They Say Web3 Is the Future of the Internet. But How?
The jury is still out on the usability of blockchain and Web 3.
How OpenAI stress-tests its large language models
OpenAI is once again lifting the lid (just a crack) on its safety-testing processes. Last month the company shared the results of an investigation that looked at how often ChatGPT produced a harmful gender or racial stereotype based on a user’s name. Now it has put out two papers describing how it stress-tests its powerful…
October 2022
Survey finds 67% of European women in tech feel under-paid compared to men, half experience sexism
Last month, on International Equal Pay Day, the International Labour (ILO) Organization revealed that on average, women globally are paid about 20 percent less than men. This pay gap is even bigger for Black and Hispanic women, where Black women were found to earn over 63% less than white men, and Hispanic or Latina women […]
Survey finds 67% of European women in tech feel under-paid compared to men, half experience sexism by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch
Reliance launches JioBook, its maiden Android-powered laptop
Jio Platforms has quietly launched its first laptop, entering into a new product category as the Indian telecom giant aggressively expands its offerings. The laptop, called JioBook, runs JioOS, a custom Android-based OS that has been “optimized for superior performance” and local languages support. The laptop, manufactured in India, is selling at 15,799 Indian rupees, […]
Reliance launches JioBook, its maiden Android-powered laptop by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch
Google’s Android Go for entry-level phones is now on 250 million devices
Five years after Google released the first version of Android Go, its mobile operating system for entry-level devices, the program has now amassed over 250 million monthly active devices. That’s up from 200 million Android Go monthly active devices milestone that Google shared in December last year. To mark the occasion, the search giant has […]
Google’s Android Go for entry-level phones is now on 250 million devices by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
General Atlantic eyes increasing stake in Amazon-backed insurtech Acko
General Atlantic is in talks to invest about $50 million in Acko, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch, doubling down on its bet on the Indian insurtech at a time when most investors are treading investment opportunities carefully. The New York-headquartered growth equity investor is positioning to lead a new financing round of […]
General Atlantic eyes increasing stake in Amazon-backed insurtech Acko by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch
Here are the 5 finalists of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2022
During the last two days, 20 startups pitched their companies as part of TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2022. These 20 companies were selected as the best of the brand-new Startup Battlefield 200 and competed for a chance to take home Battlefield Cup and $100,000. TechCrunch editors and expert judges winnowed them down to the […]
Here are the 5 finalists of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2022 by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch
At Bill Gates’s climate conference, “amazing” progress and “depressing” trends
Bill Gates, John Kerry, and US energy secretary Jennifer Granholm all struck positive notes at an energy summit in Seattle this week hosted by Gates’s climate-focused venture fund, Breakthrough Energy. With caveats. Government policy is accelerating clean energy projects. The cost of renewables continues to fall. Huge sums of private and public capital are pouring…
The Download: the aging/disease debate, and WeChat’s dark side
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The debate over whether aging is a disease rages on Last October, word began to spread among researchers that the World Health Organization was considering a change to its International Classification of Diseases,…
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Intellemo Raises Over INR 3 Crore In Seed Funding Round
0The fund raised will be utilised primarily to expand the tech team, scaling video ads tech to provide instant landing pages, and integrate among the other ad platforms