Large heath butterflies are canary in coal mine for climate change

The AI industry entered 2025 with strong momentum. There were49 startups that raised funding rounds worth $100 millionor more in 2024, per our count at TechCrunch; three companies raised more than one “mega-round,” and seven companies raised rounds that were $1billionin size or larger. The industrydidn’tslow down in2025.Whilelesscompanies raised rounds larger than $1 billion,four—Anthropic raised…

Ahead of the Amazon Big Deal Days event (aka Prime Day in October), a tasty deal on a Shark robot vacuum has popped up. You’ll need to be a Prime member to take advantage of the offer on the , but if you are, you can get the device for over half off. The discount…

Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondent Getty Images A key UN report on the state of the global environment has been “hijacked” by the United States and other countries who were unwilling to go along with the scientific findings, the co-chair has told the BBC. The Global Environment Outlook, the result of six years’ work, connects climate change,…

Google is living up to its word and posting warning labels for battery-killing apps. 9to5Google spotted Google’s rollout announcement, which the company previously said would arrive on March 1. The label says, “This app may use more battery than expected due to high background activity.” If you don’t yet see the warnings, they may not…