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Proton launches its password manager Proton Pass

June 28, 2023

A couple of months after unveiling Proton Pass, Proton — the company behind end-to-end encrypted email service Proton Mail — is officially launching its password manager to everyone. As a reminder, Proton Pass is an end-to-end encrypted password manager for individuals and (soon) families. Everybody should use a password manager as it helps you use […]

Proton launches its password manager Proton Pass by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

Flowie wants to make invoices flow freely

June 28, 2023

Meet Flowie, a new French startup that wants to facilitate money movements between companies. The company centralizes everything related to accounts receivable and accounts payable so that everyone in the company can see relevant information when it comes to getting paid by clients and receiving money from suppliers. Flowie was started by Yann Ravel-Sibillot, Rémi […]

Flowie wants to make invoices flow freely by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

Now playing: DribbleBot

June 27, 2023
It’s no Lionel Messi, but a four-legged robot developed at CSAIL’s Improbable Artificial Intelligence Lab can dribble a soccer ball on surfaces including grass, sand, gravel, mud, and snow.  To develop these hard-to-script skills, the researchers turned to a simulation—a digital twin of the natural world. “DribbleBot” started out with no idea how to dribble,…

Nanoparticles target lung disease

June 27, 2023
A nanoparticle developed by MIT chemical engineer Daniel Anderson and colleagues can deliver messenger RNA encoding CRISPR gene-editing proteins to the lungs of mice. With further development, the researchers say, such particles could offer an inhalable treatment for cystic fibrosis and other lung diseases, snipping out and replacing the faulty genes that cause them. The…

A study that really holds water

June 27, 2023
The Namaqua sandgrouse, a bird native to the deserts of southern Africa, has a unique way of helping chicks survive before they can fly: the males frolic in the nearest watering hole and carry water back in their belly feathers for them to drink.  In 1967, researchers found that the feathers can absorb 25 milliliters…