10 Spending Habits Impacting The Future of Your Retirement
Today’s actions determine our future. This is true for many areas of life. In particular, for financial reasons. Bad money habits make people unable to afford to retire. However, this…
The Download: dismantling US science leadership, and reproductive care cuts
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled Ever since World War II, the US has been the global leader in science and technology—and benefited immensely from it. Research fuels American innovation and…
June 2023
9 Uncomfortable Truths About Money Only Rich People Understand
Who does not want to be rich? While it is true that money can be the solution to many of your problems, it is also true that money itself can…
Peak XV Partners backs India’s Digantara to propel space situational awareness
Digantara, an Indian space tech startup that is working on space situational awareness, has raised $10 million in a funding round led by Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India and Southeast Asia) as it plans to kick off commercial space operations and satellite traffic management. This is notably the first space-tech investment by the […]
Peak XV Partners backs India’s Digantara to propel space situational awareness by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch
How climate vulnerability and the digital divide are linked
The Wi-Fi signal is weak outside the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in Anacostia, a historic African-American section of Washington, DC. The abolitionist leader’s former home sits serenely atop a grassy hill in the otherwise bustling neighborhood. It is one of Monica Sanders’s final stops on an overcast December afternoon. Facing the property, she holds…
Meta’s AI leaders want you to know fears over AI existential risk are “ridiculous”
It’s a really weird time in AI. In just six months, the public discourse around the technology has gone from “Chatbots generate funny sea shanties” to “AI systems could cause human extinction.” Who else is feeling whiplash? My colleague Will Douglas Heaven asked AI experts why exactly people are talking about existential risk, and why…
Consumer group calls on EU to urgently investigate ‘the risks of generative AI’
European regulators are at a crossroads over how AI will be regulated — and ultimately used commercially and non-commercially — in the region, and today the EU’s largest consumer group, the BEUC, weighed in with its own position: stop dragging your feet, and “launch urgent investigations into the risks of generative AI” now, it said. […]
Consumer group calls on EU to urgently investigate ‘the risks of generative AI’ by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
Oracle launches its ‘sovereign cloud’ for EU customers
Oracle is formally launching its “EU Sovereign cloud” for customers in the European Union (EU) today, nearly a year after firs revealing plans for the initiative. So-called “digital sovereignty” has emerged as a critical issue for companies operating across the EU, driven by existing regulations such as GDPR as well as upcoming regulations such as […]
Oracle launches its ‘sovereign cloud’ for EU customers by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
Google Pixel Tablet review: It’s all about the dock
No need to sugarcoat it, the history of Android tablets is rough. There are some exceptions. Samsung, for one, has managed to carve out a nice market for itself in the space, courtesy of nice hardware and heavy Android customization. The Galaxy maker has secured a consistent No. 2 behind Apple – accounting for nearly […]
Google Pixel Tablet review: It’s all about the dock by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
Voice-generating platform ElevenLabs raises $19M, launches detection tool
ElevenLabs, the viral AI-powered platform for creating synthetic voices, has raised a new round of cash. Today, the startup announced the closure of a $19 million Series A round co-led by entrepreneurs Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross alongside Andreessen Horowitz. Other participants included heavyweights Creator Ventures, SV Angel, Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger, Oculus co-founder Brendan […]
Voice-generating platform ElevenLabs raises $19M, launches detection tool by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Hyperline is a billing platform for SaaS products
Meet Hyperline, a new product that handles pricing and billing for software-as-a-service companies. The company provides integrations so that you can quickly start billing. It then supports different scenarios, such as recurring subscriptions, usage-based billing, custom discounts and more. This isn’t the first company that focuses on pricing and billing — examples include Recurly and […]
Hyperline is a billing platform for SaaS products by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch