Gadgets
Green Tech
Google announces 18 new renewable energy deals
Amazon’s ‘climate pledge’ commits to net zero carbon emissions by 2040 and 100% renewables by 2030
Amazon orders 100K electric delivery trucks from Rivian as part of going carbon neutral by 2040
The man behind Tesla’s Powerwall is now pitching an all-in-one power management system for homes
FarmWise and its weed-pulling agribot harvest $14.5M in funding
iFixit gives Fairphone 3 a perfect 10 for repairability
Startups
Facebook has acquired Servicefriend, which builds ‘hybrid’ chatbots, for Calibra customer service
As Facebook prepares to launch its new cryptocurrency Libra in 2020, it’s putting the pieces in place to help it run. In one of the latest developments, it has acquired Servicefriend, a startup that built bots — chat clients for messaging apps based on artificial intelligence — to help customer service teams, TechCrunch has confirmed. […]