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Prince Charles reignites previously mothballed steel furnaceThe restart of the electric arc furnace, which was mothballed by previous owners during the steel crisis two and a half years ago, is part of a multi-million-pound investment by the Liberty House Group that is creating 300 new jobs at Rotherham and its sister plant in Stocksbridge, as […]

Heat images reveal corrosion in reinforced concrete postsThe researchers examined 14 reinforced concrete supports in the Tomsk region. Their findings show that the technique enables efficient and rapid detection of the corrosion of steel reinforcement hidden behind the concrete shell of the supporting structure. The outcomes of the study were published in Applied Sciences. TPU […]

Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky has joined Y Combinator as a partner If you follow the startup industry, you likely know the story of smartwatch maker Pebble, including that famous Kickstarter campaign in 2012 that sought $100,000 but wound up raising more than $10 million instead. You might also remember thinking that Pebble’s fate was sealed once […]

Kidtech startup SuperAwesome is now valued at $100+ million and profitable Technology companies like Facebook and Google are scrambling to catch up to the fact that the kids have joined a web originally built for adults, and are using it the way adults do – by liking and commenting, sharing, clicking through on personalized recommendations, and […]

Molly wants to use your online presence to create an automated knowledge base Isn’t it frustrating when you ask a friend a question – like what’s your favorite restaurant in New York or what trips have you been on this year – knowing that these specific answers are certainly already accessible on social media? The problem […]

Join me for an evening of crypto with writers Paul Vigna and Michael Casey Next week I’m pleased to announce that I’m going to have Paul Vigna and Michael Casey, authors of The Truth Machine, on stage with me at Knotel, a co-working and event space in Manhattan. I’d love for you to come. You can […]

Elon Musk’s Boring Company gets preliminary permit for NYC-D.C. Hyperloop A 29-minute trip from D.C. to New York may seem too good to be true. And it very well may be. But that isn’t stopping Elon Musk from pushing forward with plans to build a Hyperloop along the eastern corridor. And while it’s a very small, […]