June 16, 2025

How AI can help make cities work better for residents

In recent decades, cities have become increasingly adept at amassing all sorts of data. But that data can have limited impact when government officials are unable to communicate, let alone analyze or put to use, all the information they have access to. This dynamic has always bothered Sarah Williams, a professor of urban planning and…

VCs are pushing startups — will their investors tighten the thumbscrews, too?

January 7, 2023

Over the last decade or so, many venture capitalists have built vast personal fortunes. Some of the money has been made through investments in companies that have outperformed. But much of their wealth traces to management fees that added up quickly as fund sizes —  raised in faster succession than ever in history — ballooned […]

VCs are pushing startups — will their investors tighten the thumbscrews, too? by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch

Making EVs Safer

January 7, 2023
The regulatory advances would result in a shoot up of EV prices due to the new changes underlined in the regulations that will be mandatory for all EV makers to adopt

Despite challenges, Netflix says its ad tier is doing well

January 7, 2023

In November, Netflix unveiled its long-anticipated ad-supported tier which offers customers in select markets, including the U.S., the ability to offset the cost of a Netflix subscription by allowing their viewing to be interrupted with ad breaks. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Netflix President of Worldwide Advertising, Jeremi Gorman, offered some initial […]

Despite challenges, Netflix says its ad tier is doing well by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

This pepper spray will phone your friends as you mace your assailants

January 7, 2023

From the desk of ‘I’m not sure this is a good idea’ at CES in Las Vegas, comes 444. The early-stage startup is planning to combine pepper spray with some electronics so a potential attack victim’s friends can be notified when they’ve had to deploy the defence spray to get themselves out of a bind. […]

This pepper spray will phone your friends as you mace your assailants by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

Brane X portable speaker packs a hell of a punch in a small package

January 7, 2023

You probably haven’t heard of Brane Audio yet, but trust me on this one: You will. One of my highlights at CES in Las Vegas today was listening to the company’s debut speaker, the Brane X, side-by-side with some other well-known speaker brands. The company’s founder has a background from high-precision magnetics, and after exiting […]

Brane X portable speaker packs a hell of a punch in a small package by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

Is Adobe using your photos to train its AI? It’s complicated

January 7, 2023

A sharp-eyed developer at Krita noticed recently that, in the settings for their Adobe Creative Cloud account, the company had opted them (and everyone else) into a “content analysis” program whereby they “may analyze your content using techniques such as machine learning (e.g. for pattern recognition) to develop and improve our products and services.” Some […]

Is Adobe using your photos to train its AI? It’s complicated by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

HealthAtom empowers LatAm’s small healthcare offices with cloud-based ops

January 6, 2023

HealthAtom is aiming to be the go-to cloud-based operations system for small and midsize healthcare companies across Latin America (LatAm). Although the company has been around since 2012, this is the first time it has announced fresh capital, in the amount of $10 million. HealthAtom’s medilink and dentalink software suites let clinics create schedules, manage […]

HealthAtom empowers LatAm’s small healthcare offices with cloud-based ops by Andrew Mendez originally published on TechCrunch