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eBay makes it easier to find fast-shipping items and local listings

​[[{“value”:” eBay announced on Thursday that it has updated its platform to help buyers find fast-shipping items and local listings, thanks to changes to Search item cards and additional usage of AI. The company is making it easier to identify items with fast delivery, as search item cards now display delivery range estimates for all fast […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Just 2 days left to save up to $1,130

​[[{“value”:” Clock’s ticking! You’ve got just 48 hours left to lock in your spot at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 and save up to $1,130 on individual ticket types or 30% on group tickets. Don’t wait — secure your pass now before prices go up on February 28 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Disrupt 2025 takes place on October […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

4 days left to save up to $325 at TechCrunch Sessions: AI

​[[{“value”:” Don’t let the world of AI pass you by. You have just four days left to secure your spot at TechCrunch Sessions: AI and get savings of up to $325. But make sure to act fast — this offer ends on March 2 at 11:59 p.m. PT. There’s never been a better time to network […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Just Move In raises $8M Series A for its home setup service 

​[[{“value”:” Fintech has fragmented into increasingly specialized, cucumber-sliced micro-services, ranging from embedded buy-now-pay-later loans to specialized neo banks to yet more payment processing systems. What opportunities remain for innovators in such a fragmented landscape? One U.K. startup, Just Move In, zoomed out and realised that the home had been overlooked by everyone in the industry. And […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Stripe finalizes tender sale at a $91.5B valuation, says payment volumes grew to $1.4T in 2024

​[[{“value”:” Digital payments platform Stripe has yet to lay out plans to go public, but in the meantime the company has thrown past and present employees a line for some liquidity. The company on Thursday confirmed a tender offer where investors will buy up shares from those employees at a valuation of $91.5 billion. Stripe said […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

IBM closes $6.4B HashiCorp acquisition

​[[{“value”:” IBM has finalized its multi-billion dollar HashiCorp acquisition, two days after the U.K.’s antitrust regulator gave the deal its blessing. An IBM spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had also quietly greenlighted the acquisition just prior to the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Tuesday. Today’s announcement comes 10 […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Amazon debuts Ocelot, its first quantum computing chip

​[[{“value”:” Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced Ocelot, its first quantum computing chip. The news brings it into line with its big cloud rivals Microsoft and Google, which have also unveiled their own quantum chips in recent months, respectively Majorana and Willow. The cloud computing giant has long been investing in the quantum computing space, starting […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

What sedimentary rocks can tell us about the evolution of Earth’s atmosphere

What sedimentary rocks can tell us about the evolution of Earth’s atmosphere

​[[{“value”:” What sedimentary rocks can tell us about the evolution of Earth’s atmosphere Published: Rocks have a lot to tell us about the history of our planet. Geologists study rocks to identify the clues they hold and decipher the answers they reveal. Dr Robert Rainbird, a sedimentologist at the Geological Survey of Canada, is examining ancient sedimentary rocks in the…

Where did STEM go?

Where did STEM go?

​[[{“value”:” What happened to STEM? I found myself asking this question while listening to a panel discussion at a workforce development conference in October. The speakers — especially those from the manufacturing industry — kept making the point that their firms needed STEM professionals, particularly for engineering and product development roles. “We need people who can do the math,” one…