Gadget of the week
These ‘microbe-grown’ headphones could be the future of sustainable electronics By Devin Coldewey From TechCrunch The culture of planned obsolescence in electronics produces a huge amount of toxic waste unlikely to go anywhere but a landfill for the next millennium…
Yes, Americans can opt-out of airport facial recognition — here’s how
By Zack Whittaker From TechCrunch Whether you like it or not, facial recognition tech to check in for your flight will soon be coming to an airport near you. More than a dozen U.S. airports are already rolling out the…
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The FBI searched the offices of microbiome startup uBiome
By Jonathan Shieber From TechCrunch Last Friday (26), agents from the FBI searched the offices of uBiome, the medical testing company that sells analyses of an individual’s microbiome — the bacteria that live in the gut,according to a report in The…
A fight is brewing between two machine intelligence startups, and neither side looks all that smart
By Connie Loizos From TechCrunch Sometimes, reading a lawsuit, it’s tempting to pick sides, to judge who is more right than wrong based on its contents. But a new lawsuit involving two venture-backed companies — both of which are rooted…
Cyber-agriculture
MIT’s ‘cyber-agriculture’ optimizes basil flavors By Devin Coldewey From TechCrunch The days when you could simply grow a basil plant from a seed by placing it on your windowsill and watering it regularly are gone — there’s no point now…
The World Health Organization is setting up rules and oversight for human gene editing
By Jonathan Shieber From TechCrunch On March 19, the World Health Organization wrapped up its first meeting of a new advisory committee set up to create global governance and oversight standards for human gene editing. The committee was hastily pulled together…
Gadget of the week
Erectile pharmacy app Ro launches telehealth service for women By Kate Clark From techcruch Six months ago, Roman, the cloud pharmacy for erectile dysfunction, dropped the “man” to become “Ro.” At the same time, the company raised a monstrous Series…
The responsibility for a sustainable digital future
By Mounir Mahjoubi From TechCrunch On March 12, 2019, we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the “World Wide Web,” Tim Berners-Lee’s ground-breaking invention. In just 30 years, this flagship application of the internet has forever changed our lives, our habits,…
China continues 5G push despite economic slowdown and Huawei setbacks
By Rita Liso From TechCrunch China will fast-track the issuance of commercial licenses for 5G as part of a national plan to boost consumer spending, said anotice published this week by the National Development and Reform Commission. The move appears to…
Turns out the science saying screen time is bad isn’t science
By Devin Coldewey From TechCrunch A new study is making waves in the worlds of tech and psychology by questioning the basis of thousands of papers and analyses with conflicting conclusions on the effect of screen time on well-being. The…
