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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January 2023

Nowatch is a health-focused smartwatch without the watch part

January 4, 2023

Your health is all you’ve got, and you can’t change what you can’t measure, so it’s little wonder that health trackers are everywhere. The problem with a lot of them, however, is that in addition to measuring steps and heart rate and what-have-you, they also deliver a deluge of notifications. Nowatch takes another tack, offering […]

Nowatch is a health-focused smartwatch without the watch part by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

SurrealDB raises $6M for its database-as-a-service offering

January 4, 2023

There’s plenty of vendors in the managed database services market — and plenty that are well-financed. Take a look at SingleStore, which last October raised $30 million to bring its database tech to new customers. There’s also EdgeDB, which landed $15 million in November ahead of the launch of its cloud database product. Tobie Morgan […]

SurrealDB raises $6M for its database-as-a-service offering by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Wireless Power Consortium is working with Apple to bring MagSafe-like capabilities to Android

January 4, 2023

Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) — an organization that overlooks wireless charging standards — announced a new standard called Qi2. The headline is that the WPC is working with Apple to bring Magsafe-like capabilities to Android. It’s been over two years since Apple introduced MagSafe for iPhones — a wireless standard that opens up a ton […]

Wireless Power Consortium is working with Apple to bring MagSafe-like capabilities to Android by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Bird Buddy’s new smart hummingbird feeder can photograph and identify 350 different bird species

January 4, 2023

Bird Buddy, the maker of a smart bird feeder that snaps photos of your bird visitors which are collected in a companion mobile app, is out today with another product for its nature enthusiast and birdwatching community. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the company is showing off a prototype of its new […]

Bird Buddy’s new smart hummingbird feeder can photograph and identify 350 different bird species by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Online grocery startup Kurly scraps IPO amid market uncertainty

January 4, 2023

Kurly, a South Korean startup that provides next-day grocery delivery service, just announced that it has called off its plan to go public amid worsening economic situations that have put startups’ market debuts on hold. “We have decided to postpone listing on the Korea Exchange (KOSPI), considering market sentiment remained weak amid the global market […]

Online grocery startup Kurly scraps IPO amid market uncertainty by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch

Chinese chips will keep powering your everyday life

January 4, 2023
China Report is MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology developments in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. What’s better to do at this time than to indulge in some predictions for 2023? This morning, I published a story in MIT Technology Review’s “What’s Next in Tech” series, looking at what will happen…

What’s next for batteries

January 4, 2023
Every year the world runs more and more on batteries. Electric vehicles passed 10% of global vehicle sales in 2022, and they’re on track to reach 30% by the end of this decade.  Policies around the world are only going to accelerate this growth: recent climate legislation in the US is pumping billions into battery…

Twitter goes down for many in Australia, users say

January 4, 2023

Twitter users in Australia and New Zealand have been facing issues accessing the service for over 12 hours, they say, as the Elon Musk-owned social network continues to grapple with reliability challenges amid cost-cutting measures. The outage began at around 2 p.m. Pacific Time Tuesday, according to user tweets and DownDetector (Australia and New Zealand), […]

Twitter goes down for many in Australia, users say by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch