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Studying and restoring Canada’s peatlands and their carbon storage superpower

Studying and restoring Canada’s peatlands and their carbon storage superpower

​[[{“value”:” Studying and restoring Canada’s peatlands and their carbon storage superpower Published: Healthy peatlands capture and store a huge amount of carbon, helping to mitigate climate change. However, industrial activities, such as oil and gas exploration and mining, threaten this storage potential. At the University of Waterloo in Canada, Professor Maria Strack is investigating how disturbance affects peatlands’ ability to…

NIH funding uncertainty spurs new biotech venture fund

​[[{“value”:” Earlier this month, the Trump administration directed the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to impose limits on specific types of funding it provides to research institutions. Although a federal judge has temporarily blocked the policy change, government grants to early-stage biotech startups could still face delays or be eliminated entirely, said Chris Gibson, co-founder and […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Murena now sells a ‘deGoogled’ Pixel Tablet

​[[{“value”:” Murena, the French privacy firm that’s forked Android to deliver so-called deGoogled smartphones, has repeated the trick with a tablet. So if you’re keen to get your hands on a shiny Pixel Tablet — but without the usual bundle of Google apps and services — Murena has you covered. The Murena Pixel Tablet runs the […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Guidde taps AI to help create software training videos

Guidde taps AI to help create software training videos

​[[{“value”:” Creating corporate training videos for software is a time-consuming ordeal, especially if you’re an organization with a lot of software licenses. Training videos can help get employees up to speed, but they’re a big lift. They often take entire teams to produce. Tel Aviv-based entrepreneur Yoav Einav thought there might be an alternative, cheaper way […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

A former Etsy product manager built an AI-powered app for new parents

A former Etsy product manager built an AI-powered app for new parents

​[[{“value”:” Career product manager Amanda DeLuca has launched a parenting management app, Riley, born out of her own experience with parental anxiety and feedback from other families. DeLuca, who previously at Google, Nerdwallet, and Eventbrite, in addition to Etsy, became pregnant three years ago. At the time, she and her husband, who is also a product […] © 2024 TechCrunch….