🔋 Lithium Revolution, iOS Video Pause, Hardware Climate Startups
Good morning. It’s Tuesday, September 10. Today we are covering:
The Lone Star Lithium Boom
iOS 18 allows iPhone users to pause video recordings
Hardware companies dominate a list of promising climate tech startups
Pakistan's China-style firewall is rattling its tech industry
US seeks new pedestrian safety rules aimed at increasingly massive SUVs and pickup trucks
Let’s dive in
By Russell Gold via Texas Monthly
John Burba developed Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE), a groundbreaking technology that extracts lithium quickly and efficiently without environmental damage, and his invention is set to revolutionize the growing lithium-ion battery industry.
Burba’s DLE technology recently achieved a significant milestone with the first commercial lithium mine in the US, outpacing major competitors like ExxonMobil and positioning northeast Texas as a major player in lithium production.
The Smackover formation in northeast Texas contains some of the richest lithium deposits in North America, drawing interest from companies like Exxon and Standard Lithium, and offering the region a potential economic boom.
𝕏: Here comes the next big boom in Texas. There's lithium under the bayous of northeast Texas, possible world-class deposits. - Russell Gold (@russellgold)
iOS 18 allows iPhone users to pause video recordings
By Jess Weatherbed via The Verge
iOS 18 introduces a new feature that allows users to pause video recordings in the Camera app, making it easier to film multiple shots in one continuous video.
This feature will be available on all iOS 18-supported iPhones when the update is released, unlike other Camera Control tools exclusive to the iPhone 16.
Users can switch between camera lenses while videos are paused, enhancing flexibility for zoom and focal adjustments during recording.
𝕏: iOS 18 allows iPhone users to pause video recordings. Featuring Frank - Tom Warren (@tomwarren)
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Hardware companies dominate a list of promising climate tech startups
By Tim De Chant via TechCrunch
Promising climate tech startups are largely hardware-focused, particularly in manufacturing, materials, and energy, and require years of development and proving their technology.
A new report from Congruent Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank highlights that many of these companies face the commercialization "valley of death," where the costs of scaling are high, but successful firms are heavily rewarded by investors.
The climate tech market is already valued at $1 trillion and expected to double every decade, making it an attractive yet risky space for investors willing to back hardware-based innovations.
Pakistan's China-style firewall is rattling its tech industry
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid via Rest of World
Pakistan's planned internet firewall, aimed at enhancing cybersecurity, is causing concern among tech entrepreneurs like Ahmed Khan, who shut down his startup Cheetay due to investor hesitation amid digital restrictions and economic instability.
Many fear the firewall will follow China's model, but Pakistan lacks the domestic infrastructure to support such a move, potentially costing the economy $300 million and further deterring global investors from supporting local tech startups.
Slow internet speeds and government control over online content have already impacted e-commerce, call centers, and freelancers, with the tech industry warning of severe economic and operational disruptions.
US seeks new pedestrian safety rules aimed at increasingly massive SUVs and pickup trucks
By Tom Krisher via AP News
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is proposing new rules requiring automakers to design vehicles, especially large SUVs and pickup trucks, to reduce pedestrian deaths and injuries.
These new rules, part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, aim to address the increase in pedestrian deaths—up 57% from 2013 to 2022—by setting performance standards for vehicles weighing 10,000 pounds or less.
SUVs and trucks, due to their size and high front-end designs, are linked to nearly half of all pedestrian deaths in front-end collisions, with higher risks for fatalities compared to smaller vehicles.
𝕏: This is a huge step in the right direction — and long overdue. The Federal Motor Safety Standards have real teeth. If this rule comes into effect, carmakers will finally have to address how car bloat endangers pedestrians. - David Zipper (@DavidZipper)
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