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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What does selling to platform engineering teams mean for developer relations? by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch
In late April, police in Nebraska received a tip saying 17-year-old Celeste Burgess had given birth to a stillborn baby and buried the body. Officers soon learned that her mother, Jessica Burgess, and a friend had helped her with transportation and burial. The police issued citations for concealing the death of another person and false […]
How US police use digital data to prosecute abortions by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch
We’ll be straight with you. There’s no 1:1 Twitter replacement, not yet and possibly not ever. Still, there are plenty of social apps that might still be worth substituting into your obsessive timeline-checking routines if you’re done with Twitter for whatever reason (we can think of plenty). Twitter’s current situation — advertisers leaving, Nazis logging […]
The best Twitter alternatives worth checking out by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch
You may not have known that space needs tugboats, but now you do — and Atomos Space just closed a $16.2 million Series A investment, which will enable the company to complete its demonstration mission where it will show off its docking and towing capabilities. The company is building a series of Orbital Transfer Vehicles […]
Atomos tows a $16M load of funding to create tugboats in space by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
Kano, the venture-backed U.K startup known for its build-your-own computer kits and software for teaching coding and associated STEM skills, has accused Warner Bros. of copying one of its products and infringing on its intellectual property (IP). The product in question is the Harry Potter: Magic Caster Wand that Warner Bros. announced back in October, and which […]
Warner Bros. swiped our Harry Potter wand IP, says Kano by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
Finance people live and breathe spreadsheets, Mayfield’s Rajeev Batra was telling me. We were talking about our upcoming TechCrunch Live event featuring him and Cube’s Christina Ross, and Rajeev was explaining how he sees Cube’s position in the marketplace. Christina Ross co-founded the company in 2018 in a bid to provide a solution to CFOs […]
Hear the right way to acquire customers with Cube and Mayfield on TechCrunch Live by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This week, Natasha Mascarenhas, Mary Ann Azevedo and Rebecca Szkutak took the mic to talk through breaking news, retrospective features and all the blogosphere content that fits in between. Shoutout to Theresa and Andrew for putting together […]
You could be Wasted and not even know it by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch
Despite the myth, sharks don’t need to keep swimming to keep breathing. Early-stage startups, on the other hand, are not so fortunate.
TechCrunch+ roundup: No-code MVP strategy, hiring under scrutiny, A/B growth testing by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch
HBO announced today that the hit series “The Last of Us” is getting a second season, likely satisfying over 22 million domestic viewers that watched the Season 1 premiere episode so far. On the night of the premiere, the series premiere was viewed by 4.7 million fans in the U.S. The announcement comes less than […]
HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ gets a second season following successful debut by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch