November 14, 2025

These technologies could help put a stop to animal testing

Earlier this week, the UK’s science minister announced an ambitious plan: to phase out animal testing. Testing potential skin irritants on animals will be stopped by the end of next year, according to a strategy released on Tuesday. By 2027, researchers are “expected to end” tests of the strength of Botox on mice. And drug tests…

Accounting automation startup Trullion lands $15M investment

April 19, 2023

Isaac Heller and Amir Boldo spent over ten years in finance across private equity-backed and pre-IPO companies. At these firms, they dealt with CFOs who wanted to save money by consolidating manual processes and reducing the cost of audits — in part by modernizing their sprawling software tooling. It’s their experiences with CFOs that led […]

Accounting automation startup Trullion lands $15M investment by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

4,200 = New Bull Market?

April 19, 2023
Many investors are pointing to the levels north of 4,200 for the S&P 500 (SPY) as the promised land. That’s because it would represent a 20% increase from the October…

Amazon tops LinkedIn’s list of best places to work, jobseeker priorities shift to workplace culture

April 19, 2023

There have been more than 171,000 people in the tech industry laid off so far this year, according to data tracked by layoffs.fyi, but those looking for work are not in a ‘beggars can’t be choosers’ mindset. According to new data from LinkedIn, people are gravitating to workplaces that align with their values, and their […]

Amazon tops LinkedIn’s list of best places to work, jobseeker priorities shift to workplace culture by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

Google offers billing choice for UK Play Store devs in bid to settle antitrust prone

April 19, 2023

Google has proposed letting developers offering apps through its UK Play mobile app store to have the option to use alternative payment processors for in-app transactions, rather than being locked to its own billing system (GPB), following an antitrust intervention by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). “Google’s proposed commitments would give app developers […]

Google offers billing choice for UK Play Store devs in bid to settle antitrust prone by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

OpenAI’s hunger for data is coming back to bite it

April 19, 2023
OpenAI has just over a week to comply with European data protection laws following a temporary ban in Italy and a slew of investigations in other EU countries. If it fails, it could face hefty fines, be forced to delete data, or even be banned.  But experts have told MIT Technology Review that it will…

Coro raises $75M at a $575M valuation to grow its all-in-one cybersecurity platform

April 19, 2023

Simplification has been a big theme in the enterprise world in the last couple of years. If a company can consolidate multiple point solutions into one product or contract, it can reduce complexity and ultimately costs for the end user — so long as those all-in-one offerings are effective at doing the job that 5, […]

Coro raises $75M at a $575M valuation to grow its all-in-one cybersecurity platform by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

How to teach kids who flip between book and screen

April 19, 2023
Linus Merryman spends about an hour a day on his laptop at his elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, mostly working on foundational reading skills like phonics and spelling. He opens the reading app Lexia with ease, clicking straight through to lessons chosen specifically to address his reading needs. This week Linus, who’s in second grade,…