Why The Consumer Tech World Is Too Focused on Electronics
Companies must strive to develop tech more mindful of the environment and long-term implications.
Researchers are getting organoids pregnant with human embryos
At first glance, it looks like the start of a human pregnancy: A ball-shaped embryo presses gently into the receptive lining of the uterus and then grips tight, burrowing in as the first tendrils of a future placenta appear. This is implantation—the moment that pregnancy officially begins. Only none of it is happening inside a…
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Vitruvian’s Trainer+ is an all-in-one home gym that actually lives up to its promises
The connected home gym gear craze probably experienced its zenith during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, with indicators like Peloton’s fortunes pointing to waning interest as people get back to using their gym memberships. But the category still has plenty of potential, especially if the gear in question can combine smarts with other key […]
Vitruvian’s Trainer+ is an all-in-one home gym that actually lives up to its promises by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch
Chat With Shakespeare, Margaret Thatcher, Socrates, Kanye and More Using AI
The new site Character.AI lets users chat with authors, eminent scholars who may have contributed to their field a century ago. Users can even chat with contemporary artists and politicians.
Establish Better Work Boundaries with This Second Phone Number App
Get a second number for any reason or occasion.
Lighthouse Canton’s Maiden Venture Debt Fund Reaches First Close
The Fund shall provide debt capital to technology-enabled companies which are part of the Indian startup ecosystem
SheerDrive Raises Pre-Series A Round Led By JITO Angel Network
The funds will be utilized in scaling growth and expanding SheerDrive’s footprint in the pre-owned car market in India, as well as further developing the company’s AI/ML-based intelligent VIAR technology platform to its next version of operational capability
If your CEO isn’t pitching to VCs, you’ll never raise money
Never rely on external resources to do the fundraising for your startup.
If your CEO isn’t pitching to VCs, you’ll never raise money by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
The Download: ID’ing rioters in Brazil, and shooting for the moon
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Brazilians are turning to Instagram to identify far-right rioters In the hours after far-right insurrectionists trashed government buildings in Brazil’s capital on Sunday January 8, a new account popped up on Instagram. Called…
Nucleus aims to simplify the process of managing microservices
An increasing number of organizations are adopting microservices, the loosely-coupled, independently-deployable services that together make up an app. According to a 2020 O’Reilly survey, 77% of organizations had adopted microservices as of then, with 29% reporting that they were migrating or implementing a majority of their systems using microservices. The widespread microservices adoption has spawned […]
Nucleus aims to simplify the process of managing microservices by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Tesla rolls into a pressure cooker, Paris mulls its scooter future, and the double SPAC arrives
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive the full edition of the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages […]
Tesla rolls into a pressure cooker, Paris mulls its scooter future, and the double SPAC arrives by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch