Moving Towards Decentralization
India has recognized the potential of crypto and with the crypto sector being a marathon and not a sprint, India has an active and growing ecosystem in the crypto space
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…
November 2022
Is Community-building Essential for Web3 Startups?
Community building is an essential part of the sector being successful and with Web3 space being relatively new, community building becomes all the more important for the space
Drive Capital’s investors hit a fork in the road
Drive Capital was founded by two former Sequoia Capital Partners looking to start anew in the Midwest. But investors in the Columbus, Oh.-based firm have had a bumpy ride of late, and according to our sources, they aren’t enjoying it. It’s a dramatic turn for Drive, which announced $1 billion in capital commitments back in […]
Drive Capital’s investors hit a fork in the road by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch
Metaverse: One for the Future?
The combination of virtual reality and mixed reality worlds can be accessed primarily via AR/VR headsets and browsers
Watch Out: Amazfit Smart Watches
The watches are embedded with advanced sports modes and fitness features, such as personalized templates, performance data after any workout is completed, and so much more.
Elon Musk talked about laying off 75% of employees; he may have just gotten his wish
When Peter Clowes last updated his LinkedIn profile, he listed his role as “Layoff Survivor” at Twitter. Yet Clowes, a senior software engineer who joined the company in the spring of 2020, is now gone, too. He quit yesterday, dispassionately explaining last night on Twitter that he decided to leave not because to hobble Twitter […]
Elon Musk talked about laying off 75% of employees; he may have just gotten his wish by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch
Daily Crunch: Nuro founders admit aggressive hiring ‘was a mistake’ in email to laid-off workers
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Daily Crunch: Nuro founders admit aggressive hiring ‘was a mistake’ in email to laid-off workers by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Google introduces Workspaces Spaces Chats conversations summaries
Having trouble keeping up with the conversations in your Chats in your Workspace Spaces? Google feels your pain, and is “excited to introduce conversation summaries in Google Chat for messages in Spaces.” Now your conversations in Spaces Chats will be summarized right in your Premium Workspace. The issue is, of course, that while Chats in […]
Google introduces Workspaces Spaces Chats conversations summaries by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch
Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to 11 years in prison for Theranos fraud
Ten months after she was found guilty of fraud, the former youngest self-made female billionaire Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced to 11.25 years in prison, plus three years of supervised release. At her trial, she was found guilty on four of 11 counts related to defrauding investors, but she was not found guilty of defrauding patients. […]
Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to 11 years in prison for Theranos fraud by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
Booz Allen says former staffer downloaded employees’ personal data
U.S. government contractor Booz Allen Hamilton has disclosed that a former staffer downloaded potentially tens of thousands of employees’ personal information from the company’s internal network. The government and defense contractor said that one of its staffers, while still employed by the company, downloaded a report containing the personal information of “active employees as of March […]
Booz Allen says former staffer downloaded employees’ personal data by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch