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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Odeko has operations software for coffee shops to manage inventory, get data insights and order equipment and supplies from over 400 vendors.
B Capital leads Odeko’s $53M Series D to help small coffee shops scale by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
More than a dozen open source industry bodies have published an open letter asking the European Commission (EC) to reconsider aspects of its proposed Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), saying it will have a “chilling effect” on open source software development if implemented in its current form. Thirteen organizations, including the Eclipse Foundation, Linux Foundation Europe, and the […]
In letter to EU, open source bodies say Cyber Resilience Act could have ‘chilling effect’ on software development by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
As the U.S. becomes increasingly wary of China’s growing influence on the Western tech stage, internet platforms from TikTok to Shein are finding themselves in Washington’s sights. As a Chinese saying goes: the first bird that pokes its head out gets shot. In recent months, lawmakers in the U.S. have escalated efforts to ban TikTok. […]
Shein and Temu the latest China tech targets in Congress body’s sights by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch
Ada, a Toronto-based customer service automation startup, has been around long enough to predate the use of large language models in its solutions, but today the company is announcing a new suite of tools powered by generative AI with the goal of taking that automation to another level. Company co-founder and CEO Mike Murchison says […]
Ada releases new automated generative AI-driven customer service suite by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch
Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng debuted its G6 coupe SUV, the fifth car in its lineup, at Auto Shanghai Tuesday. The company is marketing the G6 vehicle as a premium EV but without the premium price tag. It’s got a futuristic, sleek body, a smart infotainment system and it can be equipped with XNGP, XPeng’s […]
XPeng’s G6 SUV aims to be a premium EV for the masses by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Cosmonic, the company behind the open-source wasmCloud project, today announced that its WebAssembly (Wasm) Platform-as-a-Service offering is now in public beta. In this open beta, Cosmonic is also introducing a number of new features that aim to make integrating Wasm into existing applications easier, including Cosmonic Connect Kubernetes, which makes integrating existing Kubernetes clusters and […]
Cosmonic launches its WebAssembly PaaS into open beta by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch
The global management consulting industry is worth billions of dollars but to this day it’s been tough to disrupt with technology. Traditional consulting firms provide high-quality services but the cost a lot and have rigid terms. And while there are plenty of portals offering low-quality freelance consulting services, these are generally unsupervised that would never […]
Remote working means this startup can use brains in emerging markets to disrupt management consultants by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch
Slim.AI, a startup specializing in software supply chain security, helps businesses optimize and secure their software containers, today announced the launch of its automated container hardening feature at the CNCF’s KubeCon/CloudNativeCon Europe. With this, Slim can now automatically scan a company’s containers for vulnerabilities and remove unnecessary files, libraries and other attack surfaces. Built into […]
Slim.AI helps developers optimize and secure their containers by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch