San Francisco Car Rental Startup Kyte, Once Seen as Hertz Rival, Shuts Down Summary Kyte, a San Francisco car-rental startup founded in 2017, has shut down after a period of…
Chinese funding backs sale of British microLED specialist Summary Plessey Semiconductors, the Plymouth-based microLED specialist, has been acquired by Haylo Labs in a deal that closed on 19 August 2025.…
India’s Got Time Summary The piece (via India Dispatch, shared on Slashdot) argues that India’s biggest advantage is time: a relatively young population and a long demographic window to grow…
Apple is Reportedly Making More of Its New iPhones in India Instead of China Summary Bloomberg reports that Apple is increasing production of new iPhone models in India, including making…
India Seeks Ban on Online Betting Apps To Curb Addiction Summary India’s lower house of Parliament has passed a bill aimed at banning online “money gaming” apps — platforms that…
‘A double-whammy problem’: how plastic dust is altering natural processes Summary Saima Sidik reports on emerging research showing that degrading plastics — especially microplastics and the even finer plastic dust…
The world’s largest methane emitter manages to curb one source Summary An inventory published this month (Liu & Teng, One Earth 2025) finds that China — the world’s largest methane…
Amazon Cloud Chief Says Replacing Junior Staff With AI is ‘Dumbest’ Idea Summary Matt Garman, CEO of Amazon Web Services, told the “Matthew Berman” podcast that the idea of replacing…
San Francisco Car Rental Startup Kyte, Once Seen as Hertz Rival, Shuts Down Summary Kyte, a San Francisco car-rental startup founded in 2017 that delivered rental cars directly to customers’…
Electricity Prices Are Climbing More Than Twice as Fast as Inflation Summary Recent reporting, summarised on Slashdot from an NPR piece, shows US electricity prices have risen at more than…
