Do you need a SPAC therapist?
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Natasha and Danny and Alex and Grace were all here to chat through the week’s biggest tech happenings. It was.....»»
New infosec products of the week: December 1, 2023
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Amazon, Datadog, Entrust, Fortanix, GitHub, Nitrokey, and Paladin Cloud. Amazon One Enterprise palm-based identity service improves security of physical spac.....»»
Earth has many objects in orbit but definitely only one moon, despite what some people think
Big Brother has always chosen its contestants for entertainment value rather than for intellectual debate. This was recently highlighted in a discussion started on the program by dental therapist Chantelle, who suggested there must be more than one m.....»»
Bob Lutz joins board of lightweight wheel supplier Carbon Revolution
Australian carbon-fiber wheel maker Carbon Revolution named former GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz and other veteran U.S. auto executives to its board, pending the completion of its upcoming SPAC merger......»»
Eight Sleep"s Pod 3 cooling mattress cover is clearly amazing, but it was as frustrating as it was functional
I was ready to love Eight Sleep’s Pod 3. Honestly, I was sold straight away. I’d heard about using a cooling system to regulate your bed’s temperature from my physical therapist — who is still on team Eight Sleep after my.....»»
EV maker VinFast"s shares surge in Nasdaq debut
The stock opened Tuesday at $22, more than double the last closing for VinFast's SPAC partner Black Spade Acquisition. VinFast had been valued at $23 billion in the deal......»»
EV maker VinFast set to list on Nasdaq in rare SPAC venue switch
The planned Nasdaq listing caps VinFast’s years-long efforts to become a publicly traded company......»»
A New Therapy for Multiple Personality Disorder Helps a Woman with 12 Selves
Therapy for dissociative identity disorder has aimed to meld many personalities into one. But that’s not the only solution, a caring therapist shows.....»»
What a Therapist Wants You to Know About Remote Therapy
Covid-19 changed how therapists work, for good and ill. Here's how you can adapt, whether you're a patient or a practitioner......»»
Vietnam EV maker VinFast to list in the U.S. via a SPAC
Vietnamese electric automaker VinFast VFS.O said on Friday it will list in the U.S. via a merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Black Spade Acquisition Co BSAQ.N......»»
Nikola, once the "Tesla of trucking," sells stock at discount
Nikola, which was one of the first EV companies to go public via the special acquisition company or SPAC process, is selling roughly 90 million shares at a 20 percent discount......»»
Would you open up to a chatbot therapist?
AI-powered chatbots are now sophisticated enough that they are starting to be used for therapy......»»
Help, My Therapist Is Also an Influencer!
Counselors have moved from beside the chaise longue and into users’ TikTok feeds, fueling debates about client privacy and the mental health profession......»»
Russia claims an “external impact” damaged its Progress spacecraft
Two Russian spacecraft in two months have been struck this way. Supposedly. Enlarge / The European robotic arm is seen investigating Soyuz MS-22 after a leak occurred in mid-December. (credit: NASA TV) Russia's main spac.....»»
Why being declared dead when you’re alive still occurs
Death is a process, not an event, and some steps appear to be reversible. Enlarge / This photo taken on March 30, 2018, shows a Thai teenager trying out a traditional coffin at the Kid Mai Death Awareness Cafe, an exhibition spac.....»»
"Shrinking" comedy breaks top ten, says streaming aggregator
Apple TV+ does not release viewing figures, but its comedy "Shrinking" is in the current top ten of shows as recorded by one streaming portal."Shrinking" (Source: Apple)"Shrinking," a comedy about a therapist facing a life crisis, began streaming on.....»»
Jason Segel and Harrison Ford star in Shrinking, now streaming on Apple TV+
Jason Segel and Harrison Ford star in a new half-hour dramedy called Shrinking, streaming now on Apple TV+. The series revolves around a therapist who ignores the usual rules of practice and decides to give raw, honest, advice to his clients. more.....»»
Amid economic downturn, space investment plummeted in 2022
One reason is that investors may have been wary after the space SPAC crash. Enlarge / Sir Richard Branson took to the sky in the summer of 2021. But since then, with no additional spaceflights, Virgin Galactic's stock has taken a.....»»
Shrinking trailer: Jason Segel is a grieving therapist who breaks the rules
Jason Segel is a therapist who starts to tell the truth in the trailer for Shrinking, a new comedy series from Apple TV+......»»
Controversy erupts over non-consensual AI mental health experiment [Updated]
Koko let 4,000 people get therapeutic help from GPT-3 without telling them first. Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a person talking to a secret robot therapist. (credit: Ars Technica) On Friday, Koko co-founder Rob Mor.....»»
Controversy erupts over non-consensual AI mental health experiment
Koko let 4,000 people get therapeutic help from GPT-3 without telling them first. Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a person talking to a secret robot therapist. (credit: Ars Technica) On Friday, Koko co-founder Rob Mor.....»»