🌐 Today's Technology News 📰 🐟 The taste of synthetic salmon - would you try it? A Toronto startup called New School Foods is developing a plant-based salmon substitute that mimics the taste and texture of the real thing. 🌱🍣 Discover more about this innovative creation and its goal to be enjoyed by non-vegans. #syntheticsalmon #plantbasedfood #foodinnovation 🤖 Are you using AI chatbots for teaching and coursework? We want to hear from educators and students! Share your experiences and insights with us. 📚📝 #AIchatbots #edtech #teaching 🚀 Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft has experienced an unfortunate collision with the Moon's surface, preventing it from successfully landing. 🛰️🌕 Learn more about this setback in Russia's space exploration journey. #Luna25 #Moonspacecraft #spaceexploration 💰 Instacart's revenue has soared by over 30% in the first half of 2023, reaching approximately $1.4 billion. 📈🛒 Find out more about their financial growth amidst plans to go public in September. #Instacart #revenuegrowth #IPO Stay tuned for more exciting technology news updates tomorrow! 📅📡 #technologynews #innovation #stayinformed Read more: 🔗 New School Foods: [link to blog post] 🔗 Collision conference: [link to blog post] 🔗 Russia's Luna-25 collision: [link to blog post] 🔗 Instacart's revenue rise: [link to blog post]

Today's Technology News

I try synthetic salmon and enter the "uncanny valley" of taste

I could count on one thing as I sat down for a multiple-course meal based on something that looked very much like salmon: I would not have to worry about any bones. The plant-based theme ingredient came from a Toronto startup called New School Foods that has been developing a way to construct a salmon substitute with not just the taste but also the texture of the real thing.

New School treated a table's worth of journalists to a tasting dinner in Toronto in late June—subject to a no-food-photos rule for attendees but with no restrictions on taking notes. That comped meal came hours after CEO Chris Bryson gave his sales pitch for the company during a panel at the Collision conference there, in which he said that New School's goal was to see its products "enthusiastically adopted by non-vegans."

New School has given itself a tall order by making salmon its go-to-market product. Salmon both has a distinctive, delicate texture and one of the most identifiable flavor profiles among seafood. And people prepare it with a wider range of techniques than most kinds of meat allow—grilling, poaching, sautéing, smoking, roasting, or even not cooking it at all. For plant-based salmon to pass muster, it has to work across those use cases.

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Are You Using ChatGPT in Your School or University? We Want to Hear About It

We're asking educators and students how they are using new A.I. chatbots for teaching and coursework.

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Russia's Luna-25 space craft 'ceased to exist' after colliding with the Moon

Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft failed to land on the Moon, Roscosmos, Russia's state-run space corporation, announced today. In a statement, the organization reported that the lander "ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the Moon." It would've been the country's first Moon landing since 1976.

Luna-25 entered orbit around the Moon last week, and was meant to orbit for just five days before landing on Monday, August 21st, but over the weekend, Roscosmos said it was analyzing a "technical glitch" that occurred as it was preparing the craft to move to a pre-landing orbit. Now the organization says Luna-25 has been lost.

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Instacart's Revenue Rose More Than 30% in First Half

In the first half of 2023, Instacart's revenue grew over 30% year-over-year to approximately $1.4 billion. However, their gross transaction volume only grew about 5% year-over-year. It is reported that Instacart plans to go public in September.

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