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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Meta announced new parental control tools across Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger today. This includes a new parental supervision hub in Messenger, a feature that pre-emptively blocks unwanted DMs on Messenger and Instagram, and nudges to remind teens that they should take a break. Messenger supervision controls, which will be available in Meta’s Family Center, are […]
Meta is rolling out new parental control tools for Instagram and Messenger by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Kenyan fashion e-commerce startup ShopZetu is set to add beauty and home décor categories to its portfolio, in response to the growing needs of the young and style-conscious women in Africa. This is as it currently scales regionally over the next few months while working to attract international fashion brands, and more than triple the […]
ShopZetu raises pre-seed funding to fuel growth of its fashion marketplace beyond Kenya by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch
Greenlyte’s process doesn’t just remove carbon dioxide from the air. It also makes hydrogen.
How Greenlyte is going from zero to 1,000 metric tons of captured CO2 in a year by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch
Dust is a new AI startup based in France that is working on improving team productivity by breaking down internal silos, surfacing important knowledge and providing tools to build custom internal apps. At its core, Dust is using large language models (LLMs) on internal company data to give new super powers to team members. Co-founded […]
Dust uses large language models on internal data to improve team productivity by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch
Lordstown Motors has made good on its threat to sue Foxconn, the Taiwanese company best known for manufacturing Apple’s iPhones. The EV company took legal action against Foxconn Tuesday, and simultaneously filed for bankruptcy and put itself up for sale. Lordstown, the EV startup that went public via a merger with a special purpose acquisition […]
Lordstown Motors sues Foxconn, files for bankruptcy by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Dexory, a company that serves warehouses with real-time inventory management data using AI software and autonomous robots, has raised $19 million in a Series A round of funding led by European VC Atomico. Founded out of London in 2015, Dexory’s product can be split into two segments. On the hardware side, the company develops robots […]
Dexory nabs $19M to bring visibility to warehouses through analytics and autonomous robots by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
Meta announced today that WhatsApp Business, its app designed specifically for small businesses, has crossed the mark of 200 million monthly active users — up from 50 million in 2020. As the company is pursuing its “year of efficiency,” it also launched features like easier ad creation and a personalized message service for WhatsApp Business […]
WhatsApp Business crosses 200M MAUs, introduces personlized messages feature by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
TikTok is bringing its content filtering tool to its Family Pairing offering, which lets parents link their account to their teen’s to enable content and privacy settings, the company announced on Tuesday. Content filtering allows users to filter out videos with words or hashtags they don’t want to see in their For You or Following […]
TikTok’s Family Pairing tool now gives parents personalized control over the content their teens see by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
About 400 million tons of plastic are produced each year, but less than 10% is recycled, with most of the rest ending up incinerated or in landfills. One reason is that it is difficult for conventional recycling processes to handle contaminated plastics, like those that are made up of several different types of plastics, combined […]
DePoly keeps hard to recycle plastic from ending up in landfills by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch