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

Superscript, a bespoke insurance provider for SMEs, raises $54 million

January 9, 2023

Superscript, an insurance broker and tech platform targeting SMEs and “high-growth” tech firms, has raised £45 million ($54 million) in a Series B round of funding Founded out of London in 2015, Superscript constitutes two core insurance businesses: an online-only “self-serve” platform that’s available to U.K. customers including SMEs, sole traders, and landlords, and an […]

Superscript, a bespoke insurance provider for SMEs, raises $54 million by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

US tech giants say Indian panel’s recommended competition act ‘absolutist and regressive’

January 9, 2023

An influential industry group that represents Google, Meta and Amazon among other tech firms has expressed concerns about the digital competition law recommended by an Indian parliamentary panel that seeks to regulate their alleged anticompetitive practices, calling the proposal “absolutist and regressive” in nature. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance recommended last month that the […]

US tech giants say Indian panel’s recommended competition act ‘absolutist and regressive’ by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

What each streaming service has up its sleeve in 2023

January 8, 2023

Major streaming services have upped their game in 2022 with the launch of ad-supported tiers, new live sports deals, hugely successful original series and more. As the streaming wars continue to heat up, media companies have no choice but to raise the stakes. From the HBO Max/Discovery+ merged streaming service to Netflix’s password-sharing offering, here’s what […]

What each streaming service has up its sleeve in 2023 by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Senator Mark Warner on cybersecurity, Musk’s Twitter and legislating killer robots

January 8, 2023

This wasn’t Mark Warner’s first CES rodeo. The senior senator from Virginia was on-board with this whole tech thing well before being elected the state’s governor back in 2002. His time at Columbia Capital found him knee-deep in the mobile world during its formative years, including his early support of one-time telecom giant, Nextel. After […]

Senator Mark Warner on cybersecurity, Musk’s Twitter and legislating killer robots by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

All the tech (and other flashy features) stuffed into the Ram 1500 Revolution EV truck

January 8, 2023

Stellantis revealed during CES 2023 its answer to an increasingly crowded battery-electric truck market: a broad-shouldered pickup loaded with tech, a longer cabin with third-row jump seats, cup holders in the frunk and even a movie projector. The Ram 1500 Revolution BEV concept isn’t exactly what the Stellantis brand plans to put into production by […]

All the tech (and other flashy features) stuffed into the Ram 1500 Revolution EV truck by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

Urine luck: these CES startups want to take a closer look at your waste

January 8, 2023

You wait for years for a urine analysis company, then all of them hit their flow all at once. One of the notable trends at CES in Las Vegas this year was that the quantified-self movement is going deeper. No longer content with just measuring your heart rate, number of steps, and EKG on your […]

Urine luck: these CES startups want to take a closer look at your waste by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch