Today, I’m talking with Matt Mullenweg, the founder and CEO of Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com, Tumblr, and a whole host of other products like the new cross-platform messaging service Beeper. This is Matt’s third time on Decoder; back … Continue reading Why Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg went to war over WordPress
The new Gemini tab for educators in Google Classroom. Google announced a variety of new features for its Classroom software suite, including free Gemini AI tools for educators and NotebookLM for users under 18 — the first time the tool has … Continue reading Google is opening its NotebookLM AI tools to students under 18
Raising in 2025 doesn’t look anything like it did in 2021 — and that’s exactly the point. At TechCrunch All Stage on July 15 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station, Kristen Craft, Head of Business Development at Fidelity Private Shares, will … Continue reading Kristen Craft brings fresh fundraising strategy to the Foundation Stage at TechCrunch All Stage
Apple is rumored to launch a lighter — and cheaper — version of the Vision Pro. Apple seems to have big plans to expand its lineup of extended-reality (XR) devices by launching new Vision series headsets and smart glasses, according … Continue reading Apple is reportedly working on a bunch of new XR devices
CFS is building its pilot fusion plant in Devens, Massachusetts. Google has agreed to purchase electricity from a forthcoming nuclear fusion power plant, the so-called holy grail of clean energy that scientists have been chasing for more than half a … Continue reading Google bets on fusion power as its greenhouse gas emissions grow
Google will invest in Commonwealth Fusion Systems and buy 200 MW of electricity from its forthcoming power plant. Source: TechCrunch Google inks its first fusion power deal with Commonwealth Fusion Systems Continue reading Google inks its first fusion power deal with Commonwealth Fusion Systems
In Project Hail Mary Ryan Gosling plays Ryland Grace, a science teacher who finds themselves a reluctant astronaut on a mission to save Earth’s dying sun. | Screenshot: YouTube Following the success of 2015’s The Martian, Amazon MGM Studios has … Continue reading Ryan Gosling is not an astronaut in Project Hail Mary’s first trailer
India is carving out a new space for Foxconn and other high-end manufacturers, just as President Trump demands American companies do at home. Source: New York Times Trump Wants America to Make iPhones. Here’s How India Is Doing It. Continue reading Trump Wants America to Make iPhones. Here’s How India Is Doing It.
Lai Ching-te is ramping up his warnings about China’s threat to Taiwan. Critics say he is stoking divisions, and risking blowback from Beijing. Source: New York Times Taiwan’s President Takes on China, and His Opponents, in Speaking Tour Continue reading Taiwan’s President Takes on China, and His Opponents, in Speaking Tour
Check your Anker power banks to see if they carry any of these model numbers. Anker has issued its second product recall so far this month, warning customers that five additional power bank models should stop being used “immediately due … Continue reading Anker is recalling another five power banks over fire risks
