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LinkedIn is testing a new short-form video feed similar to TikTok, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Wednesday. With this new test, LinkedIn joins a number of other popular apps, including Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, and Netflix, which have launched their own short-form video feeds in response to TikTok's growing popularity. The feed was first discovered by Austin Null, director of strategy at influencer agency McKinney. Null is the new app's navigation bar[ビデオ]We posted a short demo on LinkedIn that showcases the new feed you'll see in your tabs. When you tap the new video button, you'll see a vertical feed…

The 3D hologram, dubbed “The Eternally Changing Statue,” will be on display at the Rise by Barclays workspace in New York until April 4th. Sipping wine and nibbling burrata, a group of government officials, reporters and founders gathered for the launch, with holograms flashing on displays and top British unicorns like food co-founder Tessa Clarke I watched as images of the founders alternated. Alexander and Oliver Kent-Braham, founders of waste startup Olio and insurance startup Marshmellow. The exhibition celebrated the UK as the third trillion-dollar high-tech economy after the US and China. Although Brexit has affected the economy, British authorities…

When entrepreneur Stephen Chen's mother began to approach retirement age, she was forced to borrow money from Chen and Chen's younger brother to make ends meet. They wanted to help, but they also wanted to find a more sustainable, long-term solution so her mother could retire without financial worries. Chen tried to get guidance from financial advisors, but no one was willing to accept her mother as a client because her mother's net worth was not considered high enough. So Chen started building spreadsheets and financial models on her own, doing her best to figure out how her mother could…

In the lead-up to the summer holidays, Google is announcing a series of travel updates that place you directly in the travel planning process and provide more insight into purchase intent in the travel space. First, Google is rolling out an update to its Search Generative Experience (SGE) that lets users create travel itineraries and travel ideas using AI, the company announced Wednesday. This new feature is currently available in English only to users in the United States who are enrolled in Search Labs, a program to try out the early Google search experience and share feedback. This feature collects…

Google is rolling out a new update that will make it easier for users to find personalized shopping results, the company announced Wednesday. This new feature allows users to rate different products and get style recommendations when shopping for apparel, shoes, and accessories. The update comes as Google continues to compete with companies like Amazon and Walmart, which have released AI-powered features that rival Google's shopping features. When you search for things like “men's polo shirts” on Google, you'll see a new section called “Recommended Styles,” where you can rate your options with thumbs up or thumbs down. You can…

Robinhood's new credit card was announced Tuesday, and while it's only available to Robinhood Gold members, the Gold card has a feature that's making headlines. It is a feature that allows you to invest your cashback bonus into investments. The announcement comes eight months after it acquired startup X1 for $95 million, and coincidentally one of X1's biggest features was the ability to invest in cashback rewards. Coincidence? Obviously not! Robinhood says this bonus, plus a number of other perks, including the ability to add family members as cardholders, even if they're young and don't have a Social Security number,…

Troy Sheets started making music at the age of 15 in his home studio using a keyboard synthesizer, drum machine, and 4-track cassette recorder. He’s a great setup for a high school sophomore. But young up-and-coming musicians rarely have access to advanced equipment (other than free apps on their phones). And most young people can't afford it. Additionally, synthesizers can be difficult to use for beginners. That's why Sheets decided to create the $199 Blipbox, an affordable children's synthesizer designed for ages 3 and up. “We saw an opportunity to create a simplified toy-like device that would allow more people…

The summer after his freshman year at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, an engineering school in Worcester, Massachusetts, Cyvl.ai co-founder and CEO Daniel Pelaez needed a job. He returned home and worked for the local public works department, where he discovered there was little software for tracking road repairs. He was told to go out and drive the car, find the problem and solve it. “I was filling holes, fixing signs, cutting down trees. And while I was there, I quickly saw that they didn't have any data.” Pelaez told TechCrunch. He saw an opportunity to become Cyvl.ai, a company that helps…

Agricultural robots are not a new phenomenon. We have seen systems for harvesting apples and berries, killing weeds, planting trees, transporting produce, and more. However, while these capabilities are understood to be the core capabilities of automation systems, the same is true here for technology in general. So it's all about data. A big part of the value of these products is the amount of actionable information their onboard sensors collect. In a sense, Orchard Robotics' system eliminates the middleman. That's not to say there isn't still a lot of potential value in automating these tasks amid labor shortages, but…

Artificial intelligence can find hidden signals in data across healthcare, and companies like Nvidia are paying attention to what this means. For example, last week the company announced 20 new AI-powered tools for fields such as biotech and drug discovery. Nvidia isn't alone. Century Health is another startup getting in on the action. Applying AI to clinical data to discover new uses for medicines. The company will initially work with pharmaceutical companies and researchers at Yale University and the University of California, San Diego to identify and commercialize the next breakthrough treatments for diseases that affect tens of millions of…