SOSV partners explain how deep tech startups can fundraise successfully – TechCrunch

SOSV partners explain how deep tech startups can fundraise successfully – TechCrunch

Startups, the so-called Deep tech often has a hard time raising capital for a variety of reasons. At the TechCrunch Early Stage: Marketing and Fundraising, two experienced investors spoke on the subject and advised startups on a challenging fundraising path. Pae Wu and Garrett Winther are both partners at SOSV and lead the fund’s programs … Read more

Why Vaccinated People Are Getting ‘Breakthrough’ Infections

Why Vaccinated People Are Getting ‘Breakthrough’ Infections

Whether a vaccinated person ever becomes infected may depend on how high the antibodies are after vaccination, how strong these antibodies are against the variant, and whether the antibody level in the person’s blood has decreased since vaccination. In any case, the immune defense prepared by the vaccines should recognize the virus soon after infection … Read more

Today’s Google doodle is an anime-infused sports game

Saqib Shah

Google took today’s Doodle to extremes to mark the start of the Tokyo Olympics. Select the modified logo and you can play Doodle Champion Island Games, an anime-inspired title with sports mini-games. Google says it’s the biggest interactive doodle it’s ever made. You control Lucky the Cat in a pixel art landscape dotted with Japanese … Read more

Best best budget earbuds of 2021

Best budget earbuds of 2021

CNN — Wenn Sie nach den besten kabellosen Ohrhörern auf dem Markt suchen, müssen Sie wirklich nicht weiter als die Apple AirPods Pro suchen. Sie überprüfen alle wichtigen Kriterien, einschließlich einer breiten Klangbühne, erstklassiger Geräuschunterdrückung und Portabilität. Aber nicht jeder möchte die Bank mit einem Paar Ohrhörer sprengen, und ehrlich gesagt müssen Sie das auch … Read more

GM is bringing its upgraded hands-free Super Cruise driving system to six vehicles in 2022 – TechCrunch

GM is bringing its upgraded hands-free Super Cruise driving system to six vehicles in 2022 – TechCrunch

GM is rolling out three major upgrades, including automatic lane changing and towing assistance, to its Super Cruise hands-free driver assistance system and making it available in six vehicles, including the all-new 2022 GMC Hummer EV Pickup. While GM’s Super Cruise has steadily improved since its launch in 2017, it has been limited to its … Read more

Instagram tests Limits feature to curb targeted harassment

Igor Bonifacic

Instagram is testing a new feature called Limits that allows users to lock their accounts and limit potential interactions if they feel they are the target of harassment. When introducing the tool, Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, referred to the recent Euro 2020 final, in which three black players from the English national team … Read more

Gun trafficking ‘strike forces’ coming to Chicago, New York, Bay Area

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland listens to a presentation with Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot while he is at the Chicago Police Department's Strategic Decision Support Center in Chicago, Illinois on July 22, 2021 , visited.

CHICAGO – As part of the Biden administration’s approach to combating escalating gun violence in the US, the Justice Department on Thursday deployed five new arms trafficking “strike forces” to combat the illegal flow of firearms across state lines. Attorney General Merrick Garland spoke to U.S. attorneys and agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, … Read more

Waymo to open offices in Pittsburgh, an AV tech hub – TechCrunch

Waymo to open offices in Pittsburgh, an AV tech hub – TechCrunch

Waymo, Google’s former self-driving car project that is now a separate business unit of Alphabet, is expanding its presence in the eastern US in the steel city. The company will initially hire about a dozen engineers, a source familiar with the move told TechCrunch, and they will be based in Google’s existing offices in the … Read more