FTC Weighs New Online Privacy Rules

The Federal Trade Commission is considering strengthening online privacy protections, including for children, in an effort to bypass legislative logjams in Congress. WSJ: The rules under consideration could impose significant new obligations on busines…

Finding fraud in a world of fast-moving deals

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture-capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. We got the crew together — Natasha and Danny and Alex — this time ’round to talk fraud, one of our favorite topics. Sure, we’ve riffed on the ups and downs at Luckin, and we’ve spent more time talking about WeWork’s implosion than […]

Tonic.ai raises $35M Series B to help engineers create synthetic data sets

When engineers are building software, they often run into issues around testing it without using actual customer data. Creating a meaningful test set can be time-consuming and challenging. Tonic.ai, a startup that helps engineers create synthetic data sets is trying to fix that, and today the company announced a $35 million Series B. Insight Partners […]

Oculus Quest 2でVR空間に作業環境を構築する方法

Oculus Quest 2などのスタンドアロン型仮想現実(VR)デバイスの登場によって、高価で高スペックなPCがなくても誰でも簡単にVRを楽しめるようになりました。「これまで2年半の間、週に40～50時間をVR空間で過ごしている」と豪語する技術者のポール・トムリンソン氏が、VR空間を使って狭いオフィスでも大画面で作業する方法を解説しています。続きを読む……