Instagram adds new controls for limiting ‘sensitive’ content in the Explore tab
Instagram is giving its users a tiny bit more power to see what they want — and not see what they don’t want — in its...
Daily Crunch: Jeff Bezos and 3 guests share Blue Origin’s first crewed flight
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This Synth Demo Will Make You Experience Feelings You’ve Never Had Before
Musical product demos aren’t known for producing masterpieces. Typically, they feature a fine technical musician running through a few unnotable bars of a song while they...
Consumer Reports concerned Tesla uses owners to test unsafe self-driving software
A Tesla in full self-driving mode makes a left turn out of the middle lane on a busy San Francisco street. It jumps in a bus...
Cyberpunk 2077’s Retrofuturistic World Is Worth Exploring Beneath the Flaws
When Cyberpunk 2077 came out last December, all eyes were on what I like to call “the little game that couldn’t.” CD Projekt Red’s long-anticipated dive...
Pivot Bio rakes in $430M round D as modified microbes prove their worth in agriculture
Pivot Bio makes fertilizer — but not directly. Its modified microorganisms are added to soil and they produce nitrogen that would otherwise have to be trucked...
Brokrete wants to be the ‘Shopify of construction’, raises $3M seed led by Xploration Capital
With the pandemic affecting every aspect of life and industry, it’s no surprise that digitization is coming to construction fast. Construction suppliers are increasingly under the...
Biden taps Google critic to lead the DOJ’s antitrust division
The Biden administration tripled down on its commitment to reining in powerful tech companies Tuesday, proposing committed Big Tech critic Jonathan Kanter to lead the Justice...
Instagram, please let me search for people lurking in my Stories
I understand the detrimental effect Instagram has on users globally. The platform is owned by Facebook, a company that famously exploits user data for ad targeting...
Biosafety startup R-Zero acquires CoWorkr to create an ‘OS for the workplace’
On Tuesday, R-Zero, a pandemic-era biosafety company, announced the acquisition of CoWorkr — a company that develops room occupancy sensors. The acquisition marks a shift in...
