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New York State voted this week to suspend all implementation of facial recognition technology in schools for two years. The moratorium, approved by the New York Assembly and Senate on Wednesday, comes after an upstate school district adopted the technology earlier this year, which sparked a June lawsuit from New …

A little-known home and retail automation start-up may seem like an unlikely candidate to help tackle the ongoing pandemic. But its founder says his technology can do just that, even if that wasn’t the company’s original plan. Butlr, a spin-out of the MIT Media Lab, uses a mix of battery-powered …

The Not Company, Latin America’s biggest competitor in the plant-based meat and dairy substitutes market, is set to close an $ 85 million round of funding that would value it at $ 250 million, according to sources close to the company’s plans. The latest funding round follows a string of …

Quantum computing is at an interesting point. He’s about to be mature enough to solve real problems. But like in the early days of personal computers, many companies are trying different approaches to solving the fundamental physics issues that underpin the technology, while another group of startups are looking ahead …

TIC Tac today announced a $ 200 million fund, intended to help top America’s designers supplement their income and potentially bring the next Charli D’Amelio out of the woodwork. Called the TikTok Creator Fund, this money is aimed at helping “eligible” creators on the platform make a living, he said. …

Waze has turned the boating world upside down by taking the approach of combining basic map data with participatory feedback on best routes, annoying traffic and other road conditions. Today, one of the founding employees of Waze applies a similar concept to the world of healthcare. StuffThatWorks, an Israeli start-up …

The broader area of ​​cybersecurity – not only defending networks, but also identifying fraudulent activity – has seen a surge in activity in recent months, and it’s not surprising. The global health pandemic has led to more interactions and transactions online, and the contractions we are feeling in the economy …

The lockdown of COVID-19 across the world first introduced online grocery shopping to many shoppers, spurring an industry that had long attracted skepticism. In China in particular, older generations often worry about buying perishable goods without examining them in person. Still, venture capitalists are optimistic about the future of online …

Partipost, a Singapore-based marketing startup that allows anyone with a social media profile to sign up for influencer campaigns, has raised $ 3.5 million in new funding. The tour was led by SPH Ventures, the investment arm of publisher Singapore Press Holdings, with participation from Quest Ventures and other investors. …