November 7, 2024

What’s next for reproductive rights in the US

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. Earlier this week, Americans cast their votes in a seminal presidential election. But it wasn’t just the future president of the US that was on the ballot. Ten…

Singapore-based staffing platform Workmate acquired by Persol Asia Pacific

October 11, 2022

Workmate, a Singapore-based on-demand staffing platform, has been acquired by Persol Asia Pacific, one of the region’s largest HR service providers. Workmate focuses on frontline and essential workers, and the acquisition will allow it to expand its HR solutions throughout the Asia Pacific. Workmate currently operates in Thailand and Indonesia and is expanding operations into […]

Singapore-based staffing platform Workmate acquired by Persol Asia Pacific by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch

AgriWebb’s software seeks to boost yields, lower environmental impacts for farmers and ranchers

October 10, 2022

AgriWebb is on a mission to help livestock producers feed the world efficiently, profitably and sustainably by providing its comprehensive, ground-truth database for beef production worldwide. The Australian startup, which builds a livestock management platform for ranchers and farmers, wants to digitize farm records and the meat production process from the cow to the consumer […]

AgriWebb’s software seeks to boost yields, lower environmental impacts for farmers and ranchers by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch

Great, now the AI is coming for your grandma’s recipes as well!

October 10, 2022

We’ve seen AIs create music, pornography and art. The Estonian startup Yummy started off creating a meal-kit startup, but along the way created an AI that can create and adapt recipes based on your taste and dietary restrictions, complete with AI-generated images of what your dishes might look like. “Imagine a world where you would […]

Great, now the AI is coming for your grandma’s recipes as well! by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

Matrix Partners, long an investor in software infrastructure, has some questions about web3

October 10, 2022

Antonio Rodriguez, who joined Matrix in 2005 after a company he’d founded — that Matrix backed — was sold to Hewlett-Packard, talked with us last week about Matrix’s biggest fund in roughly 20 years, an $800 million vehicle that the firm closed in June and is announcing for the first time now. It’s a lot […]

Matrix Partners, long an investor in software infrastructure, has some questions about web3 by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch

It’s your last week to save on passes to TechCrunch Disrupt

October 10, 2022

We’re on the home stretch, startup fans. TechCrunch Disrupt kicks off in less than 10 days and runs from October 18–20. This message goes out to all the last-minute decision-makers. It’s the final week you can save serious cheddar on a Disrupt pass. It’s go time. Buy your pass before October 14 at 11:59 p.m. […]

It’s your last week to save on passes to TechCrunch Disrupt by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch

Apple TV+’s ‘Ted Lasso’ partners with Bumble to give users a blind dating experience

October 10, 2022

In the Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso,” characters Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham) and Sam Obisanya (Toheeb Jimoh) download Bantr, a fictional dating app where users can’t see each other’s photos. Bumble, the women-focused dating app, has now partnered with “Ted Lasso” to bring the experience of Bantr to its users. On Thursday, October 13, Bumble […]

Apple TV+’s ‘Ted Lasso’ partners with Bumble to give users a blind dating experience by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch