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Mecka AI is nearing a new round led by Sequoia Capital at a valuation of about $500 million, according to two people familiar with the deal.

Google has agreed to buy 1 million carbon credits from Indian startup Mitti Labs through 2030, the largest publicly announced deal for credits from cutting methane in rice farming.

Elon Musk's Boring Company has closed a $3 billion Series D round led by the United Arab Emirates, valuing the tunneling venture at $23 billion.

From a cryptocurrency collapse tied to divine revelation to a proposed roadmap for solar geoengineering and a startup's energy-recycling chips, the latest technology developments span faith, climate, and computing.

Cyclic Materials opened the plant, which can process up to 25,000 metric tons of magnet-bearing end-of-life products annually.