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Nowatch adds watch faces to a fitness tracker that vows not to interrupt you

January 10, 2024

I first ran into Nowatch at CES last year, and its founders have been hard at work to evolve the product over the past year, packing in a bunch of AI-powered insights into its wearable jewelry that’s shaped like a watch, but doesn’t interrupt you or, well, do anything other than track you and look […]

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Accesibility startup Augmental is working on head tracking and ‘silent speech’

January 10, 2024

Imagine a world where you can control your smartphone or laptop just by moving your head or subtly shifting your tongue – a future where voiceless communication becomes a reality. That’s exactly what Augmental has been working on, and it’s nothing short of awe-inspiring. Augmental is one of those startups that’s fantastically easy to cheer […]

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I really wanted to hate the $2,000 earbuds I tried at CES

January 10, 2024

Look, anyone who is saying they’re going to start selling a pair of $2,000 studio monitor-quality in-ear headphones had better show up with the receipts. At that price point, one could acquire Apple’s top-of-the-line AirPod Max headphones and have enough money left over to pick up a MacBook Pro as well. I spoke with Breggz […]

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Explained in 5 charts: Venture capital in 2023

January 10, 2024

Venture capital had a lot of ups and downs in 2023, so we charted out the numbers to make it clear just how much things actually improved.

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EU lawmakers under pressure to fully disclose dealings with child safety tech maker, Thorn

January 10, 2024

More trouble for European Union lawmakers in a controversial area of tech policymaking — namely the bloc’s proposed legislation to apply surveillance technologies, such as client-side scanning, to digital messaging to try to detect child sexual abuse material (CSAM). This week the Commission’s ombudsman published details of a finding it made in December of maladministration […]

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