Tinder announced today that it is partnering with dog rescue shelters across the U.S. to celebrate National Dog Week and give Tinder users the ability to add a shelter dog to their profile photo. Unfortunately, this new addition is only around for a short time, however. National Dog Week is over on September 24, but…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
You can’t cut what you can’t measure. For many companies, carbon emissions are something of a black box. Energy goes in, products and emissions come out. The first two are simple enough to monitor and understand, but without an expert on hand, the emissions profile is harder to pin down. “If people can’t access this…
The venture and startup industries have long had a problem with transparency. Theranos could have likely saved itself from a future fraud trial if it was honest about the shortcomings of its blood testing device. Nikola founder Trevor Milton probably wouldn’t be on trial right now if he hadn’t allegedly lied to investors in a…
Facebook is introducing new Pages features that are designed to help creators get discovered and connect with their followers, the company announced on Tuesday. Most notably, the social network is rolling out a new setting for creators that makes content exclusively available to top fans and subscribers. Creators can select the option by going into…
About five months after raising $15 million, PassiveLogic, which provides a platform to autonomously control building systems, has secured an additional $15 million in an “off-round” strategic investment from Nvidia’s venture arm, nVentures. The new cash brings PassiveLogic’s total raised to over $80 million, and CEO Troy Harvey tells TechCrunch it’ll be put toward expanding…
In a sign that national security tech is a safe bet even during troubled economic times, defense- and security-focused VC firm Razor’s Edge Ventures today announced the closing of its third startup investment fund at just under $340 million. It exceeded the initial target of $250 million, the firm notes, and will target companies developing…
Earlier this summer, a Google exec admitted that TikTok was eating into its core Search business, particularly among younger users. But that’s not all TikTok is now being used for, a new Pew Research Center study indicates. According to the findings from a report that examined Americans’ use of social media for news consumption, 33%…
There’s an old expression used among artists at Lucasfilm: “To make Star Wars, you’ve got to hate Star Wars.” OK, maybe hate is a bit extreme (thanks, Yoda). But clearly, modern makers need to be restless and dissatisfied with the ways this 43-year-old franchise has explored its galaxy-sized potential so far if they are to…
While the first trailer for Ryan Murphy’s Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story appeared to sensationalize the notorious serial killer’s crimes, the second trailer focuses more on Dahmer’s (Evan Peters) victims — and the law enforcers who did nothing to help them. The trailer highlights the story of Glenda Cleveland (Niecy Nash), one of Dahmer’s neighbors….
We already knew that Google would take the wraps off its Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro phones at an event on October 6. Now we can be reasonably sure the phones will be available for pre-order that day, as our friends at Android Police caught fine print in an official Google promotional video saying…