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…

Sega to acquire Angry Birds-maker Rovio for $775M

April 17, 2023

Japanese gaming giant Sega has confirmed that it’s buying Finland’s Rovio in an all-cash deal worth €706 million ($775 million). News first emerged back in January that Israeli mobile gaming company Playtika had tabled a €750 million ($810 million) bid for Rovio, though talks collapsed last month with no reasons provided by either company. Rovio did, however, […]

Sega to acquire Angry Birds-maker Rovio for $775M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

LLMs come to workplace morale monitoring, as Loopin raises $1.9M for its platform

April 17, 2023

There have been several startup attempts to measure staff morale, some more halting that others. We reported on Plasticity Labs back in 2014, though their web site seems no longer functioning. Officevibe appeared around the same kind’ve era. More recently out of the UK, WorkBuzz has raised £2.3M. And Spill ($3.5M) is a startup that […]

LLMs come to workplace morale monitoring, as Loopin raises $1.9M for its platform by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

Device-as-a-service startup Fleet expands beyond laptop leasing

April 17, 2023

French startup Fleet has been growing nicely over the past four years as the company has deployed nearly 10,000 devices with long-term leasing contracts. The company hasn’t raised any outside funding and is reinvesting as much of its revenue in the company as possible. Originally, Fleet had a very simple product offering. Companies of all […]

Device-as-a-service startup Fleet expands beyond laptop leasing by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

La importancia de la inteligencia emocional para el liderazgo

April 17, 2023
En la actualidad, las habilidades técnicas y el conocimiento ya no son suficientes para liderar con éxito en una empresa. Las habilidades blandas, como la inteligencia emocional, son cada vez más importantes para liderar equipos de manera efectiva y resolver conflictos. Te decimos por qué.