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3 views on CES 2022

TechCrunch

For fifty-four years, big and small hardware manufacturers that hoped to reach their target audiences rolled out new products at the Consumer Electronics Show. But just 40,000 people attended, according to the Las Vegas Review Journal. Brian Heater: Hardware startups should reconsider their media strategies. Fill that vacuum.”

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Tinder founder’s latest play is a ring for quantifying mental health

TechCrunch

Tinder founder Sean Rad tells TechCrunch he teamed with LVL Technologies founder Dustin Freckleton to determine whether a wearable device can present an accurate picture of its wearer’s mood. Fitbit announced its own version of the technology a few years back, as a method for detecting the wearer’s stress levels.

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Perplexity Poised To Become Latest AI Startup To Hit Unicorn Status — Report

Crunchbase News

The Wall Street Journal reported that the deal is being finalized and the new valuation. billion valuation led by Thomas Tull ’s US Innovative Technology Fund. The company offers cloud computing services and hardware for training artificial intelligence software. No new funding amount was disclosed.

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5 Tips for Software Developers to Excel in Their Careers

The Crazy Programmer

Software development is central to the technological transformation experienced in every industry. Embrace Infrastructure as Code Technology Through this revolutionary technology, you no longer need to use manual configurations and physical hardware setups. This streamlines how you manage and deploy the processes.

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A tale of two surveys: Fintech VCs change tune on investment landscape

TechCrunch

Publicly traded Lemonade has laid off about 60 employees of Metromile, the auto insurtech company it recently acquired — adding to the volatility the technology sector has seen over the past 18 months. Here’s why Clocktower Technology Ventures remains bullish on the region’s fintechs.

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The Blue Box is betting on the future of at-home breast cancer tests

TechCrunch

The company, founded in January of this year, is in the process of scientifically validating The Blue Box – which includes both hardware and artificial intelligence components. So far, Benet says The Blue Box has a minimum viable hardware product that’s “fully functional.” . So far, they’ve collected more than 40 urine samples.

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Massachusetts startup OPT Industries is perfecting a 3D-printed nasal swab for COVID-19 tests

TechCrunch

I think the pandemic has given us an opportunity to show a specific medical area where our technology can shine,” Ou tells TechCrunch. . These tests were performed at Boston University Medical Center, but the results were not published in a peer-reviewed journal (though Ou has more studies that are striving for this).

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