December 30, 2025

The ascent of the AI therapist

We’re in the midst of a global mental-­health crisis. More than a billion people worldwide suffer from a mental-health condition, according to the World Health Organization. The prevalence of anxiety and depression is growing in many demographics, particularly young people, and suicide is claiming hundreds of thousands of lives globally each year. Given the clear…

Quora’s Poe chatbot introduces better context window and document upload support

July 12, 2023

Quora’s AI-powered chatbot service Poe introduced a bunch of new tools on Tuesday ranging from a larger context window for better responses to support for URL retrieval, and document upload, along with continuing other users’ public conversations. The company said in an email to customers that with Anthropic launching Claude-2, Poe is making its 100k-token […]

Quora’s Poe chatbot introduces better context window and document upload support by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Voice cloning platform Resemble AI lands $8M

July 12, 2023

Resemble AI, a platform that uses generative AI to clone realistic-sounding voices, today announced that it raised $8 million in a Series A round led by Javelin Venture Partners, with participation from Craft Ventures and Ubiquity Ventures. The tranche, which brings the startup’s total raised to $12 million, will be put toward further developing Resemble’s […]

Voice cloning platform Resemble AI lands $8M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Testing automation platform Tricentis acquires Waldo

July 12, 2023

Tricentis, a test automation platform that has acquired quite a few testing services and startups over the years, is making another M&A move with the acquisition of Waldo, an automated testing tool for mobile development teams. I have covered Waldo several times over the past few years. The company has raised a seed round led […]

Testing automation platform Tricentis acquires Waldo by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

Europe greenlights Broadcom’s $61B VMware acquisition

July 12, 2023

The European Commission (EC) has formally approved Broadcom’s $61 billion bid for virtualization software giant VMware, with the caveat that Broadcom fulfils certain ongoing commitments around access and interoperability. The billion-dollar deal, among the biggest tech acquisitions of all time, was always likely to attract regulatory scrutiny when it was announced way back in May last […]

Europe greenlights Broadcom’s $61B VMware acquisition by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Akamai expands its cloud computing footprint with new locations and services

July 12, 2023

Acquiring Linode allowed Akamai to fast-track its broader cloud computing ambitions. Today, the company is taking another step in this direction. It’s announcing the expansion of its cloud computing services to five new locations: Paris, Washington, D.C. and Chicago, which are going live now, and Seattle and Chennai, which will open later this quarter. Akamai […]

Akamai expands its cloud computing footprint with new locations and services by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

UK femtech Daye launches virtual clinic for period pain

July 12, 2023

UK femtech Daye has a new string to its bow: It’s opened what it’s billing as the world’s first virtual period pain clinic. The new service, which extends the startup’s direct-to-consumer business selling female health products — such as its signature CBD-infused cramp-fighting tampon — is intended to support women to get a faster diagnosis […]

UK femtech Daye launches virtual clinic for period pain by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

The US-China chip war is still escalating

July 12, 2023
This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology developments in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. The temperature of the US-China tech conflict just keeps rising. Last week, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced a new export license system for gallium and germanium, two elements that are…