New privacy bill would end law enforcement practice of buying data from brokers
byA new bill known as the Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act would seal up a loophole that intelligence and law enforcement agencies…
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The ANYmal inspection robot gives Spot some four-legged competition
byWe’ve covered Swiss robotics company ANYbotics with some regularity over the years. The company has offered its own take on the quadrupedal robotics space…
Micromobility’s next big business is software, not vehicles
byThe days of the shared, dockless micromobility model are numbered. That’s essentially the conclusion reached by Puneeth Meruva, an associate at Trucks Venture Capital…
This is your brain on Zoom
byWe 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
byIt 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?
bySophie 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
byThe 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
byRight 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
byThere 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
byFigma spent years in stealth before launching its web-based collaborative design tool. Since coming into the light, the company has been iterating quickly. Today,…