European, North American edtech startups see funding triple in 2021
Rhys Spence Contributor Share on Twitter Rhys Spence is head of research at Brighteye Ventures, a European edtech-focused fund, where…
Laparoscopic surgery performed by a robot without human assistance
Researchers at Johns Hopkins this week issued a report noting that their Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR) system has completed…
Live coverage: SpaceX counting down to launch of Italian radar satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space…
The robotic arm of the law
It’s hard to know where to start this week. Any temporary slowdown we might have experienced over the holidays has…
Facebook reportedly ditches Diem stablecoin with asset sale
The Diem Association, a consortium of companies working on a blockchain-based payment system, is selling its technology assets to Silvergate…
Here’s how far VCs have lowered revenue expectations for seed through Series B
New data from Kruze Consulting shows just how much the venture capital fundraising market has changed for startups in the…
FTC: U.S. consumers lost $770 million in social media scams in 2021, up 18x from 2017
A growing number of U.S. consumers are getting scammed on social media according to a new report by the Federal…
Quan raises $1.15M from YC to tackle post-pandemic employee burnout
With post-pandemic burnout on the rise, the shift to remote working, and the ‘Great Resignation’ now passing into the lexicon,…
SpaceX gives converted Falcon Heavy side booster new life
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a booster stage converted from two previous Falcon Heavy missions, rolls through NASA’s Kennedy…
Messenger upgrades its end-to-end encrypted chat experience
Although default end-to-end encryption won’t fully arrive on Facebook Messenger until sometime in 2023, the company says today its feature…
