February 20, 2025

How to Build Meaningful Connections in the Digital Networking Era

In a world of digital noise and curated personas, authenticity fosters a deeper, more lasting connection. Networking for today’s world (and tomorrow’s) will require a balance of technology and human touch.

January 2023

Meta’s ads being found unlawful in the EU is a warning to other ad-funded platforms

January 12, 2023

Elon Musk should take note of a recent major privacy fine for Meta before forging ahead with any plan to force behavioral ads on Twitter users in the European Union. To wit: In remarks today, following the publication of two final decisions against Meta by EU privacy regulators applying the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) […]

Meta’s ads being found unlawful in the EU is a warning to other ad-funded platforms by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Why the time is right for a Mercedes-Benz charging network

January 12, 2023

When your Rolex is due for servicing, you’ll probably take the time to take it to a specialty service center. Likewise, you’re not going to trust the repair of the crimson soles of your Louboutins to the corner shoe-shiner. So why, then, should you be forced to use any plebeian charging network for your premium […]

Why the time is right for a Mercedes-Benz charging network by Tim Stevens originally published on TechCrunch

Entuple E-Mobility Secures $3 Million Pre-Series A Funding

January 12, 2023
The fund raised will be deployed to further strengthen the R&D capabilities to develop next-generation traction motors and drives for mobility applications including machine learning and advance telematics capabilities in its products

Two climate technologies that matter

January 12, 2023
It’s been an exciting week here at MIT Technology Review, because on Monday we released our 2023 list of the 10 Breakthrough Technologies! This is always one of my favorite times of the year, when we get to take a hard look at technologies that will matter in the upcoming year and beyond. And this…

Our obsession with pets means startups aimed at Vets are booming, as Digitail shows

January 12, 2023

With our mysterious, unsustainable, and psychological attachment to pets, combined with a boom in pet ownership since those lonely pandemic times, means veterinary practices have come under increasing pressure. Pet ownership has increased (56 to 70% US household penetration in the last 35 years). But, there are not enough vets. To meet demand, a vet […]

Our obsession with pets means startups aimed at Vets are booming, as Digitail shows by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

As it shifts focus from DIY computer kits, Kano spins out its creative software suite as a standalone business

January 12, 2023

Kano Computing (“Kano”), the venture-backed company best known for its DIY computer kits and software for teaching coding and STEM skills to kids, is spinning out its creative software suite and online community platform as an independent business. The move comes as the U.K. company has been shifting its focus away from its build-your-own PC roots […]

As it shifts focus from DIY computer kits, Kano spins out its creative software suite as a standalone business by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Google is finally rolling out emoji reactions for Meet video calls

January 12, 2023

Google is finally rolling out emoji reactions to people using Google Meet for video calls starting today. The company said that this feature will be first available on iOS and the web with Android support coming soon. The search giant first announced this feature last year, but it is reaching users just now. Users can […]

Google is finally rolling out emoji reactions for Meet video calls by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Inside the metaverse meetups that let people share on death, grief, and pain

January 12, 2023
Days after learning that her husband, Ted, had only months to live, Claire Matte found herself telling strangers about it in VR. The 62-year-old retiree had bought a virtual-reality headset in 2021 as a social getaway. Ted had late-stage cancer, and the intense responsibility of caring for him had shrunk her daily reality. With the…

Bitcoin mining was booming in Kazakhstan. Then it was gone.

January 12, 2023
To reach Kazakhstan’s largest bitcoin mine, you need to travel deep into the country’s rust belt, to the city of Ekibastuz. In the far northeast of the country, equidistant between the capital city of Astana and the country’s border with Siberia, it’s a drab sprawl of down-at-heel shops and cramped Soviet-era apartment buildings, known locally…

India’s Jio partners with Gamestream in cloud gaming push

January 12, 2023

Mukesh Ambani, one of Asia’s richest men, has made a splash in many industries over the past three decades. It now appears he has set his eyes on a new sector: Gaming. JioGames, part of Reliance Industries’ telecom platform Jio, said on Thursday it has inked a 10-year strategic partnership with French firm Gamestream. The […]

India’s Jio partners with Gamestream in cloud gaming push by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch