YC-backed productivity app Superpowered pivots to become a voice API platform for bots

November 10, 2023

Calendar apps are essential for productivity but it is hard to differentiate enough to have sustained growth from just the core usage. Y Combinator-backed Superpowered, which is an AI-powered notetaker for your meetings that doesn’t involve recording bots, hit this roadblock and is now pivoting to become Vapi, an API provider so anyone can easily […]

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The Download: how to fight pandemics, and a top scientist turned-advisor

November 10, 2023
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. How open-source drug discovery could help us in the next pandemic When the covid pandemic hit, our antiviral coffers were bare. After all, developing drugs for diseases that don’t pose an immediate threat…

The 6 best gifts for book lovers this holiday season

November 10, 2023

When it comes to getting gifts for the book lover in your life, you can never go wrong with gifting them books on their wish list. But, if you want to get them something other than a book, there are quite a few options out there. As an avid reader myself, I know how a […]

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4 Top Oil & Gas Stocks to Buy Under $15 in November

November 10, 2023
The energy sector is currently reaping the benefits of strong demand coupled with a surge in domestic gas consumption. Therefore, quality oil and gas stocks Antero Midstream Corporation (AM), CSI…

EU business crowdfunding is now bound by bloc-wide regulations

November 10, 2023

All business crowdfunding platforms wishing to operate within the European Union (EU) must now comply with a new EU-wide regulatory framework that brings a uniform set of rules to the bloc. Crowdfunding platforms that had previously been greenlighted to operate had until today to receive authorization under the new rules. Prior to these updated regulations, […]

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How open-source drug discovery could help us in the next pandemic

November 10, 2023
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles like this first, sign up here. When the covid pandemic hit, our antiviral coffers were essentially bare. Sure, pharmaceutical companies had developed drugs to combat influenza and a handful of chronic infections.…