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

Gravitics raises $20M to make the essential units for living and working in space

November 17, 2022

The space industry is on the cusp of a revolution. The cost of launch, which has dramatically decreased over the past five years, will continue to drop as heavy-lift rockets like SpaceX’s Starship and Relativity’s Terran R become operational. Parallel to these developments, multiple private companies have introduced plans to build commercial space stations for […]

Gravitics raises $20M to make the essential units for living and working in space by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Super-hot salt could be coming to a battery near you

November 17, 2022
There’s a lot going on in the climate world. Election workers are still counting and recounting votes in the US to determine control of Congress, and at the UN climate conference, delegates are heads-down in negotiations, battling over climate targets and finance agreements.  We’re still waiting for more information about what these critical moments will…

VuNet Raises $5 Million In Series A Funding

November 17, 2022
The fund raised will be used to accelerate the research and development of new AI/ML led product offerings and the expansion of global operations across India, Asia and the US

Index Ventures thinks new startups will emerge in the downturn and is putting $300M behind that bet

November 17, 2022

Back in April 8, 2021 Index Ventures, one of the very few ‘original gangsters’ of the European VC scene, said it was kind’ve going ‘back to its roots’. It announced the launch of a new $200 million dedicated seed investing vehicle dubbed ‘Index Origin’. Now, if you cast your minds back, this was during the […]

Index Ventures thinks new startups will emerge in the downturn and is putting $300M behind that bet by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

A new tick-borne disease is killing cattle in the US

November 17, 2022
In the spring of 2021, Cynthia and John Grano, who own a cattle operation and sell performance horses in Culpeper County, Virginia, started noticing some of their cows slowing down and acting “spacey.” They figured the animals were suffering from anaplasmosis, a common infectious disease that causes anemia in cattle. But Melinda McCall, their veterinarian,…

Twitter is working on a feature to divide long text into a thread automatically

November 17, 2022

Composing a thread on Twitter can be challenging as you need to separate the whole text into 280-character chunks. However, the company now seems to be working on a solution to turn long-form text into a thread automatically. According to a tweet posted by app researcher Jane Manchun Wong, twitter’s composer will automatically break the […]

Twitter is working on a feature to divide long text into a thread automatically by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Apple’s iCloud website gets a widget-styled redesign

November 17, 2022

Apple has finally launched a redesigned iCloud website with apps appearing as widget-styled tiles instead of icons. People might be used to accessing iCloud through native apps on their iPhones, iPads or Mac, but this is a welcome change for folks who use the website to quickly access some photos, documents, notes and reminders or […]

Apple’s iCloud website gets a widget-styled redesign by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Stellantis is bringing its new all-electric Fiat 500e to North America in early 2024

November 17, 2022

Stellantis brand Fiat is coming back to the United States with its new all-electric 500e, a small urban vehicle that has been selling like hot cakes in Europe. The all-electric Fiat 500e is not like the original 500e, which was essentially a retro’d version of an internal combustion version of the same model. This time, […]

Stellantis is bringing its new all-electric Fiat 500e to North America in early 2024 by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

Virgil helps you buy bigger apartments in exchange for home equity stakes

November 17, 2022

French startup Virgil has raised a $15.6 million funding round (€15 million). The company invests in apartments alongside home buyers before they even get the keys for their new home. This way, future homeowners can buy a bigger place in exchange for an equity stake in their apartment. Home equity is a much more fluid […]

Virgil helps you buy bigger apartments in exchange for home equity stakes by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

Meta appoints new India head amid key departures

November 17, 2022

Meta has appointed Sandhya Devanathan as the new head of its India business following several high-profile departures in its key overseas market. The social juggernaut said on Thursday that Devanathan has been elevated to VP of Meta India. Devanathan joined the firm in 2016 and helped build the company’s Singapore and Vietnam businesses, Meta said. […]

Meta appoints new India head amid key departures by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch