SwipeRx, a platform for pharma professionals, said Tuesday it has secured a $27 million Series B round led by Indonesia’s MDI Ventures, with participation from the Gates Foundation, Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures, Susquehanna International Group and existing backers. Pharmacies in Southeast Asia were largely fragmented, mom-and-pop shops operating in silos when the company —…
Monday May 23, 2022, and we’re listening to our brand-new podcast called the TechCrunch Podcast. In it, we talk to TechCrunch writers about the stories they’re most excited about. The first episode is live now, featuring Darrell and Taylor talking about … UFOs‽ — Haje and Christine The TechCrunch Top 3 Hey, you, get into…
Monday May 23, 2022, and we’re listening to our brand-new podcast called the TechCrunch Podcast. In it, we talk to TechCrunch writers about the stories they’re most excited about. The first episode is live now, featuring Darrell and Taylor talking about … UFOs‽ — Haje and Christine The TechCrunch Top 3 Hey, you, get into…
Monday May 23, 2022, and we’re listening to our brand-new podcast called the TechCrunch Podcast. In it, we talk to TechCrunch writers about the stories they’re most excited about. The first episode is live now, featuring Darrell and Taylor talking about … UFOs‽ — Haje and Christine The TechCrunch Top 3 Hey, you, get into…
Orange said that the main goal of the 5G test was to detect the presence of people in unauthorized areas The Port of Vigo, in Spain, recently hosted a demonstration of the use of a 5G network with a surveillance system that includes the deployment of drones with very high-resolution cameras and intelligent video…
The path forward requires tech, policy, mindset shift, and common language for measuring progress. Society is turning a corner in how it consumes energy and how it evaluates the need for global decarbonization. For the first time, trends like a readiness to cut energy consumption, combined with technology advances that allow average consumers and businesses…
Amber alerts are officially too loud: Parents of a 12-year-old boy reportedly injured while wearing Apple AirPods Pro have sued Apple for $75,000 after they claim an Amber alert caused permanent hearing damage in May of 2020. According to the parents — Carlos Gordoa and Ariani Reyes of San Antonio, Texas — their son was…
It’s not a new feature we wanted or particularly needed, but it’s the one Instagram gave us this week. On Monday, as part of what it calls its “visual refresh,” Instagram announced a new typeface called Instagram Sans. And while it seems like it was mostly created for the photo-sharing app’s branding and marketing purposes,…
A Russian IoT botnet known as Fronton can use inauthentic coordinated behaviour to launch disinformation trends on social media. “Trends” on social media platforms are how many people keep updated with what’s going on in the world. There’s growing awareness of not believing everything that’s posted under a trend – especially around developing events like…
Swedish payment giant Klarna is going to cut hundreds of jobs in the coming days. Today’s news comes a few days after the Wall Street Journal reported that the company was going to cut its valuation in order to raise fresh capital. The company currently employs around 7,000 people. Cutting 10% of the company’s workforce…
