Saturday, February 05, 2022

5 February - Technology - T N W / Tech Crunch / The Verge

T N W

AI can now spot dead cells 100 times faster than people — which could help cure Alzheimer’s

Spotify’s COVID-19 content warning is bullshit

The metaverse needs laws to protect users and data ( how about from suppression )

How to navigate the confusing world of Twitter Topics

Tesla’s ‘rolling stop’ feature mimicked dumb humans — and got 54K EVs recalled

Behind the numbers: Meta’s nightmare on Wall Street

Northern Europe’s founders lack ambition — here’s what we should do

Good on Jeff Bezos for dismantling a historic bridge for his monster yacht

You’re all wrong: NFT is actually pronounced ‘nay-fey-tay’

Why aliens and humans may not share the same reality

Chrome gets its first new logo in 8 years — come spot the differences

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  • Better.com loses more top execs in wake of Vishal Garg’s return as CEO 2 days ago  –  The exodus of executives at Better.com continues. TechCrunch has learned that Sarah Pierce, who served as executive vice president of customer experience, sales and operations, and Emanuel Santa-Donato, who was senior vice president of capital markets and growth, are no longer with the digital mo...
  • DeepScribe’s Akilesh Bapu and Index Venture’s Nina Achadjian to speak on founder/investor relationships on TCL 2 days ago  –  DeepScribe is used by more than 400 physicians and just raised $30 million to reach even more. The company’s AI-powered platform helps doctors keep better notes by automatically transcribing conversations with patients. To expand its market and reach more doctors, the company turned to venture ca...
  • How to organize and execute an effective hybrid sales kickoff event in 2022 2 days ago  –  Regardless of their location, sales teams need the right talking points — and an infusion of morale and excitement — for a successful start to 2022.
  • With a plan to decarbonize home heating with hydrogen, Modern Electron raises $30M
     2 days ago  –  A huge amount of energy use on our planet goes toward creating heat, and not only that, but a large amount of that energy is wasted and byproducts like CO2 blasted into the atmosphere. Modern Electron could change that with a new system that captures the emissions and produces clean hydrogen, rig...
  • Over the borderline
  • Tackling touchpoints on your customer’s path to purchase
  • Google Workspace goes all in on shadow IT
  • Homeland Security establishes the Cyber Safety Review Board to learn the mistakes from past cyber incidents
  • Over 500 mobile apps are now using the term ‘metaverse’ to attract new users
  • GM Ventures invests in startup building fast charge-capable
  • Collaborate with the founder community at TechCrunch Early Stage 2022 a day ago  –  Ready to get serious about launching a startup? Aspiring and newly minted entrepreneurs will find all the essential building blocks they need to create a solid foundation for startup success at TechCrunch Early Stage 2022. This live, in-person event takes place on April 14 in San Francisco, Calif...
  • Why 2022 insurtech investment could surprise you a day ago  –  Insurtech startups that can retain a tech multiple have a shot at keeping their valuation intact; those that don’t may struggle.
  • Spotify CEO hints HiFi tier delay is related to licensing issues a day ago  –  Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has hinted that the delay of the streaming service’s HiFi subscription tier is related to licensing issues. Speaking to analysts and investors during Spotify’s quarterly and annual earnings release on Wednesday, Ek stated that the company doesn’t have much to share about its...
  • We’re building a social+ world, but how will we moderate it?
    We’re building a social+ world, but how will we moderate it? a day ago  –  What’s additive to the user experience today could become a nightmare if apps invoking social don't find religion on sound moderation practices.
  • Numeral wants to turn bank accounts into microservices
  • Unit CEO Itai Damti and Flourish’s Emmalyn Shaw to explain fundraising strategies on TechCrunch Live
  • Cloud infrastructure market soared to $178B in 2021, growing $49B in one year
  • Taxing crypto only makes it stronger
  • Artisanal Ventures closes $62M fund, takes ‘connected capital’ approach to investment
  • Apple to charge 27% fee for Dutch dating apps using alte
  • This Week in Apps: Open App Markets Act, Facebook loses daily users, Snap turns a profit an hour ago  –  Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record number of downloads and consumer spending across both the iOS and Google Play stores combine...
  • Edtech’s search for the magic metric an hour ago  –  Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. If there’s one sector that is incessantly in pursuit of Magic Metrics, it’s edtech. For the past two years, I’ve spoken with every top investor and founder in th...
  • The startup sobriety gambit 2 hours ago  –  Welcome to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here.  Hello and welcome to the weekend, my friends! Today we’re sticking to simple fare. The meat and ...
  • The rise of defense tech is bringing Silicon Valley back to its roots
  • Equity Shot: Making sense of the Paypal and Alphabet earnings
  • Reigniting the Pentagon and Silicon Valley partnership
  • A Twitter slap fight goes wrong
  • ACME Capital, run by Scott Stanford and Hany Nada, has $300 million more to invest in early startups
  • Daily Crunch: Shark Tank India host Ashneer Grover tries to get his BharatPe CEO fired
  • 3 views: How should creators weigh monetization strategies

