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Hanging out in my favorite virtual coffee shop in Tokyo

Hanging out in my favorite virtual coffee shop in Tokyo

[ad_1] Finding a cafe that fits you can be a revelatory experience. For me at least, there are few places outside of my house that I can truly feel comfortable in. I’m lucky enough to have two options in walking distance: a coffee shop that’s bright, airy, and full of art, and another that doubles …

SolarSquare in talks to raise up to $60M as India’s rooftop solar market draws major VC interest

SolarSquare in talks to raise up to M as India’s rooftop solar market draws major VC interest

[ad_1] SolarSquare, an Indian rooftop solar startup that helps households and housing societies adopt solar power, is in advanced talks to raise fresh capital after securing India’s largest solar venture investment in December 2024, TechCrunch has learned. B Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners are set to co-lead the Series C round, which could value SolarSquare …

Xiaomi 17T's India launch date announced

Xiaomi 17T's India launch date announced

[ad_1] Earlier this week, Xiaomi announced that it would unveil the Xiaomi 17T and Xiaomi 17T Pro on May 28. Today, the Chinese brand announced that the Xiaomi 17T will launch in India on June 4, marking the T lineup’s return to the Asian country after a long time. Xiaomi has only mentioned the 17T …

SpaceX’s Starship V3—still a work in progress—mostly successful on first flight

SpaceX’s Starship V3—still a work in progress—mostly successful on first flight

[ad_1] SpaceX launched the first test flight of its upgraded Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster Friday, with mostly positive results. The powerful rocket, propelled by 33 methane-fueled main engines, climbed away from SpaceX’s Starbase launch facility in South Texas at 5:30 pm CDT (6:30 pm EDT; 22:30 UTC) Friday. Within a few seconds, the …

It’s time to talk about my writerdeck

It’s time to talk about my writerdeck

[ad_1] tldr: I installed console-only Debian on an old laptop (no desktop OS at all) I added some packages to make it work better for writing: network-manager for connecting to hotspots while I’m away kmscon for custom fonts and more than 16 colors in the tty tmux for a nice status bar and rudimentary screen …