page originally pu... →

When you name your company Boston Dynamics, certain geographical constraints are inserted into the operation. While the Spot-maker is, by many accounts, a global brand, it’s one that remains deeply tied to Massachusetts, even as it’s changed hands between owners in California, Japan and, most recently, South Korea. Headquarter a dozen miles outside of downtown […] Putting the Boston in Boston Dynamics by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

Klarna has had a publicly difficult few quarters. Now that we have its 2022 financial data, we can look more closely at how it performed amid all the noise. How much progress is Klarna making toward profitability? by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch... →

Nothing’s presence stood in stark contrast to OnePlus at this year’s MWC. Whereas Carl Pei’s old company, OnePlus, put on a flashy launch event for a concept device yesterday, Nothing has largely used the event to meet with vendors and other big names in the industry. We sat down with Pei yesterday, fittingly in a […] Nothing’s Phone (2) will run on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 series by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →