Autonomous flight is a grand challenge in aviation — and a gold mine. The first company to crack it at scale stands to reap handsome profits from transportation and logistics alone. In 2020, the size of the global cargo airline industry was $110.8 billion, according to Statista, and one source estimates that it’ll generate hundreds…
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Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down to a single topic, think about a question and unpack the rest. This week, Natasha asked: How does Roe’s reversal impact the ways that companies…
It’s been a long time coming, but Google Cloud today announced its first Arm-based VMs, following AWS, with its Graviton instances, and Azure, which also recently launched Arm VMs. But while AWS built its own custom chips, Google Cloud is following Azure’s lead here by using chips from Ampere. These new VMs, which are now…
Biofuels are the sirens of renewable energy, luring startups with enchanting promises of enormous markets, from aviation to trucking and shipping. Companies just can’t help throwing themselves at the problem, and more than a few have been dashed to pieces in the process. One new startup, though, hopes it’s Ulysses in this tale, able to…
Airbnb got its start as a place for homeowners casually to rent out rooms and more from their own private residences to make a bit of extra income, but it quickly evolved into something a little more specialized: a platform where a large part of the inventory became listings from those who owned property primarily…
If you stumble on an Eddie Munson-shaped crop circle in Indiana, just know it wasn’t Joseph Quinn-loving aliens who put it there. It was Netflix. The streaming service memorialized Stranger Things 4‘s late, great breakout character with help from crop artist Stan Herd, who created an elaborate tribute to Eddie in a cornfield. The artwork…
Amazon has quite the treat for gaming folks this Prime day, as it’s giving away over 30 games completely free to all Prime members. You’ll need to be quick to claim the freebies, but don’t get too excited. While there are a few standout titles, the free haul doesn’t offer much to those who already…
The BlackCat ransomware group, also known as ALPHV, claims to have breached the systems of Namco Bandai, the Japanese video game publisher behind AAA titles such as Elden Ring and Dark Souls. The news was also first broken by Vx-underground, and later reported by two malware-watching groups. BlackCat is one of the world’s most popular…
I’m the proud owner of a Wii and Wii Fit board that sits in my family home, covered in dust. Why don’t I get rid of it? (Who are you, my mother?) Because that little white box holds a bunch of memories. Memories of escaped nunchucks flying through the air, of my Wii Fit avatar…
We’re into the second half of Prime Day and the hours are counting down to scoop up the best Prime Day gaming deals. We’ve seen console bundles discounted, first-party games with big reductions, and some of the best (and worst) peripherals going for significantly less than their RRP. We’ll be singling out the best PS5,…