‘Workhorse of batteries’ could give California tribe’s new clean-energy microgrid a jolt

Invinity’s batteries installed alongside solar PV generation near Perth in Scotland. Invinity California is taking a small step towards its long-term goal of reaching 100 percent clean electricity by 2045 with a big investment in a hybrid energy storage system. Earlier this month, the California Energy Commission (CEC) awarded a $31 million grant towards the…

Daily Crunch: Amazon starts delivering layoff notices to thousands of employees

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello, and welcome to your…checks the top right of the screen…Wednesday. Several of our TechCrunch colleagues headed to Miami today for the TC Sessions: Crypto event tomorrow. Given the past week, it…

Protein programmers get a helping hand from Cradle’s generative AI

Proteins are the molecules that get work done in nature, and there’s a whole industry emerging around successfully modifying and manufacturing them for various uses. But doing so is time consuming and haphazard; Cradle aims to change that with an AI-powered tool that tells scientists what new structures and sequences will make a protein do…

Facebook reminds employees: You can’t fact check Trump now that he’s running for president

On Tuesday night, former president Donald Trump held a rally which officially ended all the speculation about his future political aspirations. Trump announced he was indeed running for president again, essentially kicking off his 2024 campaign.  There was some chatter that Trump was announcing his presidential run now in order to avoid a Department of…