Instagram will Require Users to Provide their Birthday
If they haven’t already, Instagram will prompt users to share their birthday with the service. The company stated today that it will begin displaying a…
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Ideanomics to buy EV Fleet maker Via Motors in $450M all-Stock Deal
Ideanomics, a New York-based fintech and electric mobility startup, has added commercial electric vehicle maker Via Motors to its list of acquisitions (in an all-stock…
Use your Smartwatch to Alleviate Stress
Rose Faghih and colleagues at the University of Houston created a closed-loop system that uses smartwatch-type wearables to collect data via skin conductance response (SCR)…
Heimdal Pulls CO2 and Cement-Making Materials out of Seawater using Renewable Energy
One of the repercussions of rising CO2 levels in our atmosphere is that levels rise correspondingly in the ocean, causing creatures to suffer and ecosystems…
HAAS Alert raises $5M Seed Round to Scale its automotive Collision Prevention System
HAAS Alert, a SaaS company that provides real-time automotive collision prevention for public safety and roadway fleets, has raised $5 million in seed funding, which…
Elon Musk’s Loop gets Autopilot — and an Intruder
The Boring Company’s Loop system in Las Vegas experienced its first security breach less than two weeks after its official launch. According to communications between…
Eight Sleep raises $86M as its Smart Mattress and ‘sleep fitness’ Technology Approaches $500M Valuation
The venture community is waking up to the possibilities of bringing artificial intelligence to a broader range of real-world, consumer-driven challenges, and the latest development…
Diversifying Startups and VC Power Corridors
Startups face an insurmountable challenge: a lack of diversity. Despite evidence suggesting that diverse founding teams have a greater rate of return than white founding…
Developers sound off on App Store Settlement, OnlyFans’ Flip-Flop, and Snap’s New Camera
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, a weekly TechCrunch series that highlights the latest in mobile OS news, mobile apps, and the app market…
CryptoPunks Blasts Past $1 billion in Lifetime Sales as NFT Speculation Surges
Hello and welcome back to Week in Review, friends! We looked into Bezos’ Blue Origin lawsuit against NASA last week. This week, I’m writing about…
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