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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December 2022

Komodo Health, once tipped for a looming IPO, has cut staff as CFO departs

December 13, 2022

Komodo Health, a health-care enterprise in the business of making data-driven maps, has laid off 9% of staff, or 78 people, according to sources. The personnel change comes around a month after the company internally announced that its CFO would be leaving the company at the end of the year for personal reasons, and just […]

Komodo Health, once tipped for a looming IPO, has cut staff as CFO departs by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

TikTok inches further into YouTube’s territory with a new horizontal full screen mode

December 13, 2022

TikTok is testing a new horizontal full screen mode with select users globally, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. Users who have access to the test feature will see a new “full screen” button appear on square or rectangle videos in their feed. Once you click the button, the video will shift into a horizontal full […]

TikTok inches further into YouTube’s territory with a new horizontal full screen mode by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Boom takes the wraps off its supersonic Symphony engine design

December 13, 2022

Boom Supersonic is working hard to upend the status quo in commercial flight with its Overture airliner — a supersonic craft that will be propelled by brand-new engines the company just revealed. Building from scratch shows that Boom is doubling down on setting itself apart from the rest of the industry. Building a new aircraft […]

Boom takes the wraps off its supersonic Symphony engine design by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

What fusion’s breakthrough means for clean energy

December 13, 2022
After many decades of trying, scientists have reached a milestone in fusion research, finally running a reaction that created more energy than what was put in to start it. US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced today that researchers at the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achieved what’s known as net energy gain,…

Apple fixes ‘actively exploited’ zero-day affecting most iPhones

December 13, 2022

Apple has confirmed that an iPhone software update it released two weeks ago fixed a zero-day security vulnerability that it now says was actively exploited. The update, iOS 16.1.2, landed on November 30 and rolled out to all supported iPhones, including iPhone 8 and later, with unspecified “important security updates.” In a disclosure to its […]

Apple fixes ‘actively exploited’ zero-day affecting most iPhones by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch

Netflix rolls out two more mobile games, will release a ‘Vikings: Valhalla’ game next year

December 13, 2022

Netflix has announced that it’s adding two more games to its service today, bringing the total number of games on the platform to 48. The streaming service has also teased some upcoming games, including one that’s based on its historical drama “Vikings: Valhalla.” The first game launching today is called Kentucky Route Zero and was […]

Netflix rolls out two more mobile games, will release a ‘Vikings: Valhalla’ game next year by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch