Author: Zara Arnold

A week before Privacy Policy changes that would have allowed Apple users to use their Apple ID on third-party services was set to go into effect June 5, it was pulled from the App Store. According to a message on the Apple Apps page, the change has been delayed. The app store message stated: “Apple has reviewed this app, and we will not be accepting it into the App Store.” Developer Shilpa Shah told TechCrunch that the changes would have made it possible for Apple ID users to surf the…

Ilhan Omar, a Somali-American and self-identified progressive activist, became the first Muslim women to be elected to the US Congress earlier this year. But even as she was warming up to the world of Congress, she was already planning her next move, and it has nothing to do with making history in the nation’s capital. Omar was in her 20s when she went to college in Minnesota and started her own “progressive solidarity and organizing project.” She was asked, by her friends, to run for office, and ultimately won her…

Microsoft has made no secret of its desire to loosen up Windows 10. After all, Microsoft has spent the past decade trying to convince us that Windows is complex, doddling and troubled. Since a lot of Windows installations are done under virtual machines, it could have been a good idea to de-prioritize Windows 10, depending on your scenario. But Microsoft has done nothing to suggest that it’s prepared to overhaul Windows 10, and has never explained the specific reasons why. “It’s not straightforward to get to a new model,” an…

Until quite recently, advanced surgery was primarily reliant on operating rooms with large and often time-consuming waiting areas. Today, advances in high-definition imaging and wireless connectivity are making surgery more portable and responsive, including an emerging role for robots in the operating room. Enter an Oregon startup called Activ Surgical. It’s raised $15 million in Series A funding to bring portable, collaborative robotic surgery to thousands of other operating rooms, not just the OR itself. “The old idea of bringing our tools into our operating rooms is over,” says CEO…