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3 Pharma Stocks Flashing ‘Buy’ Signals in December

December 8, 2023
The pharmaceutical industry is well-positioned for robust growth, driven by growing healthcare expenditure globally and the rapid adoption of digital technologies. Given the industry’s tailwinds, fundamentally strong pharma stocks, Collegium…

Here’s a sneak peek at what made our 2024 list of 10 Breakthrough Technologies

December 8, 2023
Our new 2024 list of 10 Breakthrough Technologies won’t come out until January. But I recently gave attendees at EmTech MIT a sneak peek at one item that made the list—weight-loss drugs. Caroline Apovian, co-director of the Center for Weight Management and Wellness at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, then joined me on stage…

With its second app, Amo wants to make photo-sharing as simple taking a photo

December 8, 2023

Less than three weeks ago, French startup Amo released ID. As I hinted in my article covering this much-anticipated launch, ID was Amo’s first idea. Today, the social consumer startup is releasing its second app called Capture. Once again, this new app will be dissected by social app enthusiasts and other companies working in this […]

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UK’s CMA is looking at whether Microsoft and OpenAI tie-up is a ‘relevant merger’

December 8, 2023

The whirlwind management drama at OpenAI last month ended with co-founder Sam Altman reinstated within a week of his surprise dismissal and a much bigger role for Microsoft, which ended up with a seat on the board for the first time since investing billions into the startup earlier this year. That new, cosier relationship is […]

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These robots know when to ask for help

December 8, 2023
There are two bowls on the kitchen table: one made of plastic, the other metal. You ask the robot to pick up the bowl and put it in the microwave. Which one will it choose? A human might ask for clarification, but given the vague command, the robot may place the metal bowl in the…

Threads is rolling out its hashtags without the hash symbol globally

December 8, 2023

Meta’s social network Threads got a major update Thursday as the company started rolling out tags (without the hash symbol) on the platform. Users will be able to tag only one topic per post to avoid tag spam. The company began testing the tag feature in Australia last month, and it is now rolling out […]

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India’s top VCs face fresh obstacles as startup investment plummets

December 8, 2023

High-flying venture investors in India managing hundreds of millions of dollars are tempering expectations, making early-stage startup bets that in best-case scenarios they hope will return 3 to 5 times invested capital. Several leading India investors including Peak XV Partners, Elevation Capital, Lightspeed, Nexus and Accel have raised $500 million-plus in the past two years, […]

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