Smart ring maker Oura on Tuesday that it has received a $75 million investment from glucose device maker Dexcom. The investment marks Oura’s Series D funding round and brings the company’s valuation to more than $5 billion. The partnership paves the way for the two companies’ devices and apps to be used together, which means …
If Windows in mixed reality sounds like your idea of a good time, rejoice. Microsoft said on Tuesday at Microsoft Ignite 2024 it’s bringing the “full capabilities” of Windows 11 to the Meta and in December as part of a public preview. “Full capabilities,” in this context, means that you’ll be able to access a …
Oct 16, 2024 Fisker’s plan to liquidate its assets has been by the bankruptcy court in Delaware. The court’s acceptance of the plan brings the of Fisker’s bankruptcy mostly to a close. And it gives a green light to a newly-appointed trustee to oversee the sale of around $1 billion in assets, including the manufacturing equipment that …
The attorney general for the District of Columbia is instant payday loan fintech Earnin for “deceptively marketing and providing illegal high-interest loans,” the AG alleges. Earnin allows its users to get loans against paychecks. It advertises that users can get $150 a day, up to $750 per pay period, with “no interest, credit check or …
It’s no secret that the venture capital industry is facing a liquidity crisis as IPOs and other exits remain few and far between after 2020 and 2021’s record-breaking years. Now, we have numbers that show just how bad it’s gotten. In 2023, the U.S. VC industry invested $60 billion more into startups than it collected …
OpenAI envisions teachers using its AI-powered tools to create lesson plans and interactive tutorials for students. But some educators are wary of the technology — and its potential to go awry. Today, OpenAI released a designed to help K-12 teachers learn how to bring , the company’s AI chatbot platform, into their classrooms. Created in …
Generative AI has upended how we write things, or even . Now a startup wants to be the main character in the next chapter of that story: AI that replaces the role of the publisher. is a self-publishing platform that claims that — thanks to being powered by artificial intelligence — it can do all …
Las Vegas police have received funding for tech like drones, license plate readers, and more from Andreessen Horowitz partner . Next on its wish list? Artificial intelligence to go through police footage. The city’s Sheriff Kevin McMahill said on that he wants to use AI to blur faces or obscure sensitive information from body camera …
Marlon Nichols took the stage at AfroTech last week to discuss the importance of building relationships when it comes to entering into a new market. “One of the first things you do when you go to a new market is you’ve got to meet the new players,” he said. “Like, what do people need? What’s …
Pete Davidson? Kanye West? Step aside. Kim Kardashian’s new beaux is a Tesla bot named Optimus. The fashion mogul got some hands-on experience with Tesla’s bipedal, humanoid robot, which is not yet available to the general public. — posted to X and her Instagram story — she prompts Optimus to make a heart with its …
