Monthly Archives: October 2022

Google’s partnering with Coinbase to let cloud customers pay in crypto next year

The Verge Google is partnering with Coinbase to let customers pay for its cloud services in “select” cryptocurrencies (via CNBC). According to Coinbase and Google, crypto-based payments will become available to customers in the Web3 space early next year to start. To enable these payments, Google will use Coinbase Commerce, a tool that lets businesses…

Billions of years ago, Mars may have been bustling with climate-changing microbes

Jezero Crater as it may have looked billions of years go on when it was a Martian lake. NASA/JPL-Caltech The Red Planet is home to some pretty nasty conditions: extreme cold temperatures of about –80 degrees Fahrenheit, an atmosphere that doesn’t provide much protection from the cold, and a very different definition of water. It…

Quantori is building an app development platform focused on life sciences

Life science businesses like big pharmaceutical companies have a singular set of needs when it comes to building applications. Their models and algorithms tend to be more sophisticated and data-intensive than most industries. Quantori, a Cambridge, MA startup, is building a Platform-as-a-Service tuned specifically to the needs of this vertical. The startup is attempting to…