TikTok’s ‘Effect House’ AR development platform exits beta

August 31, 2023
TikTok’s AR development platform called “Effect House,” which allows creators to build AR effects for use in the video app, is officially out of beta. Creators can now download Effect House 3.0 and join TikTok’s official Effect House community on Discord, where can be kept up-to-date on the latest events and challenges, office hours, and also […]

This startup wants to help landlords rethink risk when screening potential tenants

August 31, 2023
It’s long been argued that relying on credit scores for things such as evaluating rental applications is an old-fashioned model that needs to be done away with. But the question of how to determine whether or not a rental applicant is truly a risk has remained. One proptech startup has made it its mission to […]

Floworks is building an AI assistant to change how workers interact with software

August 31, 2023
About the time that Floworks co-founders Sudipta Biswas and Sarthak Shrivastava were starting at Y Combinator in the Winter 23 cohort, they had a chat with veteran investor Vinod Khosla, who encouraged the pair to think bigger. They said that that conversation had a huge influence on them as they were building Floworks, an AI […]

In a surprise tie-up, Shopify merchants will be able to offer Amazon’s ‘Buy with Prime’ option

August 31, 2023
Amazon and Shopify this morning announced a significant integration that will now allow Shopify merchants to offer “Buy with Prime” on their Shopify stores. The Buy with Prime feature allows online consumers the option to purchase their items using the store payment method in their Amazon wallet when processing payments through Shopify’s checkout. Meanwhile, they’ll […]

A biotech company says it put dopamine-making cells into people’s brains

August 31, 2023
In an important test for stem-cell medicine, a biotech company says implants of lab-made neurons introduced into the brains of 12 people with Parkinson’s disease appear to be safe and may have reduced symptoms for some of them. The added cells should produce the neurotransmitter dopamine, a shortage of which is what produces the devastating…