Even before a building accepts its first occupant, it has racked up a steep carbon debt. Worldwide, the materials and construction required to erect buildings contributes 11% of global carbon emissions, according to the World Green Building Council. Some places have begun experimenting with multistory timber buildings, and while they’ve recently reached new heights, timber […]
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Strong by Form will show its ultralight engineered wood at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 | TechCrunch
Strong by Form has designed a structural floor piece that can span longer distances than existing engineered wood, making it a replacement for stee...
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MacroCycle's approach to recycling dramatically reduces the amount of energy needed to produce new material, potentially lowering costs to the point where it could compete with virgin plastic.
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MacroCycle found a shortcut for plastic recycling — catch it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 | TechCrunch
MacroCycle's approach to recycling dramatically reduces the amount of energy needed to produce new material, potentially lowering costs to the...
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Mbodi users prompt the software with natural language and its cluster of AI agents works to make train easier.
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Mbodi will show how it can train a robot using AI agents at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 | TechCrunch
Mbodi users prompt the software with natural language, and its cluster of AI agents works to make training easier.
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Kevin Damoa came face-to-face with the challenges and dangers of moving freight from road to rail as a 17-year-old U.S. Army enlistee tasked with loading tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles onto the railroad. It was — as the mechanical engineer and founder of Glīd Technologies puts it — the beginning of his love story with […]
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Glīd is building an autonomous shortcut to move freight from road to rail — catch it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 | TechCrunch
Damoa pinpointed the problem: the complex, multi-step process moving a container from a ship to a freight train. He founded Glīd Technologies to t...
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Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana believes the robotaxi company can increase road safety by reaching scale.
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Waymo's co-CEO on the challenge of scaling robotaxis safely | TechCrunch
Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana believes the robotaxi company can increase road safety by reaching scale.
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Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana opened up at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 about the vandalism of its cars and how the company pushes back on government surveillance requests.
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Waymo co-CEO on robotaxi vandalism: 'We're not standing for it' | TechCrunch
Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana opened up at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 about the vandalism of its cars and how the company pushes back on government su...
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Waymo co-CEO Takedra Mawakana urged rival autonomous vehicle companies to be more transparent about their safety data during an interview at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. She said that companies removing human drivers from vehicles have a responsibility to prove their technology makes roads safer.
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Robotaxi companies must do more to prove safety, Waymo co-CEO says | TechCrunch
Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana urged rival autonomous vehicle companies to be more transparent about their safety data.
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Amazon could be planning to cut up to 30,000 corporate positions starting on Tuesday.
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Amazon reportedly plans to cut around 30,000 corporate jobs | TechCrunch
Amazon could be planning to cut up to 30,000 corporate positions starting on Tuesday.
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OpenAI released data on just how many of ChatGPT's users are facing mental health challenges, and how its addressing them.
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OpenAI says over a million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly | TechCrunch
OpenAI released data on just how many of ChatGPT's users are facing mental health challenges, and how it's addressing them.
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Fitbit’s Gemini-powered health coach is rolling out to Premium subscribers in the U.S. on Android.
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Fitbit’s revamped app, with Gemini-powered health coach, rolls out to Premium users | TechCrunch
Called “Coach,” this feature is designed to be your all-in-one fitness trainer, sleep coach, and health and wellness advisor.
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