TikTok introduces “Shopping Ads”, letting brands place shoppable videos on the For You page, promote catalog listings, and direct users to live shopping events (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:TikTok introduces “Shopping Ads”, letting brands place shoppable videos on the For You page, promote catalog listings, and direct users to live shopping events  —  TikTok announced today that it’s launching a new commerce ad suite called “Shopping Ads” to make it easier for brands to advertise […]

Tiny caps can measure activity in lab-grown minibrains

Minuscule lab-grown models of human brains can be fitted with caps that measure their activity, just as electroencephalogram (EEG) caps record electrical signals produced by full-size human brains. The minibrains are examples of organoids—three-dimensional clusters of living cells, grown in a lab, that simulate the structure and function of human […]

HiBob, which offers cloud-based HR tools, has raised a $150M Series D led by General Atlantic at a $2.45B valuation, up from $1.65B in October 2021 (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:HiBob, which offers cloud-based HR tools, has raised a $150M Series D led by General Atlantic at a $2.45B valuation, up from $1.65B in October 2021  —  Cloud-based human resource (HR) platform HiBob today announced that it has raised $150 million in a Series D round of […]

A three-parent technique could help trans men have babies

Fertility treatments can be undesirable for transgender men, as they involve pausing gender-affirming hormone therapy and undergoing potentially distressing procedures such as female hormone treatments and vaginal exams.  New evidence suggests combining two existing techniques for the first time could help sidestep those issues. The process involves removing pieces of […]