In April 2021, a widely anticipated paper in the field of psychedelics dropped. The study, a small trial run at Imperial College London and published in The New England Journal of Medicine, investigated the use of psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, to treat depression. Led by Robin Carhart-Harris, who now directs the Neuroscape… Continue reading Is the Psychedelic Therapy Bubble About to Burst?
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Strategic Overview of the Start-ups Disrupting Mobility in Latin America 2022: More than 70 Disrupting the Value Chain – Recognizing Vehicle Renting and Sharing as a Rising Trend
DUBLIN, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The “Strategic Overview of the Start-ups Disrupting Mobility, LATAM, 2022” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. This study focuses on the connected, shared, and electric mobility segments in Latin America, profiling prominent start-ups that offer various solutions and services supporting the move to alternative and more sustainable means… Continue reading Strategic Overview of the Start-ups Disrupting Mobility in Latin America 2022: More than 70 Disrupting the Value Chain – Recognizing Vehicle Renting and Sharing as a Rising Trend
Sequoia Capital India, Square Peg Capital co-lead job platform Kula’s $12m seed round
Kula, a US-based recruitment automation platform, has announced raising $12 million in a seed funding round co-anchored by Sequoia Capital India and Square Peg Capital. Existing investors Venture Highway and Together Fund also doubled down on their investment, Kula said in a statement. The round brings Kula’s total funds raised to $15 million in the… Continue reading Sequoia Capital India, Square Peg Capital co-lead job platform Kula’s $12m seed round
Uber partners with ADT to let riders get in touch with a live safety agent
Uber is introducing a new option to its safety toolkit, a section of Uber’s app where users can contact emergency services, report a safety issue to the company, verify rides with a one-of-a-kind PIN code, share trip status and more. Now, Uber has partnered with security company ADT to let riders contact an ADT agent… Continue reading Uber partners with ADT to let riders get in touch with a live safety agent
Public Toilet Requires QR Code to Access, Tracks Your Cleanliness Score
Shame of Thrones A Maryland-based startup called Throne Labs thinks it has the answer to the lack of public and clean bathrooms in cities like Washington, DC. That answer? App-based public restrooms that only let you in with a QR code — and which track if you’ve left a mess behind. The company says it’s solving… Continue reading Public Toilet Requires QR Code to Access, Tracks Your Cleanliness Score
Uber overhauls app safety features, including a new way to text 911
Uber is overhauling its four-year-old app safety toolkit, adding a new feature for riders to contact security company ADT during rides. The company is also expanding the availability of a feature enabling customers to text 911. The safety toolkit is a section of Uber’s app through which customers can contact emergency services, report a safety… Continue reading Uber overhauls app safety features, including a new way to text 911
StarTree Raises $47M in Series B Funding
StarTree, Inc., a Mountain View, CA-based real-time analytics company, raised $47m in Series B funding. The round was led by GGV Capital, with participation from new investor Sapphire Ventures and existing investors Bain Capital Ventures and CRV. The company, which has raised a total of $75 million to date, intends to use the funds to accelerate product development, expand sales… Continue reading StarTree Raises $47M in Series B Funding
This Gorgeous Wireless Speaker System Offers Hassle-Free Hi-Fi
KEF’s original LSX was one of our favorite wireless speaker systems, and the new LSX II improves on everything we liked about the original. These sleek bookshelf speakers deliver fantastic, room-filling sound from a small footprint, and setting them up with everything from a TV to your Spotify account couldn’t be easier. It’s not easy… Continue reading This Gorgeous Wireless Speaker System Offers Hassle-Free Hi-Fi
Here’s Why The Zenvo TS1 GT is Highly Underrated – HotCars
Every few decades, we see a turning point in the design, performance, and purpose of a car. For example, the Ford Model T changed the industry by becoming the world’s first mass-producing car. McLaren F1 started the trend a few decades ago, and it hasn’t stopped since. After the 3-seater hypercar took the world by… Continue reading Here’s Why The Zenvo TS1 GT is Highly Underrated – HotCars
Sleazy Project Sold NFTs of Porn Stars, But Never Got Their Permission
At first glance, PornstarPunks looks like a promising, if ribald, take on established NFT tropes: collectible digital assets based on porn performers — its most viewed tokens on OpenSea are name brand stars Lana Rhoades, Mia Khalifa and Johnny Sins, though it also includes many little-known personalities from cam sites and OnlyFans — and styled in the… Continue reading Sleazy Project Sold NFTs of Porn Stars, But Never Got Their Permission