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Facebook’s entry into VR advertising isn’t going too well

Facebook’s efforts to bring advertising to the Oculus virtual reality platform it has spent billions of dollars building out doesn’t seem to be off to a great start.The company announced l

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Shopify brings on team from augmented reality home design app Primer

In Friday acquisition news, Shopify shared today that they’ve acquired the team from augmented reality startup Primer, which makes an app that lets users visualize what tile, wallpaper or paint

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See how nail and hair salons are reopening in California

04:17 Nail and hair salons were turned upside down when the COVID-19 pandemic first started in Los Angeles.Unlike other businesses, they weren’t able to move their operations online. Wi

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watchOS 8 brings new mindfulness features and respiratory tracking

You weren’t expecting to make it through this year’s WWDC without some big watchOS news, were you? Apple’s wearable isn’t quite doing iPhone numbers, but Watch has been massively successful for the co

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Facebook buys studio behind Roblox-like Crayta gaming platform

Facebook has been making plenty of one-off virtual reality studio acquisitions lately, but today the company announced that they’re buying something with wider ambitions — a Roblox-like ga

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Opting for a debt round can take you from Series A startup to Series B unicorn

Debt is a tool, and like any other — be it a hammer or handsaw — it’s extremely valuable when used skillfully but can cause a lot of pain when mismanaged. Fortunately, this is a story abou

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Zocdoc says ‘programming errors’ exposed access to patients’ data

Zocdoc says it has fixed a bug that allowed current and former staff at doctor’s offices and dental practices to access patient data because their user accounts weren’t properly decommissi

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TC: Sessions Space is returning in December

Last year, we held our first dedicated space startup event, TC Sessions: Space, featuring some of the industry’s top founders and leaders, including Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck, Lockheed Marti

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Dark Skies and food versus exercise: Full RAZOR episode

30:00 Why do so many diets lead to more weight gain? Do more active people have faster metabolisms? Is exercise essential for weight loss?Over the past 20 years, evolutionary biologist

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Amazon’s Alexa earbuds return with a smaller design and wireless charging

It’s been about a year and a half since Amazon released the first Echo Buds. I reviewed them when they arrived, and they were, I don’t know, fine, I guess. They were a bit on the cheap side, facing so

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Avant doubles down on digital banking with Zero Financial acquisition

Avant, an online lender that has raised over $600 million in equity, announced today that it has acquired Zero Financial and its neobank brand, Level, to further its mission of becoming a digital bank

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UK Foreign Secretary Raab Warns EU Against Brinkmanship in Dealing With COVID Vaccine Supply

Last week, Dominic Raab rejected European Council President Charles Michel's accusations that Britain had imposed "an outright ban" on the export of coronavirus vaccine

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OpenReel raises $19M to simplify remote video production

OpenReel, a startup that makes it easier for teams to record videos remotely, has raised $19 million in Series A funding.CEO Lee Firestone told me that he and CTO Joe Mathew first started a video agen

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Epic Games buys photogrammetry software maker Capturing Reality

Epic Games is quickly becoming a more dominant force in gaming infrastructure MA after a string of recent purchases made to bulk up their Unreal Engine developer suite. Today, the company announced th

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How light therapy is helping care home patients to sleep

13:57 The sun shines outside a care home in Copenhagen, but the residents inside won't feel its warm glow on their skin.The lack of exposure to daylight disrupted the body clocks of ma

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Rich countries should only eat synthetic beef, says Bill Gates

The billionaire philanthropist made the demand while advertising his new book on how to avoid a climate disaster.

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Two $50M-ish ARR companies talk growth and plans for the coming quarters

Lost amongst all the IPO chatter of the mega-unicorns are a crop of companies reaching their stride, often flush with capital, ready with big plans, and still with some time before they go public. Thi