2024-12-20
Finnish startup Oura has closed its Series D funding round at $200mn, bringing the smart ring maker’s valuation to a cosy $5.2bn. Oura’s smart ring uses 20 biometric markers to track sleep, physical activity, and stress resilience. The device displays this data on an app that gives you a personalised “readiness” score. We tested the wearable earlier this year and were genuinely impressed. Founded in 2013, Oura secured its first funding on Kickstarter, the crowdfunding site, in 2016. Counting this new tranche of capital, the tech s [...]
2025-02-08
We may bit a post-CES news lull some days, but the reviews are coming in hot and heavy as February begins. Samsung has already debuted its latest premium phones and we've published a few long-ter [...]
2025-02-07
The week has been a mixed bag for Apple. First, it launched a new iPhone app for organizing events and being actually social; then, it had to contend with a third-party app store offering a porn app i [...]
2025-05-21
Oura has rolled out activity updates to its smart ring, including a new trend view for active minutes so that users can get a better look at how active they are for the day, the week or even the whole [...]
2025-05-23
Memorial Day sales are in full swing, and if you've been eager to make your home a bit smarter, this deal on the 2024 Ring Video Doorbell is worth considering. It's down to $55 right now, or [...]