Razer hit with $1.1M FTC fine over glowing ‘N95’ mask COVID claims
The Federal Trade Commission hit Razer with a $1.1 million fine Tuesday. The order claims that the gaming accessory maker misled consumers by claiming that its...
Midi is building a digital platform for an oft-overlooked area of women’s health
When Joanna Strober was around 47, she stopped sleeping. While losing sleep is a common symptom of perimenopause, she first had to go to multiple providers,...
Shinkei’s humane, quality-preserving fish-harvesting tech could upend the seafood industry
Harvesting fish is an inherently messy business, what with being at sea, the slippery creatures wriggling around, and everything else. Shinkei is working to improve it...
neuroClues wants to put high speed eye tracking tech in the doctor’s office
The eyes aren’t just a window into the soul; tracking saccades can help doctors pick up a range of brain health issues. That’s why French-Belgian medtech...
Google Gemini: Everything you need to know about the new generative AI platform
Google’s trying to make waves with Gemini, its flagship suite of generative AI models, apps and services.
So what is Gemini? How can you use it? And...
Backflip raises $15 million to help real estate investors flip houses
Flipping houses is not for the faint of heart, no matter how fun or easy HGTV might make it seem.
One startup wants to make the process...
Ethiopian plastic upcycling startup Kubik gets fresh funding, plans to license out its tech
Kubik, a plastic upcycling startup, has raised a $1.9 million seed extension, months after announcing initial equity investment. The startup’s latest investment is from African Renaissance...
Humanoid robots are learning to fall well
The savvy marketers at Boston Dynamics produced two major robotics news cycles last week. The larger of the two was, naturally, the electric Atlas announcement. As...
MongoDB CEO Dev Ittycheria talks AI hype and the database evolution as he crosses...
A lot has happened since Dev Ittycheria took the reins at MongoDB, the $26 billion database company he’s led as president and CEO since September 2014....
Will a TikTok ban impact creator economy startups? Not really, founders say
President Joe Biden signed a bill on Wednesday that could ban TikTok — for real this time. After so many false starts and stops, some creator...