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  • Elon Musk’s first Starship update in two years is next week 2 days ago  –  SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced plans to give an update on his company’s next-generation Starship rocket next Thursday evening. The presentation will come more than two years after Musk’s last update on the vehicle in 2019. Starship is the massive new deep-space rocket that SpaceX has been develop...
  • GoPro says it’s going to expand its camera lineup
  • Google’s making a free Workspace tier for businesses that don’t need its email
  • Snapchat and Facebook agree that the future of social media looks like TikTok
  • Ghostwire: Tokyo looks incredibly creepy in lengthy new gameplay trailer
  • Blizzard is planning a new Warcraft mobile game
  • The Verge’s 2022 Valentine’s Day gift guide
  • How to stream the 2022 Winter Olympics
  • Mozilla is retiring its VR version of Firefox
  • A tiny DJI drone smuggled its own weight in drugs over th
  • Wall Street Journal owner News Corp suffers cyberattack by hackers linked to China a day ago  –  News Corp says it was the target of a hack | Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images News Corp, the media company that owns The Wall Street Journal, said in a Friday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it was the victim of a cyberattack last month. It...
  • Wyze Video Doorbell Pro review: a lot to like, except for the look
  • Roku’s Streambar Pro combination soundbar and streaming box is $30 off
  • Why gamers hate crypto, and music fans don’t
  • Leonor Will Never Die is what true love of cinema looks like
  • Kokoon Nightbuds review: a pricey Voltron of sleep tech
  • Apple proposes 27 percent commission in Dutch app store dispute
     a day ago  –  Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple plans to charge developers of dating apps a 27 percent commission on any in-app purchases made via alternative payment systems in the Netherlands, the company has announced. The change comes in response to an order from Dutch competition regul...
  • Pixel 6’s magic eraser feature breaks after update
  • Twitter expands downvote test worldwide
  • Google highlights repairable Chromebooks for education
  • Microsoft claims HoloLens is ‘doing great’ after reports version 3 was canceled a day ago  –  Microsoft’s Alex Kipman with the HoloLens 2. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Microsoft claims “HoloLens is doing great” after a report earlier this week revealed HoloLens 3 may have been canceled. Business Insider reported on Wednesday that Microsoft has scrapped plans for HoloLens 3 ...
  • Here are the best AirPods deals you can get right now
  • DHS creates Cyber Safety Review Board, targets Log4j exploit for its first report
  • Texas power outages hit counties where people need electricity for medical devices
  • The best gaming headset deals you can get right now
  • Les Mills is jumping into the metaverse with VR boxing
  • Vergecast: Facebook’s decline of daily users and Spotify’s publisher versus platform debate
  • Apex Legends turns three and prepares to change everything with the launch of Defiance
  • Meta is adding a ‘personal boundary’ to VR avatars to stop harassment
  • Rockstar finally confirms it’s working on the next Grand The
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