The Koidra team in Vietnam, where its second office is located. (Koidra Photo) The news: Seattle-based indoor agriculture startup Koidra will share a $3.77 million research grant with Ohio State University, Rutgers University, Cornell University and the University of Arizona. The four-year grant was awarded to Ohio State University by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Koidra will lead the core of the project. The grant is unique for its academic-industry collaboration, said Koidra of ...read more

from the seems-we-know-who-the-real-abusive-party-is-here dept Governments set up rules governing how they govern. Then they ignore them. So, what’s the point? Is it a nod to decorum before the proverbial government party guest throws up in the bathtub and hits on your mom? If the law says an entry order or warrant is needed to enter people’s homes to investigate alleged crimes against children and you choose to ignore that law, that should make you a lawbreaker. Instead, it just makes y ...read more

Follow-up: Microsoft revenue growth slows as cloud business helps offset Windows decline Microsoft reports its latest financial report Tuesday, kicking off a big earnings week for tech giants amid ongoing economic uncertainty. The company’s quarterly results may serve as a bellwether for the rest of the enterprise software industry to see if demand has kept up in the face of numerous headwinds including supply chain issues, inflation, interest rate hikes, and the energy crisis in Eu ...read more

Social media continues to change the way we discover, market, and share new music and artists. Insider is seeking nominations for innovative creators, artists, or music label and social media execs. Music is no longer experienced and shared in a single way or on a single platform. And TikTok — as it continues to be the leading platform for music discovery and marketability – is not the only app transforming the music industry these days. Social-media companies are toying with new music ...read more

Taylor Swift rises out of a Titan Casket like this one featured on the company’s website. (Titan Casket Photo) Any startup would die for the chance to have their product show up in a Taylor Swift music video. That’s just life for Titan Casket. The Bellevue, Wash., and Massachusetts-based direct-to-consumer casket company is feeling a bit of a viral pep in its step after one of its caskets served as a prop for the pop star in her new video “Anti-Hero.” The video, for a song off the ...read more

Tesla is said to be facing a criminal investigation launched by the U.S. Department of Justice facing claims made by the company regarding its “Autopilot” capabilities, Reuters reports, citing “three people familiar with the matter.” The inquiry was launched last year per the sources and was initiated following over a dozen accidents involving the active use of Tesla’s Autopilot system, some resulting in fatalities. Tesla, and in particular CEO Elon Musk have been bold in their ...read more

As the third-quarter earnings drumbeat continues, we learned more about the state of global supply chains, global consumer appetite for big-ticket items and the future of self-driving technology. After the bell this afternoon, Ford beat Wall Street analyst revenue estimates of $36.25 billion, per Yahoo Finance , with automotive Q3 2022 top line of $37.2 billion , and total revenues of $39.25 billion, up 10% despite lingering supply chain issues. The company’s adjusted earnings per s ...read more

PSA: Apple has averaged about one zero-day vulnerability per month since January. The latest came with iOS 16, which hackers may have actively exploited over the last month. Apple issued iOS and iPadOS versions 16.1 and 16 earlier this week. Users with compatible devices should update them immediately. On Monday, Apple released a patch for iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 to fix a critical vulnerability. The security weakness allows attackers to execute code with kernel-level privileges. An anonymous bug ...read more

from the locking-up-the-public-domain dept A couple of weeks ago, we reported on a terrible idea in France: requiring companies to pay for the use of public domain material. As the post explained, this is a subversion of what it means for something to enter the public domain, and a betrayal of the implicit bargain of copyright. Fortunately, the plan was dropped, partly as a result of the outrage it generated. Naively, I assumed that this was a lucky escape, but that the idea would be back u ...read more

The Core i5-13600K is the most affordable model in Intel's new Raptor Lake (K-SKU) range. We're very excited about the prospects of this CPU because the 12600K was a personal favorite of ours, so with the 13600K promising even better gaming performance, it should be a real winner. Intel lists an MSRP of $330 (per 1,000 unit price) and we're happy to report that retailers have been able to list it for $330. That makes the Core i5-13600K just $30 more expensive than the Ryzen 5 7600X and $70 che ...read more