February 22, 2025

US AI Safety Institute could face big cuts

The National Institute of Standards and Technology could fire as many as 500 staffers, according to multiple reports — cuts that further threaten a fledgling AI safety organization. Axios reported this week that the US AI Safety Institute (AISI) and Chips for America, both part of NIST, would be “gutted” by layoffs targeting probationary employees […]

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November 2022

Discord users can now link their Crunchyroll accounts

November 17, 2022

Anime streaming service Crunchyroll has partnered with Discord. Starting today, users will be able to display the movie or TV show they’re currently watching on their Discord profile. Crunchyroll is the latest media company to add “Rich Presence,” the “Now Playing” functionality that automatically displays the video you’re watching, the game you’re playing, the song […]

Discord users can now link their Crunchyroll accounts by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Ghost Robotics fires back against ‘baseless’ Boston Dynamics lawsuit

November 17, 2022

A legal dispute over robotic patents is devolving into a war of words, as Ghost Robotics fires back against Boston Dynamics. The Philadelphia firm calls the suit both “obstructive and baseless” in a statement sent to TechCrunch. It notes, in part, Ghost Robotics’ success has not gone unnoticed by Boston Dynamics. Rather than compete on […]

Ghost Robotics fires back against ‘baseless’ Boston Dynamics lawsuit by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Dept. of the Air Force’s Frank Calvelli talks startups and the military at TC Sessions: Space

November 17, 2022

The success of the commercial space sector, in both significantly reducing the cost of technology and massively increasing its capabilities, has captured the attention of the U.S. military. That attention translates into growing interest in startups and how they might secure the space domain for the U.S. and its allies. Frank Calvelli, the Assistant Secretary […]

Dept. of the Air Force’s Frank Calvelli talks startups and the military at TC Sessions: Space by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch

With $8.6M in seed funding, Nx wants to take monorepos mainstream

November 17, 2022

Narwhal, the company behind the popular monorepo-focused open source Nx build system for JavaScript code, today announced that it has raised an $8.6 million seed funding round co-led by Nexus Venture Partners and Andreesen Horowitz. A number of angel investors, including GitHub co-founder Tom Preston-Werner, also participated in this round. Founded by two former Google […]

With $8.6M in seed funding, Nx wants to take monorepos mainstream by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

Crypto-focused VC on the FTX fallout: ‘I’m worried about the overall lack of LP appetite going forward.’

November 17, 2022

During an unprecedented bull run, crypto-focused investors raised, and deployed, billions of dollars in capital. But now, not only are VCs operating in a bearish crypto market, they are navigating the fallout of the FTX collapse and the potential impact it will have on their investment strategies moving forward. Double Down founder and general partner […]

Crypto-focused VC on the FTX fallout: ‘I’m worried about the overall lack of LP appetite going forward.’ by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

WhatsApp broadens in-app business directory and search features

November 17, 2022

WhatsApp is introducing new Yellow Pages-like features to help users find businesses from within the instant messaging app, part of the Meta-owned platform’s growing attempts to make deeper inroads with e-commerce. The encrypted messaging service, used by over 2 billion users worldwide, said on Thursday that it’s expanding a feature called ‘Directory’ to all users […]

WhatsApp broadens in-app business directory and search features by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch