This is your brain on Zoom
We all know these constant video calls are doing something to our brains. How else could we get tired and frazzled from sitting around…
Per Diem raises $2.3M to help local businesses build subscription programs
It might be time for neighborhood restaurants and coffee shops to start thinking about a subscription business — at least according to a new…
Dear Sophie: How can I get my startup off the ground and visit the US?
Sophie Alcorn Contributor Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of…
Senate antitrust hearing on app stores gives Apple critics a big soapbox
The latest hearing to target big tech will drill down on competition in Apple’s App Store and Google Play. The hearing, set for Wednesday…
Google launches the next developer preview of Android 12
Right on schedule, Google today launched the third developer preview of Android 12, the latest version of its mobile operating system. According to Google’s…
Affect raises a seed round to grow its stimulant abuse recovery service
There are any number of seed rounds that cross our desks every day, a never-ending march of enterprise software, consumer apps, games, hardware, biotech,…
Figma introduces a whiteboard tool called FigJam
Figma spent years in stealth before launching its web-based collaborative design tool. Since coming into the light, the company has been iterating quickly. Today,…
‘Conscience laws’ endanger patients and contradict health tech’s core values
Lena Levin Contributor Lena Levin is co-founder and CEO of Via Surgical, a leading developer of novel surgical fixation solutions. Recent laws allowing healthcare…
Foxconn’s Wisconsin factory plans scaled back dramatically
It was “the eighth wonder of the world,” Donald Trump said, driving a golden shovel into the ground. The then-president touted Foxconn’s planned Wisconsin…
Google Meet gets a refreshed UI, multi-pinning, autozoom and more
Google today announced a major update to Meet, its video-meeting service, which brings several user interface tweaks for desktop users, as well as quite…