Ring it up, Target: That’s right, the nationwide retailer is getting the Oura smart ring. Read More
It’s retro: Who needs all those pixels when you can make whatever picture you take look like a Polaroid? The Mood.camera app will turn your iPhone into the “way back machine.” The fun comes when there is no live preview feature — you see the same thing as you see in the default camera app. Read More
Hydrocarbons are heating up: General Galactic, a stealthy new startup, hopes its approach to making methane from carbon dioxide will let it drive prices down for so-called e-fuels. Read More
Informatica holds up a stop sign: The data management software company wants us all to know that it is not for sale. To Salesforce or anyone else. Read More
Pomelo raises $35 million: The company is specializing in “send now, pay later,” which combines international money transfer with credit. That strategy attracted some big backers, and now Pomelo wants to expand to Mexico. Read More
It’s your lucky day, third-party headset makers: The mixed-reality operating system that powers Meta Quest headsets can now be used by third-party device makers. And three major tech players are in front of the line to develop new devices that run the software. Read More
TabaPay acquires Synapse: Banking-as-a-service startup Synapse has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and its assets will be acquired by TabaPay. It’s another knock on BaaS, which has had quite a couple of years. Read More
EU probes TikTok … again: The European Union is particularly interested in whether the video-sharing platform is breaking the bloc’s Digital Services Act, an online governance and content moderation framework. Access to the TikTok Lite app is likely to be suspended in the interim. Read More
The fediverse is about to get spooky: Substack rival Ghost confirmed it will officially join Mastodon, Pixelfed, PeerTube and Flipboard in the fediverse this year.
On the pods: Today’s Equity is jam-packed with talk about tech earnings, the ongoing EV wars and how it feels like venture capital has its head in the clouds. Listen here
“Calgon, take me away!”: Therapeutic headbands and eye mask-like medical devices have long had benefits on a number of chronic issues. Now meet Neurovalens, a Belfast-based startup that for over a decade has been developing technology to deliver noninvasive electrical stimulation of the brain and nervous system. The good news is its second head-mounted treatment device was cleared by the FDA. Read more
Another breach: We learned that in March, India’s largest audio and wearables brand boAt had a data breach that compromised the data of more than 7.5 million customers. The company is investigating amid a sample of the data being uploaded on a known cybercrime forum. Read more
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