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

Rezonate raises $8.7M and launches its cloud identity protection platform out of stealth

December 6, 2022

Rezonate, a Boston- and Tel Aviv-based startup that offers an agent-less cloud identity protection platform that aims to help DevOps teams minimize attackers’ opportunities to breach cloud identity and access, is coming out of stealth today and announcing an $8.7 million seed funding round, led by State of Mind Ventures and Flybridge, with participation from […]

Rezonate raises $8.7M and launches its cloud identity protection platform out of stealth by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

NeuReality lands $35M to bring AI accelerator chips to market

December 6, 2022

The growing demand for AI, particularly generative AI (i.e., AI that generates images, text and more), is supercharging the AI inferencing chip market. Inferencing chips accelerate the AI inferencing process, which is where AI systems generate outputs (e.g., text, images, audio) based on what they learned while “training” on a specific set of data. AI […]

NeuReality lands $35M to bring AI accelerator chips to market by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

I met a police drone in VR—and hated it

December 6, 2022
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. I’m standing in the parking lot of an apartment building in East London, near where I live. It’s a cloudy day, and nothing seems out of the ordinary.  A small drone descends…

Apple expands Self Service Repair to iPhone and MacBook users in Europe

December 6, 2022

Apple has announced that its Self Service Repair store for iPhones and MacBooks is now open for business in Europe. First announced last November, the repair program essentially enables anyone to purchase genuine Apple components to repair their damaged devices, while the Cupertino company also provides online manuals to guide consumers through the self-service repair […]

Apple expands Self Service Repair to iPhone and MacBook users in Europe by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Uber’s facial recognition is locking Indian drivers out of their accounts 

December 6, 2022
One early evening in February last year, a 23-year-old Uber driver named Niradi Srikanth was getting ready to start another shift, ferrying passengers around the south Indian city of Hyderabad in his midsize sedan. He pointed the phone at his face to take a selfie to verify his identity. The process usually worked seamlessly. But…

Meta’s Oversight Board wants Facebook to be more transparent about VIP accounts

December 6, 2022

A year ago, The Wall Street Journal revealed that Facebook operated a two-tiered content moderation system. Normal users were subject to the platforms stated rules while VIP users were secretly flagged into special in a program internally called “cross check.” That list included everyone from Brazilian soccer star Neymar and former President Donald Trump to […]

Meta’s Oversight Board wants Facebook to be more transparent about VIP accounts by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch

Discovery+ brings the offline download feature to the US

December 6, 2022

The Discovery+ app is getting one of the most anticipated feature — and frankly, a must-have feature for today’s streaming apps — offline viewing. The company announced Monday that users of the ad-free plan in the U.S. will be able to download content for offline viewing on the service’s iOS and Android apps. This move […]

Discovery+ brings the offline download feature to the US by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Iran-backed hackers linked to espionage campaign targeting journalists and activists

December 6, 2022

Hackers backed by the Iranian government targeted human rights activists, journalists, diplomats and politicians working in the Middle East during an ongoing social engineering and credential phishing campaign, according to Human Rights Watch. In an analysis published on Monday, Human Rights Watch said it had attributed the espionage campaign to APT42, an Iran-backed hacking group […]

Iran-backed hackers linked to espionage campaign targeting journalists and activists by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch