Tech
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Imaging startup Light is exiting the smartphone business
Light’s push into smartphones was an inevitability. Sure, the startup turned heads with its pricey L16 camera, but these days mobile photography...
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3 perspectives on the future of SF and NYC as startup hubs
It has been an incredibly tough period for everyone the past few months as the global COVID-19 pandemic has wiped out whole...
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NASA taps Kathy Leuders to lead its human spaceflight efforts
NASA has selected a new top official to oversee all of its efforts regarding human spaceflight – Kathy Leuders, who previously led...
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427You can help a Mars Rover’s AI learn to tell rocks from dirt
Mars Rover Curiosity has been on the Red Planet for going on 8 years, but its journey is nowhere near finished —...
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Snapchat looks to maintain its own friendships — with devs
Over the past few years, Snapchat has been building up an increasingly complex weave of partnerships. They have their advertising partners that...
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338Facebook’s ‘Deepfake Detection Challenge’ yields promising early results
The digitally face-swapped videos known as deepfakes aren’t going anywhere, but if platforms want to be able to keep an eye on...
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UK competition watchdog launches investigation into Facebook’s $400M acquisition of Giphy
Facebook wants to be the go-to platform for all of your social needs, but a big move it made last month to...
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Byta, the private music sharing service for pre-releases and more, raises seed round
Byta, the music sharing service for pre-releases and other use-cases where there is a need to share sound files privately, has picked...
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Spike raises $8 million to make your email look like a chat app
Asynchronous chat apps like Slack have done their best to kill email, but maybe the key to chat replacing email is just...
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This startup just raised $12 million from top VCs to offer financial planning as an employee perk
Companies increasingly recognize that one of the greatest stresses for their employees is financial wellness. Even at innovative tech startups, people typically...