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Ransomware attacks—malware intrusions that block an organization’s access to its own data until a ransom is paid—are taking on alarming new aspects. As people’s work habits, daily routines, geographic locations, and trust in institutions have changed against a backdrop of global political shifts and the covid-19 pandemic, ransomware attacks have taken advantage of the opportunity…

Small displays like smartwatches and AR/VR applications are about to get a lot better, at least if Porotech has anything to do with it. Whereas regular LED displays have their red, green, and blue pixels side-by-side, in separate pixels, Porotech’s DynamicPixelTuning (DPT) tech promises to make every pixel capable of outputting all colors. The theory […]

AR/VR screens could be getting a lot better as ‘microLED’ tech sneaks out of the lab by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

Keeping founder-market fit at its focus, the fund will be invested in technology-centric startups led by serial entrepreneurs and domain experts

The battery-powered cart features a touchscreen where the shopper enters their phone number, adds items to the cart and then uses the screen to pay at the end.

Veeve bags $6.7M to turn shopping carts into smart ones by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

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. What happens when you donate your body to science Rebecca George doesn’t mind the vultures that complain from the trees that surround the Western Carolina University body farm. Her arrival has interrupted their…

Greenlight Infinity includes 5% savings for its children’s savings accounts, along with new safety features like location sharing, SOS alerts, and crash detection.

Children’s financial app Greenlight signals next app iteration with family safety features by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

Some seven years after selling his previous company to Google, Jacob Bank is preparing to launch his next project, this time with a focus on automating mundane, repetitive tasks. Bank was previously cofounder and CEO at Timeful, a smart scheduling app that helped users make better use of their time through automatically prioritizing their various […]

After selling his last startup to Google, this founder now wants to automate mundane tasks with Relay by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Come back to this page for rolling updates throughout the day as we kick off ClimateTech, MIT Technology Review’s first ever conference dedicated to finding solutions for climate change. Programming starts at 9am ET on Wednesday October 12, and you can follow along here to find out what’s being said on stage. For a taste…