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3 April 2026 Vol 19

Category: Tech

Riding the GLP-1 boom, VITL lands $7.5M to overhaul cash-pay clinic prescribing

Riding the GLP-1 boom, VITL lands $7.5M to overhaul cash-pay clinic prescribing

The number of med-spas, weight loss clinics, and concierge practices where patients pay a membership fee for direct, often same-day…
Jury finds Meta and Google negligent in landmark social media addiction trial

Jury finds Meta and Google negligent in landmark social media addiction trial

One day after Meta lost a similar child safety lawsuit in New Mexico, a Los Angeles jury on Wednesday handed…
Apple overhauls its app developer platform with 100 new metrics, more tools

Apple overhauls its app developer platform with 100 new metrics, more tools

There’s big news today for app developers. No, it’s not lowered App Store commissions. Instead, Apple on Wednesday announced a…
DeleteMe acquires social media security tool Block Party

DeleteMe acquires social media security tool Block Party

Block Party founder Tracy Chou announced on Wednesday that the company has been acquired by DeleteMe, an online personal data…
Google launches Lyria 3 Pro music generation model

Google launches Lyria 3 Pro music generation model

Google announced on Wednesday that it’s releasing Lyria 3 Pro, a music generation model, a month after Lyria 3’s release.…
Ultrahuman Is Back: Can the Ring Pro Beat Oura in the U.S. Market?

Ultrahuman Is Back: Can the Ring Pro Beat Oura in the U.S. Market?

Ultrahuman is back in the United States. The noted Oura Ring competitor has been absent from the American market since…
How soap opera-TikTok hybrids became a billion-dollar business

How soap opera-TikTok hybrids became a billion-dollar business

Over the past few years, a new category of mobile apps has quietly exploded into a multi-billion dollar business. They’re called “micro dramas”…
Granola raises $125M, hits $1.5B valuation as it expands from meeting notetaker to enterprise AI app

Granola raises $125M, hits $1.5B valuation as it expands from meeting notetaker to enterprise AI app

Users might not like bots in meetings visibly taking notes, but a lot of them don’t mind if an app…
Arbor Energy just landed a billion-dollar order to bring rocket turbine tech to the power grid

Arbor Energy just landed a billion-dollar order to bring rocket turbine tech to the power grid

Energy startup Arbor Energy on Wednesday said it had sold up to 5 gigawatts worth of its modular turbines to…
Elon Musk pauses changes to X’s creator revenue-sharing program after backlash

Elon Musk pauses changes to X’s creator revenue-sharing program after backlash

Social media platform X swiftly backtracked on its announcement regarding new rules for creator monetization, which had focused on payouts…