The ad market is recovering
Ads are the lifeblood of Big Tech. When the ad market slows as it did last year, companies like Alphabet, Meta, Amazon and even Microsoft suffer. Tech’s biggest businesses have endured a conservative advertising
News app Artifact adds AI text-to-speech voices, including Snoop Dogg and Gwyneth Paltrow
Personalized news app Artifact, developed by Instagram’s founders, is adding another new AI-powered feature today. The company is launching an AI-powered text-to-speech feature in partnership with Speechify that
A high-tech third eye for neurosurgeons, Proprio could change the OR forever
Surgeries of all kinds have become more and more powerfully assisted by technology, but in most cases it’s still a human holding the scalpel — especially for delicate and complex operations like spinal surgery.
Clinical pathways are the currency of health tech
Jeff Diamond Contributor Share on Twitter Jeff Diamond is a senior associate at Fika Ventures. Aaron Szekel Contributor Aaron Szekel is a venture partner at Fika Ventures. As healthcare becomes more entrenched in
Tesla has a range inflation problem
Tesla exaggerated the range estimates for its EVs for years, prompting owners to flood its service center over concerns that their vehicles needed service, according to a new detailed Reuters report. The
Android will now warn about unknown Bluetooth trackers, like AirTag, traveling with you
Google today will begin to roll out a new safety feature, unknown tracker alerts, first announced at its developer event Google I/O this spring. The feature will allow Android users to be alerted automatically if an
Pet telehealth company Airvet closes on $18.2M to embark on enterprise focus
Pet ownership exploded during the global pandemic, and veterinarians are still struggling to keep up with demand. In fact, a Mars Veterinary Health report from 2022 highlighted a need for more than 41,000 vets to
Wormhole digs out of its hole with new security measures to move on from $320M hack
Many projects and companies would simply give up if they’d been hacked and had hundreds of millions stolen from their ecosystem partners, but it appears Wormhole isn’t one of them. Last year, an attacker exploited a
Bluesky sends some users personalized apologies after racism controversy
Bluesky, which has been embattled with moderation issues since its launch earlier this year, appeared to apologize for failing to protect Black users and other marginalized groups on the platform. In emails
Cash-strapped instant delivery giant Getir, trying to close funding, pulls out of Spain, Italy and Portugal
More tough times for the instant-delivery startups that once flooded the markets of Europe. Getir, the company backed by Sequoia and other big investors and once valued at upwards of $12 billion, today announced