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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April 2023

Using Facebook in the EU? Here’s how to opt out of its creepy ads

April 4, 2023

Facebook and Instagram users in the European Union objecting to Meta’s behavioral advertising can easily ask for their data not to being used for its consentless tracking-and-profiling thanks to a free tool provided by privacy rights not-for-profit, noyb. According to noyb, an online form Meta is planning to offer EU users wanting to exercise their […]

Using Facebook in the EU? Here’s how to opt out of its creepy ads by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Amazon to shutter Book Depository, a UK-based online bookseller it acquired in 2011, on April 26

April 4, 2023

Amazon is set to shutter Book Depository, an online bookstore and competitor it acquired back in 2011. The news comes hot on the heels of a swathe of cutbacks at the internet giant, with two separate rounds of layoffs impacting at least 27,000 people across various divisions including its highly profitable AWS cloud unit and […]

Amazon to shutter Book Depository, a UK-based online bookseller it acquired in 2011, on April 26 by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

These Y Combinator-backed startups are trying to build ‘ChatGPT for X’

April 4, 2023

The hype around ChatGPT, OpenAI’s viral AI-powered chatbot, hasn’t reached a peak yet. That’s the vibe one gets from Y Combinator’s Winter 2023 batch, which features no fewer than four startups that claim to be building a “ChatGPT for X.” That new ventures are jumping on the ChatGPT hype train isn’t surprising, considering ChatGPT’s virality. […]

These Y Combinator-backed startups are trying to build ‘ChatGPT for X’ by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Netflix set to release first-ever live reunion special on April 16 with ‘Love is Blind’ cast

April 4, 2023

Netflix continues with its livestreams, this time with the “Love is Blind” season 4 cast. This will be the streamer’s first-ever live reunion special in its history. “Love Is Blind: The Live Reunion” will air on April 16 at 8 p.m. ET. The five main couples attending the live reunion include Brett Brown and Tiffany […]

Netflix set to release first-ever live reunion special on April 16 with ‘Love is Blind’ cast by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

SEC charges founder of financial aid startup Frank with defrauding JPMorgan

April 4, 2023

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Charlie Javice, the founder of student financial aid startup Frank, with fraud in connection with the $175 million sale of the company to JPMorgan Chase Bank in 2021.  JPMorgan filed a lawsuit against Javice in December, alleging that she had helped “fake millions of customers in order […]

SEC charges founder of financial aid startup Frank with defrauding JPMorgan by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch