December 23, 2024

Forging the digital future

Dan Huttenlocher, SM ’84, PhD ’88, leads the way up to the eighth floor of Building 45, the recently completed headquarters of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing. “There’s an amazing view of the Great Dome here,” he says, pointing out a panoramic view of campus and the Boston skyline beyond. The floor features a…

Text-to-speech app Speechify launches Gmail integration and voice cloning

February 20, 2024

Text-to-speech startup Speechify is launching a new version of its iOS app (v3.0) with features like a redesigned home page, the ability to scan documents, Gmail and learning platform Canvas integration, and an explore page for in-app content. Speechify is revamping its homepage to provide shortcuts to import files with options like iOS Files, Google […]

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Forget rockets – Space Perspective wants to take you to ultra-high-altitudes using balloons

February 20, 2024

Before Jane Poynter and Taber MacCallum were entrepreneurs, they were researchers. Occasionally, they were even the subjects of their research: the pair first made headlines in the early ’90s when they joined the crew of Biosphere 2, an experiment designed to better understand how closed ecological systems might eventually support life in outer space. They […]

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India’s Flipkart has explored acquiring Dunzo

February 20, 2024

Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart has held talks to explore acquisition of Dunzo in recent weeks, but complications around the Reliance Retail-backed startup’s ownership structure has complicated the deal, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The talks are still ongoing, three sources familiar with the matter said. The talks follow a turbulent year at […]

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Bluestein Ventures raises $45M for third food tech fund

February 20, 2024

Bluestein Ventures targets consumer-facing technology across the food supply chain like health and wellness, proprietary foodtech, commerce and digital technology. 

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The Download: hunting for new matter, and Gary Marcus’ AI critiques

February 20, 2024
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inside the hunt for new physics at the world’s largest particle collider In 2012, using data from CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, researchers discovered a particle called the Higgs boson. In the process, they…

Moderna (MRNA) Earnings Analysis: Buy or Watch for Gains?

February 20, 2024
Moderna’s (MRNA) mRNA platform is positioned to deliver significant long-term impact with its mRNA medicines, but declining sales amid plummeting demand for its COVID-19 vaccine, steep losses, and cash burn…

Top 3 China Picks for Future Weekly Gains

February 20, 2024
The Chinese economy, showcasing remarkable resilience as evidenced by the better-than-expected GDP data for 2023, is anticipated to thrive in the future owing to stimulus measures implemented by Chinese authorities…

Tencent’s gaming cash cow Honor of Kings sets sights on MENA

February 20, 2024

Honor of Kings, Tencent’s massively popular mobile game, has its eye set on the international market in 2024. Starting on February 21, the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game will be available in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as well as Eastern Europe and South Asia, according to an announcement from TiMi […]

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