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36-летняя Сара живет в Калифорнии и уже пять лет страдает от хронической депрессии. Она задумывалась о суициде по несколько раз за час и не могла принимать решения даже по базовым вопросам, например что поесть. Сара перепробовала разные средства, в том числе электрошоковую терапию, но ни одно ей не помогло. Затем, в июне 2020 года, в ее череп установили имплант, который блокирует участки мозга, которые вызывают болезнь. Результаты эксперимента, описанные в журнале Nature Medicine, открывают перспективы перс... →

Ride-hailing giant Uber is facing a legal challenge over its use of real-time facial recognition technology in a driver and courier identity check system that it uses in the UK. The App Drivers & Couriers Union (ADCU) announced the legal action Tuesday, alleging that Uber’s biometric identity checks discriminate against people of color. The union […]... →

Достижение глобальных целей обычно делят на шаги, чтобы достичь результата организованно и поступательно. В бизнесе придерживаются того же принципа. Это могут быть как квартальные цели, например, по доходу от холодных продаж, так и общие, такие как формирование миссии или tone-of-voice. При этом достижение этих целей напрямую зависит от результатов работы каждого сотрудника: доход организации растет, когда менеджер по продажам выполняет план, новые клиенты придут после того, как маркетолог проведет рекламну... →

Israeli shared multimodal mobility operator GoTo Global Mobility has acquired German shared electric scooter company emmy. The strategic deal will help GoTo Global, which offers customers access to shared cars, vans, mopeds, scooters and bikes, reach its goal of expanding to every major European city by 2025. GoTo Global would not share the financial terms […]... →

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Россияне стали чаще устанавливать приложения для шопинга. В первой половине 2021 года количество установок оказалось вдвое больше, чем за аналогичный период прошлого года. Потребительские расходы при этом выросли втрое.... →

Byteboard, a service designed to replace the on-site technical interview part of a company’s hiring process with a web-based alternative, will be spinning out of Google, TechCrunch learned and Google confirmed. The product was originally incubated as part of the company’s internal R&D lab known as Area 120, where it’s been led by General Manager […]... →

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As investors look to diversify their holding amid exceptionally top-heavy traditional asset markets, more tech-enabled platforms are popping up to make the case for their alternative investment platform of choice. Masterworks, a startup that sells fractionalized shares of paintings and other works by famous artists, has achieved a unicorn valuation as it looks to corner […]... →

I have worked in startups for more than half of my life, and for most of that time, I was the only Black person in the room. As a result, the lack of representation in tech isn’t abstract to me. Besides my experience, I read and talk about diversity in tech every day, so when […]... →

Distraction-free reading service Scroll will shut down in approximately 30 days and become a feature of Twitter Blue, Twitter confirmed in an email to TechCrunch. Twitter acquired Scroll in May and had said it planned to offer Scroll as a premium feature on its platform. Once Scroll shuts down as an independent service, it will […]... →

After revealing her identity on Sunday night, Frances Haugen — the whistleblower who leaked controversial Facebook documents to The Wall Street Journal — testified before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation on Tuesday. Haugen’s testimony came after a hearing last week, when Facebook Global Head of Safety Antigone Davis was questioned about the company’s […]... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web...... →

Three VCs shared their perspectives on what makes for good product-market fit, how to spot it and how to use it to your best advantage for both your business' growth and for raising capital.... →

More people have begun turning to venture investing as a full-time pursuit, only to discover that it’s not as easy as it looks. That realization explains the rise of Oper8r, a for-profit, venture-backed accelerator that launched last year as a kind of Y Combinator for emerging fund managers. It explains the broad appeal of AngelList, […]... →

Mozilla has updated its privacy-centric mobile browser Firefox Focus with a new look, shortcuts and more privacy controls. Firefox Focus first launched in 2016 and basically offers private browsing mode by default. The browser now has new colors, a new logo and a dark theme. Mozilla also added a new shortcut feature to allow users […]... →

Tiggy предлагает доставку продуктов и бытовой химии за 15 минут, первый даркстор открылся в Ванкувере.... →

Лондонская дизайн-студия китайского концерна SAIC показала «транспортное средство будущего» — концепт-кар R RYZR, гибрид электромобиля и мотоцикла. Частью конструкции концепта стала водительская куртка, которая заменяет ключ.... →

Facebook’s hours-long outage on Monday may have hurt the company, its founder, shareholders, and many businesses that rely on the social juggernaut’s services. But for its instant messaging rivals, it was a very good day. Telegram founder and chief executive Pavel Durov said on Tuesday that his instant messaging app added 70 million users on […]... →

Павел Дуров рассказал о 70 млн новых пользователей, зарегистрировавшихся в Telegram из-за глобального сбоя в работе Facebook и WhatsApp. Дуров назвал их «беженцами с других платформ» и уточнил, что это рекордный прирост числа регистрации и активности пользователей.... →