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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February 2023

Data observability platform Acceldata raises $50M

February 8, 2023

Acceldata, the company behind a data observability platform used by multinational enterprises including Oracle and Verisk, today announced it has raised $50 million in a Series C round of funding. Founded in 2018, San Jose-based Acceldata is one of a growing number of companies setting out to help organizations understand the health of their data, […]

Data observability platform Acceldata raises $50M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Musk’s Twitter is facing tricky questions over data deletion

February 8, 2023

European data protection regulators are “engaging” with Twitter following a series of complaints from users that it’s ignoring requests to delete their direct messages, TechCrunch has learned. Concerns over the privacy and security of Twitter DMs — which are not end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) — has grown since Elon Musk’s takeover of the company last fall, […]

Musk’s Twitter is facing tricky questions over data deletion by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

EV startup Zypp Electric nabs $25M to hit 30 Indian cities by 2025

February 8, 2023

Zypp Electric, an Indian startup that offers an EV-as-a-service platform catering to e-commerce companies and gig workers, has received a $25 million investment led by Taiwan’s battery-swapping giant Gogoro. The cash from Gogoro is an extension of a strategic partnership between the two companies, and a signal of Gogoro’s continued commitment to the Indian market. […]

EV startup Zypp Electric nabs $25M to hit 30 Indian cities by 2025 by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Are Stock Investors “Dazed & Confused”?

February 8, 2023
Investor confidence in stock market (SPY) direction is very low. That is because of the big divergence in market outlooks from leading market prognosticators. Some make a great case for…

3 A-Rated Stocks to Buy for Less Than $30

February 8, 2023
Defying market headwinds, the U.S. job market remains robust. The labor market showing resiliency has led to declining recession odds. Therefore, investors might buy top-quality stocks Albertsons Companies (ACI), American…

How Telegram groups can be used by police to find protesters

February 8, 2023
China Report is MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology developments in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. First of all, I’m still processing the whole “Chinese spy balloon” saga, which, from start to finish, took over everyone’s brains for just about 72 hours and has been one of the weirdest recent events…

We were promised smaller nuclear reactors. Where are they?

February 8, 2023
For over a decade, we’ve heard that small reactors could be a big part of nuclear power’s future. Because of their size, small modular reactors (SMRs) could solve some of the major challenges of traditional nuclear power, making plants quicker and cheaper to build and safer to operate.   That future may have just gotten a…

2 Real Estate Stocks to Sell ASAP and 1 to Buy

February 8, 2023
Home buying sentiment has been improving lately. Moreover, declining mortgage rates should further support the real estate industry. Given the sound prospects of the real estate sector, investors could consider…

Russian ‘WhisperGate’ hackers are using new data-stealing malware to target Ukraine

February 8, 2023

Security researchers say they have recently observed a Russian hacking crew, who were behind the destructive WhisperGate malware cyberattacks, targeting Ukrainian entities with a new information-stealing malware. Symantec’s Threat Hunter Team has attributed this campaign to a Russia-linked cyber threat actor, widely known as TA471 (or UAC-0056), which has been active since early 2021. The […]

Russian ‘WhisperGate’ hackers are using new data-stealing malware to target Ukraine by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch