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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March 2023

Mental health startup Intellect partners with Asia’s largest private healthcare group

March 15, 2023

Intellect, the Singapore-based mental health platform that now serves over three million users in 20 countries, is getting ready for a new phase of growth after striking a strategic partnership with IHH Healthcare, Asia’s largest private healthcare group. IHH Healthcare will work with Intellect to develop and customize digital mental health programs for its patients, […]

Mental health startup Intellect partners with Asia’s largest private healthcare group by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch

LexxPluss expands into US with its warehouse robots

March 15, 2023

When Masaya Aso worked on autonomous driving technology at Bosch in Japan and Germany, he realized that “many tasks were still manual as over 85% of warehouses have almost no automation at all.”  To help address the problem, Aso co-founded LexxPluss, a now two-year-old, Japan-based startup that designs and develop autonomous mobile robots to transport […]

LexxPluss expands into US with its warehouse robots by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch

India’s HealthPlix raises $22M to accelerate growth and enhance healthcare delivery

March 15, 2023

HealthPlix, an Indian startup offering its in-house platform for doctors to help record patient data digitally, has raised $22 million in fresh investment to broaden its reach in the country and allow more doctors to utilize its software to offer improved care to their patients. In India, roughly 300,000 doctors practice medicine regularly. However, this […]

India’s HealthPlix raises $22M to accelerate growth and enhance healthcare delivery by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Europe’s Bolt expands to Nepal with ride-hailing service

March 15, 2023

European startup Bolt is expanding to Nepal and launching its ride-hailing service in the country. The company’s previous market expansion was its launch in Thailand in 2020. On Wednesday, Bolt announced the pilot of its on-demand ride-hailing service in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu. The startup has kicked off the service with more than 400 local drivers. […]

Europe’s Bolt expands to Nepal with ride-hailing service by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Tesla has a home battery to sell you, with or without solar

March 14, 2023

Tesla is opening up Powerwall home battery sales, nearly two years after limiting them because its supply was “too low.” Tesla announced its backup battery tech long ago, in 2015, explicitly intending for the product to work in tandem with solar panels. Yet up until 2021, the automaker also allowed folks to buy the big […]

Tesla has a home battery to sell you, with or without solar by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch

Reddit has been down for hours

March 14, 2023

Social media platform Reddit is experiencing an outage that is affecting its website and app, according to the company’s status page and to whomever has tried to load the platform. Reddit has been down since at least 12:18 pm PDT. The company has identified an internal systems issue and a fix “which may take some […]

Reddit has been down for hours by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

California agency must provide Tesla with details of racial bias investigation

March 14, 2023

California’s Civil Rights Department (CRD) must provide Tesla with details of the investigation it conducted prior to filing a lawsuit against the company for racial discrimination, a judge has ruled. The CRD first sued Tesla in February last year after receiving several allegations that Tesla’s Fremont factory was a racially segregated workplace where Black workers […]

California agency must provide Tesla with details of racial bias investigation by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch