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A Harvard Law dropout has raised six million dollars to build what's being called a Harvey for police officers. The startup, Blue Voice, offers real-time legal and policy guidance to officers in the field. SignalFire and Las Olas VC led the seed round. The pitch is straightforward — faster, more accurate guidance at the moment decisions get made — though questions about accountability and liability in that loop remain very much open.
Meanwhile, the memory crunch shaping so much of the tech landscape right now has a name people are starting to use: RAMageddon. Global shortages driven by AI infrastructure demand are pushing up RAM and component prices across the board. Samsung has already flagged that TV price hikes can't be ruled out. For now, retailers are still absorbing the pressure, but analysts say that window won't stay open long.
And in a story about reinvention, BlackBerry — once the defining smartphone of the professional world — is now placing its bets on cars and robots. The company has quietly repositioned itself around embedded software and security for automotive and robotics systems. It's a long way from the QWERTY keyboard, but in a world running on connected machines, the underlying skills may be more relevant than they first appear.
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