Alfalfa sprouts have the potential to grow in Martian soil. Deposit Photos While NASA doesn’t expect to have astronauts setting foot on Mars until the late 2030’s-early 2040’s, there are still numerous obstacles for the space agency ahead of any long-term settlement on the Red Planet. The process of growing food on Mars, depicted in…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
MoviePass’ planned return will officially just miss the summer holiday rush. Interested parties will be able to sign up for the service’s waiting list this Thursday. The move, which was noted by Business Insider, is reflected in a giant countdown clock currently posted on MoviePass’ site. Specifically, the time is counting down to the opening…
For early-stage startups looking to hire new talent, it’s not enough to make one-off decisions about pay as each new employee comes on board. Constructing a coherent philosophy around compensation is crucial for a company to stay consistent in the long term and provide transparency to employees — essentially, coming up with the “why” and…
Fresh produce is an important cornerstone of a healthy diet, and if Click & Grow gets a say, it wants to make that easier by inviting you to grow your own food, right at home. The company today launches the Click & Grow 25, which the company says is designed “to provide a farmers’ market…
The past few years have been a wild ride through the cryptoverse, and there’s no sign of it calming down anytime soon. Not when you have extremes like a multibillion-dollar collapse of the Terra ecosystem and its UST stablecoin and Andresseen Horowitz (a16z) closing a $4.5 billion crypto megafund. While some experts say bundle up…
Ford Motor plans to cut about 3,000 jobs, a move that will affect salaried and contract workers, according to an internal email sent to employees. Automotive News was the first to report the news after reviewing the email. TechCrunch, which has confirmed the layoffs, will update the story as more information becomes available. The job…
Imagine building some of the most sophisticated hardware-driven technologies in the world – spacecraft, drones or autonomous vehicles. Then imagine being unable to easily share your data to different teams, having to use clunky user interfaces, and relying on a single person manually inputting data in an Excel spreadsheet to bottom line your project. “You’d…
Over the weekend, CNBC reported a set of revenue and profit figures from FTX, a global cryptocurrency exchange that raised a mountain of capital in the last year and is currently expanding its product remit. Its founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been a key player in the crypto market in recent months, involved in several deals…
Struggling to wait a week between House of the Dragon episodes? Well, along with killing time by comparing the new show to George R.R. Martin’s Fire and Blood book, theorising on how it’ll be connected to Game of Thrones and musing about who the snakiest character might be, you can now listen to a podcast,…
SAVE 45%: A solid budget-friendly pick for Amazon devotees, the Fire HD 8 Plus tablet is on sale for only $59.99 as of August 22. That’s $50 off its usual $109.99 MSRP. The iPad is not the only tablet in town. If you’re an Amazon devotee, consider the Fire HD 8 Plus instead. It plays…