The era of tech layoffs is evolving in an interesting way
The era of tech layoffs is not yet past, but it is losing some of its intensity and changing into a unique trend. The Exchange...
Proclaim raises $15M so you can pressure-wash your mouth
We all know the importance of good oral hygiene (you do brush twice a day, don’t you?), but despite its obvious impact on our mouths...
Sustainable Ocean Alliance converts its accelerator into a broader ‘Ecopreneur Network’
Startup accelerators are interesting places, but the model of packaging a good idea and firing it at VCs from a demo day cannon is getting...
eBay acquires AI-powered product authentication company Certilogo
eBay announced today that it has closed its acquisition of Certilogo, a company that provides AI-powered apparel and fashion goods digital IDs and authentication. The...
Why SUSE is forking Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Today, SUSE announced that it is creating a hard fork of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and that it will develop and maintain an RHEL-compatible...
Oritain raises $57M for its forensic, big-data science approach to tracking the origin of goods
Global supply chains have made the world smaller by enabling us to have virtually anything we want at the tap of a finger. But when...
Full-stack insurtech startup PasarPolis hires former CEO of Allianz Indonesia
PasarPolis, one of Indonesia’s first full-stack insurtechs, has brought on Peter Van Zyl as its president. Van Zyl is former director and CEO of Allianz...
Prolific raises $32M to train and stress-test AI models using its network of 120K people
AI, when it works well, can feel like magic, but all too often AI-based systems don’t work as they should: if the data used to...
Teen and mom plead guilty to abortion charges based on Facebook data
A Nebraska woman has pleaded guilty to helping her daughter have a medication abortion last year. The legal proceeding against her hinged on Facebook’s decision...
Everything you need to know about e-bike battery fires
The e-bike revolution started with the pandemic and has been hailed as the answer to everything from traffic congestion to greenhouse gas emissions, from fitness...