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FTC says popular fertility tracking app Premom shared sensitive data with Chinese analytics firms

May 18, 2023

A popular fertility tracking app shared users’ sensitive health information with third-party advertisers without their consent, a new Federal Trade Commission complaint alleges. The FTC’s investigation into Premom, a fertility tracking app developed by Easy Healthcare that allows users to track ovulation, periods, and other health information, found that the company had shared identifiable health […]

FTC says popular fertility tracking app Premom shared sensitive data with Chinese analytics firms by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Why some companies want you to rent the battery in your EV

May 18, 2023
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. I seem to be constantly signing up for new subscriptions these days. Netflix, Paramount+, and of course I’m glued to the latest season of Succession, so now I’m back on HBO Max too. …

Micron to invest $3.6B in Japan for next-gen memory chips

May 18, 2023

Micron Technology said it will invest up to 500 billion yen ($3.6 billion) in Japan for the next few years with support from the Japanese government to up its game in next-generation memory chips.  The move indicates that the Japanese government is ambitiously pushing ahead with its semiconductor space resurgence and bringing chip technology into the […]

Micron to invest $3.6B in Japan for next-gen memory chips by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch

Future space food could be made from astronaut breath

May 18, 2023
The future of space food could be as simple—and weird—as a protein shake made with astronaut breath or a burger made from fungus. For decades, astronauts have relied mostly on pre-packaged food, or the occasional grown lettuce, during their forays off our planet. With missions beyond Earth orbit in sight, a NASA-led competition is hoping…

Climate risk startup Mitiga gets $14.4M to help businesses face an uncertain future

May 18, 2023

One pretty obvious aspect of the climate emergency which may have flown under your radar is that human-driven global heating is disrupting traditional approaches to risk modelling around natural disasters since probabilistic models based on stuff that happened in the past start to come unstuck atop so much unprecedented change. Step forward Mitiga Solutions, a […]

Climate risk startup Mitiga gets $14.4M to help businesses face an uncertain future by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Pale Blue Dot backs Amini, an African climate tech startup solving environmental data scarcity

May 18, 2023

Amini, a Nairobi-based climate tech startup focused on solving Africa’s environmental data gap through artificial intelligence and satellite technology, has raised $2 million in a pre-seed funding round. Pale Blue Dot, the European climate-focused venture capital firm that announced a $100 million fund last week, led the oversubscribed round. At the same time, Superorganism, RaliCap, […]

Pale Blue Dot backs Amini, an African climate tech startup solving environmental data scarcity by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch

Elon Musk used to say he put $100M in OpenAI, but now it’s $50M: Here are the receipts

May 17, 2023

It’s no secret that Elon Musk has been deeply frustrated with OpenAI since stepping down from its board in February 2018, culminating in an open letter calling for the organization to pause work on more powerful systems. “It does seem weird that something can be a nonprofit, open source, and somehow transform itself into a […]

Elon Musk used to say he put $100M in OpenAI, but now it’s $50M: Here are the receipts by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom early impressions – a feast fit for a short king

May 17, 2023

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has only been out in the wild for a few days at this point, marking a mere sliver of the time players will spend exploring Hyrule’s fresh secrets over the course of the coming months and years, if Breath of the Wild is any indication. For anyone […]

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom early impressions – a feast fit for a short king by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch