More investors, more problems
The pros of raising party rounds dry up quickly when the market turns — and a lot of startups are starting to realize that.
More investors, more problems by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch
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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December 2022
FTC puts Zuckerberg on the stand over Meta’s plan to acquire Within
Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stand on Tuesday in a hearing about Meta’s acquisition of Within, the VR company that makes the fitness app Supernatural. In July, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued Meta in an attempt to block the deal, which the government agency alleges is anti-competitive. The hearing comes at […]
FTC puts Zuckerberg on the stand over Meta’s plan to acquire Within by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
The Drop Sense75 is not the keyboard you’ve been waiting for
In August, Drop announced its first new in-house mechanical keyboard in quite a while: the 75% Drop Sense75. On paper, the $349 gasket-mount keyboard looked like a winner, with an understated but classy design, Drop’s DCX keycaps, in-house stabilizers and its Holy Panda X tactile switches. The final result is a bit of a disappointment, […]
The Drop Sense75 is not the keyboard you’ve been waiting for by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch
Cruise soft-launches robotaxi rides in Phoenix and Austin
Cruise has soft-launched its robotaxi service in Phoenix and Austin, making its own deadline to enter two new markets before the end of 2022. The GM-backed company has until now only operated its ridehail service in San Francisco, where it launched a fully driverless commercial service over the summer. “In both Phoenix and Austin we […]
Cruise soft-launches robotaxi rides in Phoenix and Austin by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
The best books that venture capitalists read in 2022
TechCrunch+ collected book recommendations from both venture capitalists and founders. Here we have investor favorites, and we’ll follow up with notes from founders tomorrow.
The best books that venture capitalists read in 2022 by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch
Ukraine lines up 10,000 more Starlink terminals as funding issues are ‘resolved’
The knotty issue of how Ukraine’s now-critical Starlink satellite internet should be paid for has been at least temporarily resolved, according to the country’s minister for digital transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov. It appears that a few European Union nations have decided it’s in everyone’s interest to keep the country online as the Russian invasion persists. In […]
Ukraine lines up 10,000 more Starlink terminals as funding issues are ‘resolved’ by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch
It’s Time to Prepare for the Algorithmic Workforce
Prepare for an era of working with bots, digital humans, holograms and algorithms as colleagues.
Magic Eden exec sees NFT gaming like the ‘early days of mobile gaming’
The chief gaming officer at NFT marketplace Magic Eden sees the traditional and web gaming worlds coming together.
Magic Eden exec sees NFT gaming like the ‘early days of mobile gaming’ by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
Bird tanks on word that a Canadian company is saving its bacon
Scooter company Bird is certainly down, but it’s not yet out. The five-year-old firm says that it and Bird Canada — a separate, private company that licenses Bird’s software and name — will merge “as soon as possible,” with an “estimated total of $32 million in new financing” from Bird Canada’s investors, “$4 million of […]
Bird tanks on word that a Canadian company is saving its bacon by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch
Irwin Lebow’s rosemary challah
In 1992, Irwin Lebow ’48, PhD ’51, submitted this recipe to Moment Magazine’s Ultimate Challah Contest. The judges named it the top recipe in the non-traditional challah category. Lebow called it a liberal adaptation of a recipe by Ruth Brooks in Food for Thought (Sisterhood of Temple Emunah, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1972). Moment called it “A…