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As families across the US prepare to celebrate Mother’s Day this Sunday, Alison Stern looks beyond the one day of appreciation. Stern just closed $10 million…

BCI (brain-computer interface) technology — in which neural signals are routed from a person’s head to a computer — was once the stuff of science fiction,…

The Federal Communications Commission has ordered a ban on the importation of new foreign-made consumer routers, citing cybersecurity risks. The order, posted late Mondaysaid the import…

On Etsy, Zoë Weil helped achieve a billion dollar increase in gross merchandise volume in a single year by improving online marketplace AI ranking systems. With…

David Barnett has learned a lot since PopSockets first came out more than a decade ago. As the story goes, the former philosophy professor was looking…

Claude’s daily active users are increasing on mobile devices, as are new app installs, following the company’s impact with the Pentagon. After Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei…

A lot has changed for Jenny Wang, the founder who brings fashion technology “Clueless” to life. Last year, her company, Alta, raised $11 million in a…

The subscription economy helped boost mobile app revenue in 2025, even as app downloads fell for a fifth year in a row, according to the app…

Shortly after Google announced its new Global Trade Protocol for AI-powered shopping agents, a consumer economy watchdog sounded the alarm. In a now viral post on…

Investments in consumer tech startups are on a downward trend from 2022 as a turbulent macroeconomic climate and rising inflation have VCs thinking about consumer power.…